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Narrow gauge   /nˈɛroʊ geɪdʒ/   Listen
Narrow gauge

noun
1.
A railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches.





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"Narrow gauge" Quotes from Famous Books



... alive. It was just a chance while I was plannin' another deal. I took it. I hunted around the brokers' offices where they sell copper stocks. It didn't take me long to find that my mine was the 'Tarantula.' McGuire had developed it with capital from Denver, built a narrow gauge in. Then after a while had sold out his share for more ...
— The Vagrant Duke • George Gibbs
... there are exhibited all the curious formations of salt, with their beautiful crystals and varied colours. It takes about an hour to explore the mine, and then comes what to us was the pleasantest part of all. There is a tiny narrow gauge road, possibly not over eighteen inches broad, upon which are eight-seated, little open cars. It seems that, in spite of sometimes descending, we had, after all, been ascending most of the time, for these cars descend of ...
— Abroad with the Jimmies • Lilian Bell
... well to go from San Francisco on the narrow gauge, 80 miles, Southern Pacific, and return on the broad gauge, 121 miles. Fare on either line $2.80. On the narrow gauge are the Big Trees, at which an interesting stop-over can ...
— The Old Franciscan Missions Of California • George Wharton James


Words linked to "Narrow gauge" :   railroad track, railroad, railway, gauge


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