Originally, various track gauges were used in the United States. Some railways, primarily in the northeast, used standard gauge of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm); others...
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A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George...
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In rail transport, track gauge is the distance between the two rails of a railway track. All vehicles on a rail network must have wheelsets that are compatible...
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Standard gauge was favored for railway construction in the United States, although a fairly large narrow-gauge system developed in the Rocky Mountains...
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railway track gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm) first appeared in the United Kingdom and the United States. This gauge became commonly known as "Russian gauge", because...
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Track gauge in Canada is standard gauge of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm), except for Toronto transit systems and the White Pass and Yukon Route. Rail lines...
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Broad gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in), more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union countries (CIS states, Baltic...
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variable gauge system allows railway vehicles in a train to travel across a break of gauge between two railway networks with different track gauges. For through...
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track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails. For ridable miniature railways and minimum gauge railways, the gauges...
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1992 United States railroad strike Railroads in New England Timeline of United States railway history Track gauge in the United States "Building the Transcontinental...
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