different countries, and loading gauges may vary across a network, even if the track gauge is uniform. The term loading gauge can also be applied to the...

of defined values. Gauge is commonly used today in reference to shotguns, though historically it was first used in muzzle-loading long guns such as muskets...

mini-Shinkansen) are also built to a larger loading gauge compared to conventional-speed rolling stock. This larger loading gauge permits wider coaches, allowing...

broad-gauge line. Narrow-gauge railways have specialised use in mines and other environments where a small structure gauge necessitates a small loading gauge...

standard. A loading gauge is a two-dimensional profile that encompasses a cross-section of the track, a rail vehicle and a maximum-sized load: all rail...

gauge is the loading gauge: a diagram or physical structure that defines the maximum height and width dimensions in railway vehicles and their loads....

9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m), when standard loading gauge was a maximum of 9 feet (2.7 m). To keep within GWR loading gauge restrictions, the end doors were inset...

back operation of trains of one gauge on the wagons of another gauge. The loading gauge width for new standard gauge railways in Ethiopia and Kenya is...

often differ between countries regarding their main line track gauges, loading gauges, electrification systems and platform heights, among others (see...

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...

railway lines. There are standard distances derived from the standard loading gauge in a country. For high-speed trains and in tighter curves that distance...

applications for piezo-based load cells are in the dynamic loading conditions, where strain gauge load cells can fail with high dynamic loading cycles. The piezoelectric...

tracks and ensure that trains conforming to the railroad's standard loading gauge or dynamic envelope will not encounter any obstruction. Additionally...

cost of a standard-gauge line would be reduced by having a smaller loading gauge with shorter, lower and narrower vehicles and tunnels of smaller cross-section...

particular metre gauge - key features are a Co'Co' wheel arrangement (resulting in low axle loads) and good clearance (see Loading gauge) Much of the development...

avoid transshipment is to build cars to the smaller of the two systems' loading gauges with bogies that are easily removed and replaced with other bogies at...

Berne Gauge or Berne Convention Gauge is an informal but widely used term for the railway loading gauge considered the standard minimum loading gauge in...

to other attributes such as catenary, rolling stock wheel profile, loading gauge, curve radii and grades for slopes, to ensure interoperation of scale...

boat under a bridge as well as a train in a tunnel (see structure gauge and loading gauge); in mechanical engineering, the space between a bolt and a nut...

right-hand running. It is ERTMS Level 2, Baseline 3. It is built to a SE-C loading gauge. The network's parameters are in accordance with the EU Technical Specifications...

Standard gauge was adopted in Spain partly in view of the desire to integrate with the rest of Europe, and the rest of Africa. If it uses the UIC loading gauge...

may carry up to about twice as many as a normal car, if structure and loading gauges permit, without requiring double the weight to pull or material to build...

lines inside of the Greater Ring of the Moscow Railway) Loading gauge: Russian T loading gauge Platform heights: 200 mm (7.9 in) and 550 mm (21.7 in) Future...

fit in the British loading gauge. The simple solution was, just like in choosing OO over HO and as later would happen in N gauge, to make the trains...

rolling highways vary from region to region. In North America, the loading gauge is often high enough to accommodate double stack containers, so the...

RA when fully loaded. (When considering the operation of trains the loading gauge must also be considered.) The system was first devised by the London...

through the tunnels was reduced to single track, allowing standard loading gauge Class 411 electrical multiple units to replace the diesel units on passenger...

up gauge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gauge (/ˈɡeɪdʒ/ GAYJ) may refer to: Gauge (instrument), any of a variety of measuring instruments Gauge (firearms)...

engineering, clearance refers to the difference between the loading gauge and the structure gauge in the case of railroad cars or trams, or the difference...

Great Central Main Line was designed to the larger continental European loading gauge with the aim of accommodating mainland rolling stock should the line...