Narrow gauge
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The earliest narrow gauge railroad in Maine was the Sandy River Railroad built in 1879. These lines found use from hauling slate and lumber, to moving tourists to seaside resorts and mountain lodges. Unfortunately, the slim gauge lines peaked early.
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Narrow Gauge
Any railway of less than the UK standard gauge of 4 foot 8½ inches. Commonly used for industrial sites and particularly in Wales for use in and around slate mines. Ireland also has many 3 foot gauge lines in rural areas.
Narrow Gauge - Defined as anything less than a standard railway gauge
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narrow gauge: Railroad track where the rails are spaced less than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) apart.
Narrow Gauge
RAILWAYS. Any gauge less than standard gauge.
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Narrow gauge (meter gauge):
1000 mm
3'3 37/100"
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Narrow gauge
Track with a gauge less than 4'-8½" (standard gauge). In the U.S., 3-foot and 2½-foot gauges were used. In modeling, narrow gauge is labeled first with the scales, followed by an n (for narrow), followed by the track gauge in feet (e.g.
Narrow gauge Rails spaced smaller than standard gauge; often used in mines and logging areas.
Operation Running model trains to simulate the prototype.
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Narrow gauge
Any railway built to a gauge that's narrower than 4' 8.5". In the UK, the small narrow gauge railways built in Wales to service the slate industry are particularly notable.
Narrow gauge rails leave Bodega on the three-rail first leg of the Knob Hill Switchback. However, the Hon3 track goes on across Otter Creek and through a tunnel to Glen where a Hon3 switchback descends to the 3M smelter.
Narrow Gauge
Term designating railroad track having a rail spacing (gauge) of less than the North American standard of 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches--typically mining, industrial, ...
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S scale narrow gauge is growing because you can put a nice size narrow gauge layout into a space not much bigger than a modest HO layout.
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Narrow Gauge Track having a gauge that is narrower than standard.
Narrow Gauge - Railway track of less than the standard gauge.
NMRA - "National Model Railroad Association" NMRA helps to promote the hobby, establish standards, reward modelers for their talents as Master Model Railroaders, and much more.
The narrow gauge is On3 which means that the distance between the rails is thirty six inches (91.4cm). This narrow gauge Railways were very often used in mountainous areas.
LGB created the name although the gauge was used previously as I scale standard gauge and III scale narrow gauge. LGB models mostly European metric gauge (between American standard and narrow gauges) so should theoretically be called II scale.
Broad gauge (Spain): 1674 mm 5'5 9/10th" Broad gauge (Portugal): 1665 mm 5'5 11/20th" Broad gauge (Ireland): 1600 mm 5'3" Broad gauge (Finland): 1524 mm 5' exactly Broad gauge (former USSR): 1520 mm 5' Standard gauge: 1435 mm 4'8 1/2" Narrow gauge ...
Narrow gauge (Cape gauge):
1067 mm
3'6"
Narrow gauge (meter gauge):
1000 mm
3'3 37/100" See also a more or less complete list of railroad gauges.
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Gauge 1 track is 10 to 15% too wide to represent 3 foot narrow gauge in G and H scales, but it is used anyway, because "close enough is good enough". The correct scale to use 45 mm track for 3 foot gauge is 1:20.3 (F Scale).
Term and definition examples refer whenever possible to locomotives operated by privately owned Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad or state owned Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, ...
In the real world, "standard gauge" rails are 4'-8 1/2" apart, while "narrow gauge" rails are less. This term is sometimes interchanged for "scale," as the letters in model railroad scales often stand for a common measurement.
Gauge: The distance between the inside of the heads of track rails. Standard gauge on real railroads is 4'-8 1/2". Narrow gauge means rails with a width less than standard gauge.
Most railroads in North America and Europe are built to a standard gauge of 4'-8½". Narrow gauge means track with a width less than standard gauge. For example, On3 means O scale trains with 3 scale feet between the rails.
 See also: Gauge, Track, Train, Scale, Standard
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