Sentence examples for narrow railways from inspiring English sources

Roads are bumpy and narrow, railways slow and squalid.

The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad was formed from two earlier 19th-century 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railways: the Baltimore & Delta Railway, later the Baltimore & Lehigh Railway, and the York and Peach Bottom Railway, later the York Southern Railroad.

During his time in India Calthrop developed his ideas on the construction of narrow gauge railways.

The new line's infrastructure was designed by Henry Greenly, a leading figure in the design of narrow gauge railways.

Calthrop proposed a system of narrow gauge railways linking the two cities, running along streets directly serving factories.

Once in India, Calthrop came to see narrow gauge railways as a way to help develop the country.

Calthrop was a notable promoter and builder of narrow gauge railways, especially of narrow gauge, and was especially prominent in India.

After the government abolished slate duty in 1831, rapid expansion was propelled by the building of narrow gauge railways to transport the slates to the ports.

After the German occupation of Norway during World War II, the German occupation forces were rebuilding the narrow gauge railways to standard gauge.

Smaller, narrow gauge railways were laid to supply the front line as the main line tracks had to be at least seven miles away from enemy guns and therefore the armies on both sides were entirely dependent on rail.

The railway is promoted as one of The Great Little Trains of Wales, a joint marketing scheme launched in 1970 that encompasses ten narrow gauge railways in the country, mostly found in north and mid Wales.