Sentence examples for narrow gauge from inspiring English sources

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narrow gauge

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A railway gauge (distance between the two lines) that is less than the standard gauge (often quoted as 56 inches)

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Erie Narrow Gauge System - also Pennsy narrow gauge system and miscellaneous small roads, Penna.

Use of a narrow gauge permits some saving in space.

585; Nevada County Narrow Gauge R. Co. v. United States, 65 Ct.Cl.

Narrow gauge is railway jargon for tightrope, and the train careered drunkenly through the night.

I have read about a narrow gauge railroad from Nice north through the Var Valley.

The tunnel's walls were made of reinforced concrete; the floor contained a narrow gauge railroad track.

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They are wide-gauge rails, not narrow-gauge rails.

Narrow-gauge trains are much lighter than conventional trains.

I caught a narrow-gauge steam train, in operation for 120 years, to the southern coast.

Nonetheless, words came readily enough to sum up the tasting — two-dimensional, narrow-gauge, simple.

The narrow-gauge railway, built by the Italians, has been rebuilt without outside help.

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