american gauge
41Wide Gauge — was an early model railway and toy train rail gauge, introduced in the United States in 1906 by Lionel Corporation. As it was a toy standard, rather than a scale modeling standard, the actual scale of wide gauge locomotives and rolling stock… …
42Modeling 2' gauge railroads — is part of the hobby of rail transport modeling. Specifically it relates to the modeling of narrow gauge prototypes of approximately RailGauge|24 gauge. Prototype Examples Two foot gauge railways originated in Great Britain. The Ffestiniog… …
43Narrow gauge railroads in the United States — Standard gauge was favored for railway construction in the United States, although a fairly large narrow gauge system developed in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Isolated narrow gauge lines were built in many areas to minimize construction… …
44OO gauge — 00 gauge redirects here. For the wire gauge, see American wire gauge. OO U.K. prototype model of a 00 scale (1:76) British Rail Class 25 shown with an 18mm Five Pence coin for scale Scale per foot: 4 mm to 1ft …
45Rail gauge in Canada — The first railway in British North America, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, was built in the 1830s to RailGauge|66 gauge (today known as Indian gauge ), setting the standard for Britain s colonies for several decades. Well known colonial …
46Imperial Standard Wire Gauge — Imperial Standard Wire Gauge, abgekürzt SWG oder ISWG, auch als Birmingham Wire Gauge (BWG) bezeichnet, ist eine britische Kodierung für massiven Draht und ist in der veralteten Norm BS 3737:1964 festgelegt.[1] Das BWG System wurde Anfang bis… …
47Wire gauge — is a measurement of how large a wire is, either in diameter or cross sectional area. This determines the amount of electric current a wire can safely carry, as well as its electrical resistance and weight per unit of length. Wire gauge is… …
48Narrow gauge railways in Australia — Main article: Rail transport in Australia Rail transport in Australia involves a number of narrow gauge railways. In some states they formed the core state wide network, but in the others they were either a few government branch lines, or… …
49European and North American Railway — Locale southern New Brunswick, southeastern Maine Dates of operation 1857–1872 Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge), built to 5 ft 6 in  …
50D & RG Narrow Gauge Trestle — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …
