narrow gauge
Americannoun
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of narrow gauge
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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“While his competitors were building rail lines east and west, Palmer proposed a narrow gauge from Denver along the Rocky Mountains southward to El Paso, Texas and eventually Mexico.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2020
You can remind him that people suffer across the world while he studies the history and politics of the narrow gauge.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 6, 2020
While narrow gauge railroads were cheaper to build, there was one major downside to a three-foot-gauge railroad: it was incompatible with most other railroads.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2018
At Mombasa, the old British-built narrow gauge railway can only take 5% of the containers that are offloaded, says Haji Masemo, a spokesman for the KPA.
From Economist ● Mar. 17, 2016
Victoria has the broad gauge of five feet three inches; New South Wales has a gauge of four feet eight inches; while in Queensland the narrow gauge of three feet six inches is adopted.
From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Maturin Murray Ballou
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