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Narrow gauge   /nˈɛroʊ geɪdʒ/   Listen
Narrow gauge

noun
1.
A railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches.





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... thence to Borneo and Singapore, as well as a direct cable from Manila to Hongkong. The land telegraph lines are owned by the Government, and the cables all belong to an English company, which receives a large subsidy. In Manila there is a narrow gauge street railway, operated by horse-power, about eleven miles in total length; also a telephone system, ...
— The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, • Murat Halstead
... service; but, in Eastern Palestine, i.e. across the Jordan, the position was reversed. Before the war, Syria had been connected with Asia Minor by a broad gauge line from Aleppo to Rayak, where it effected a junction with a narrow gauge line from Beyrout to Damascus. The broad gauge line was part of the Baghdad railway scheme. But at this time, that railway, even between Constantinople and Aleppo, was only partially completed. The tunnelling of the Taurus ...
— With the British Army in The Holy Land • Henry Osmond Lock


Words linked to "Narrow gauge" :   railway, railroad track, gauge, railroad


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