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   What is a track gauge?

   • Track gauge or rail gauge (also known as track gage in North America ) is the distance between the inner sides (gauge sides) of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Each country uses different gauges for different types of trains.

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   What is a standard gauge rail?

   • The term “standard gauge” refers to the width of the tracks themselves. Standard gauge tracks have a distance of 4 feet, 8.5 inches (1,435 millimeters) between the inside edges of the rails. This may seem like an oddly specific measurement, but it’s actually based on a historical standard that was established in the early days of rail travel.

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   What is a railroad gauge?

   • Gauge, in railroad transportation, the width between the inside faces of running rails. Because the cost of construction and operation of a rail line is greater or less depending on the gauge, much controversy has surrounded decisions in respect to it, and a proliferation of gauges has developed

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   What gauge should a railway be?

   • The subsequent Gauge Act ruled that new passenger-carrying railways in Great Britain should be built to a standard gauge of 4 ft 81⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm ), and those in Ireland to a new standard gauge of 5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 mm ).

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   Track gauge or rail gauge (also known as track gage in North America) is the distance between the inner sides (gauge sides) of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Each country uses different gauges for different types of trains.

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   A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 81⁄2 in ). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson ), international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and SGR in East Africa.

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   Apr 16, 2001 · The US standard railroad gauge (width between the two rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used?

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   Gauge, in railroad transportation, the width between the inside faces of running rails. Because the cost of construction and operation of a rail line is greater or less depending on the gauge, much controversy has surrounded decisions in respect to it, and a proliferation of gauges has developed.

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   A standard gauge train is a railway system that features a track gauge of 4 feet 8.5 inches or 1,435 millimeters. This gauge is considered the standard for rail transportation and is widely used around the world.

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   About three-fifths of the rail trackage in the world is the so-called standard gauge of 4 feet 8.5 inches (1.4 m), which originated with George Stephenson’s pioneer Liverpool & Manchester line in 1829. It was exported from Britain to Europe and the United States with the export of British locomotives built to it.

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   Rail Track Gauge measures the distance between the inner faces of the two rails at cross as well as height levels. Both these measurements are important track parameters. Height needs to be adjusted for curves and accuracy in cross distance by keeping a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the track. The railway track gauge – cum- level ...