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Standard Gauge [Definition] Break of gauge can be by passed with "bogie exchange" or "variable gauge axles", or rarely, by loading the trains of one gauge onto wagons of the other gauge. The subsequent Gauge Act of 1846  ( http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=60) ruled that new railways should be built at 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm), but nevertheless allowed the broad gauge companies to continue expanding their networks. Lionel standardized its offerings on three-rail track with a gauge of 2 1/8 inches (54 mm) between the outer rails, making it incompatible with Gauge 1 1 gauge is a toy train and model railroading standard, popular in the early 20th century, particularly with European manufacturers. www.wikimirror.com /Standard_gauge

The Permanent Way Consequently, any through journey across Australia, say, from Fremantle or Perth in Western Australia to Brisbane in Queensland, involves a number of changes of train, owing to break of gauge. gauge; those of New South Wales and the Trans-Australian Railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta are 4 ft. 8½ in.; and those of South Australia are partly 5 ft. 3 in. Each State began to lay its railways on the gauge best suited to its own needs, with the result that the railways of Western Australia and Queensland are of the 3 ft. 6 in. mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r081.html

Articles - Narrow gauge During wartime, when traffic was very heavy, the breaks of gauge at either end of the Transcontinental line meant that it could not easily draw on the resources of the systems at either end. The larger narrow gauges are the more common; in those parts of the world where the railroads were built to British standards, this meant, most commonly, a gauge of 3 ft 6in (1067 mm), while those built to American standards were normally of 3 ft gauge (914 mm). Therefore, a narrow gauge common carrier in such a situation has a built-in and inevitable cost when it comes to receiving traffic, whether people or more importantly freight, from outside of its own system, and sending to destinations outside its own system. www.kamero.net /articles/Narrow_gauge

Untitled Document Here was to be the break of gauge at a point where there was flat and fertile land suitable for constructing a railway town to handle the transfer of goods and passengers from one gauge to the other. By comparison with the issue of the line to the coast, the siting of the break of gauge was not a protracted or bitter dispute. First of all, the residents wanted their town to be the site for the break of gauge rather than the border. www.une.edu.au /geoplan/Tenterfield_RailwayStation1.htm

The Great Western Railway Broad Gauge - A Brief History Cornwall was to prove a broad gauge stronghold to the end of that gauge as the farming, clay and mineral interests appreciated the prodigious loads and fast times by which their produce was conveyed to London and other centres. The wider gauge would allow the wheel diameter to be increased, reducing the effect of friction and allowing reasonably wide carriages to be built with bodies mounted as low as possible, thus keeping air resistance to a minimum. gauge was spreading over the northern and south-eastern parts of the country and quickly becoming the recognised gauge not for any technical or mechanical superiority but because by now it was generally specified by a clause in the Acts authorising construction of the railways. users.argonet.co.uk /users/lionels/RailSteam/GWRBroadG/BGHist.html

Prototype Question: Why narrow gauge? - Model Railroads Also, the reason that the Japanese railways started out with 3'-6" gauge is that their first Civil Engineer was an English bloke called Morel who had been a railway engineer in N.Z. and noting the topographical similarity of Japan to N.Z., suggested the use of the 3'-6" gauge for the Japanese railways. I only siad that Standard Gauge is not the standard for NZ, so why is it necessary to make a point of continually stating that NZ is narrow gauge, when in fact it is the ONLY gauge in use there. This all started when I said that 3' 6" should not be referred to as narrow gauge in New Zealand as it is the standard for that country and is the gauge on which the overwhelming majority of all NZ railway equipment operates. hobbytalk.org /Prototype_Question_Why_narrow_gauge-1741244-297-a.html

ARCHIVES Breaking federal and state laws is a punishable offense, and this should not be taken as a recommendation to break the law. Breaking or shaking eggs does little except kill unborn birds but the adults often nest again. One is a portable ice shanty with ice fishing gear, another is a rifle and the third is a Benelli 3 1/2-inch magnum 12 gauge shotgun with two choke tubes. www.daverichey.com /pMachine/archives.php?id=A2003121

PboroEsc.txt It is also the site of the Roundhouse, "Three Gauge Turntable" and the old "break of gauge" where three different gauges of railways once met. Most visitors to Peterborough are attracted by the lure of Steam Trains, and the town's working museum Steam Town, which currently operates on the former Quorn Narrow Gauge line. Such are Peterborough's links vith the railways that the Tourist office is based in a beautifully-restored carriage from the original "Ghan" that travelled from Adelaide to Alice Springs. www.trainweb.org /mystation/PboroEsc.txt

Gladstone, South Australia In 1927, the line south of Gladstone to Hamley Bridge was converted to 5' 3" broad gauge, making Gladstone a break-of-gauge junction. In 1970, the line from Port Pirie to Broken Hill was converted to 4' 8andfrac12" standard gauge making Gladstone into a rare 3 gauge junction. In the 1980s, the broad and narrow gauge lines were closed, leaving Gladstone as a purely standard gauge station. www.mywiseowl.com /articles/Gladstone,_South_Australia

Break of Gauge at Prescott Junction The Grand Trunk was also feeling the effects of the break of gauge with standard gauge railways and a solution was developed. This section of the Grand Trunk was converted to standard gauge on 3-4 October 1873, after which time cars could be interchanged freely. Major conversions were completed in 1872 and 1873, with all parts of the system having been remade to the Stephenson gauge by September 1874. www.railways.incanada.net /Articles/Article2003_1.html

Search For A Standard In Australia The state capital of Victoria, Melbourne, was eventually linked by standard gauge in the 1950’s, previously there was a break of gauge at the border town of Albury (Victoria) / Wadonga (New South Wales). In the State of Victoria, prior to standardisation, the railway network remained largely a broad gauge except for a small network of 2’6” gauge logging and goldfield railways, of which the Puffing Billy Railway is the last remaining well know example. The first of these two railways was completed in 1917 as standard gauge and connected at both ends to the state system, which was all in 3'6" gauge at that time. www.discoverlivesteam.com /magazine/40.html

uniform rail gauge hose who are not familiar with the break-of-gauge situation in Australia will find it helpful to refer to the map in the pocket at the back of the book which shows the various gauges in colour and the mileage of each gauge. 6 in.) gauge of Queensland and Western Australia [and Tasmania!] and the standard 4 ft. 8 1/2 in. However, it will be many more years before the broad gauge (5 ft 3 in) tracks in Victoria and South Australia are converted to standard gauge and Mr Harding's plan is realized.... users.tpg.com.au /gmone/u-gauge.htm

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Boniface VIII The pope's chief aim was a general European peace, in the interest of a crusade that would break forever, at what seemed a favourable moment, the power of Islam. But he failed either to recognize the altered temper of the times, or to gauge accurately the strength of the forces arrayed against him; and when he attempted to exercise his supreme authority in temporal affairs as in spiritual, over princes and people, he met almost everywhere with a determined resistance. His aims of universal peace and Christian coalition against the Turks were not realized; and during the nine years of his troubled reign he scarcely ever achieved a decisive triumph. www.newadvent.org /cathen/02662a.htm

Trains.com - aussie rail Before intermodel where staddle loaders shift containers from a standard gauge flat to a narrow and vice versa, we had break-of-gauge stations which had long platforms where passengers and their luggage or freight was manually unloaded and reloaded on trains either side of the platforms. Australia had narrow (3'6") standard and broad (5'3") gauges originally so freight going from Melbourne, Victoria to Rockhampton, Queensland in the 1930's had to go through 2 break-of-gauge stations enroute. The different gauges has been Australia's biggest curse for an efficient national rail system and has stemmed from a lack of foresight and stubborness in the 1860's. www.trains.com /community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7327

Pootatuck's Lion Miter Trimmer Set your gauge to 90º and trim your wood to the desired length. It helps sometimes to remove one or both gauges to make it easier. To miter angles other than 45º, depress the pin stop and loosen the thumb screw to move the gauge. www.lionmitertrimmer.com /cuts.htm

The Ayn Rand Institute: Objectivism FAQ "Man has a single basic choice: to think or not, and that is the gauge of his virtue. If genius is penalized, so is the faculty of intelligence in every other man. There is only this difference: the average man does not possess the genius's power of self-confident resistance, and will break much faster; he will give up his mind, in hopeless bewilderment, under the first touch of pressure." Moral perfection is an unbreached rationality—not the degree of your intelligence, but the full and relentless use of your mind, not the extent of your knowledge, but the acceptance of reason as an absolute. www.aynrand.org /site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_FAQ

PACERS: Bender Activated from Injured List Bender has been working out with the team during his second stint on the injured list this season and Carlisle said he had hoped to use the two games prior to the All-Star break to gauge Bender's progress. here before the break to sort of see where he is," Carlisle said. No portion of NBA.com may be duplicated, redistributed or manipulated in any form. www.nba.com /pacers/news/bender_activated_040208.html

cab You have to remove a lot screws and be careful not to break any gauge needles. Since the truck was exposed to sunlight over the years the little instrument needles broke off just by touching them. For a modern and unique style, I chose to replace the gauges with digital instruments. www.geocities.com /abetterchemist/cab.html

260-952 Alter-Type Rain Gauge Wind Screen - NovaLynx Corporation Two lengths of legs (2' and 3') are available due to variations in gauge height. The screen also generates turbulent air motions over the gauge orifice to break up streamlines and thus improve the catch. One of the quadrants swings out to permit easy access to the rain gauge. www.novalynx.com /260-952.html

Nominations: Best Software Awards 2003 You control the hook or slice of the ball, as well as the power of swing, with a swing gauge. ZIOGolf can be played by up to 4 players, and in the case of less than 4 players, the CPU will take over the remaining spots. A Breakout-type arcade game in which you have to break the bricks with a ball. www.ppcmag.com /awards/category.asp?catid=38

Hot Spot: Learn a Language Gauge your skills in any one of five languages by answering a series of questions provided by the BBC. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of links outside of seattlepi.com The resulting links provide multimedia lessons paired off with BBC radio feeds spoken in native languages. seattlepi.nwsource.com /hotspots/80977_hotspots112001.shtml

Halex HN-208 HD Concrete Nails 2 lb. Heavy duty concrete nails are used with hard concrete when 12 gauge nails break or bend when driven. Also used to install metal molding when the nail heads will be covered by the carpet. www.tools4flooring.com /halex-hn208-hd-concrete-nails-2-lb-p-520.html

Articles - Transportation in Sweden Kristinehamn in the center of the country runs the Inland Railway which had been put into service in the beginning of the 20th century to develop the northern territories of sweden. Norway - yes - same gauge - same voltagge Swedish) from approximately 1736 and continued to do so well into the 20th century. www.kamero.net /articles/Transportation_in_Sweden

Challenges In his life, Brunel has been appointed as engineer to the Great western Railway, where his ingenuity to engineering enabled him to construct a different system of permanent way including a wider gauge and thus creating a break of gauge in the Bristish railway system. Through this incredible construction, areas such as Manchester and River Mersey were linked to the coalmines at Worsley and thus commenced the canal age in Great Britain. His other works include his spectacular wrought iron bridges across the Wye at Chepstow and at Tarmar, Saltash, and also at Cornwall railway. www.bergen.org /Engineering/Civil_Engineering/challenges.html

Misdirections Magic Shop Just one of the possible effects: The magician shows the pan empty and then breaks an egg into the pan, adds salt, pepper and vinegar. The Beach Bucket Lota is manufactured in heavy gauge aluminum, satin finished, lacquered and measures 7" tall and the mouth opening is 7 1/2" diameter. This time as the balloon breaks, a live dove appears, a if it was INSIDE THE BALLOON. www.misdirections.com /child.html

National Railway Museum Port Adelaide - Museum Shop An extensive range of railway books and videos is available from the Break of Gauge Railway Shop, together with gifts and souvenirs. Patrons do not need to pay Museum admission to browse in the shop. www.natrailmuseum.org.au /common/nrm_a04_index.html

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Microsoft Monitor: January 2004 Archives In fact, the downloads are a good way for Microsoft to gauge real people’s response to the DRM, which is fairly transparent for routine playback. I tested the ad blocker--a feature Microsoft is extremely late to bring to market--and found it to be effective and easy-to-use. Search: Many of MSN Toolbar’s features are similar to those from Google, including Web or site search, search highlight and pop-up blocking. www.microsoftmonitor.com /archives/2004_01.html

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