Below you will find example sentences with "narrow gauge". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Narrow Gauge in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: narrow
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "narrow gauge" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as between a narrow gauge railway and, 1896 citation narrow gauge prohibition nomination, standard, railways and convert stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with narrow down, narrow streets, narrow win, narrow down, narrow streets and narrow win, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with narrow gauge
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Railways main *total: convert * narrow gauge : convert of maincheck gauge (convert electrified) Highways Tempisque River bridge. (16 words)
Aug. 30 & 31. Narrow Gauge Amphitheater, Farmington, $35 general admission Saturday, $60 VIP Friday and Saturday. (16 words)
Doing that in collaboration with the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad would give direct access to downtown Portland. (17 words)
Successful railways The heavy duty maincheck narrow gauge railways in Australia (e.g. Queensland), South Africa, and New Zealand show that if the track is built to a heavy-duty standard, performance almost as good as a standard gauge line is possible. (42 words)
The original Japanese railways generally used narrow gauge, but the increased stability offered by widening the rails to standard gauge would make very high-speed rail much simpler, and thus standard gauge was adopted for high-speed service. (38 words)
According to the NRC, the suspension became necessary to fast track the completion of the new standard gauge, which required shifting of the existing narrow gauge and relaying it to accommodate standard gauge rail line. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The choice was often not between a narrow gauge railway and a standard gauge one, but between a narrow gauge railway and none at all.
According to the NRC, the suspension became necessary to fast track the completion of the new standard gauge, which required shifting of the existing narrow gauge and relaying it to accommodate standard gauge rail line.
The original Japanese railways generally used narrow gauge, but the increased stability offered by widening the rails to standard gauge would make very high-speed rail much simpler, and thus standard gauge was adopted for high-speed service.
Track gauge Historically, the track gauge has had considerable variations, with narrow gauge common in many early systems.
Although Bryan himself later became a champion of prohibition, his position was unknown in 1896. citation "Narrow Gauge" Prohibition nomination "Narrow Gauge" Prohibition ticket: File:JoshuaLevering.
In 2006, the Selke Valley branch of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways was extended into Quedlinburg from Gernrode, giving access to the historic steam narrow-gauge railway, Alexisbad, and high Harz plateau.
For instance, if a curve with standard gauge rail can allow speed up to convert, the same curve with narrow gauge rail can only allow speed up to convert.
Most were maincheck narrow gauge systems but there were some maincheck gauge on some of the smaller islands.
Railways in Russia, unlike in the most of the world, use broad gauge of maincheck, with the exception of convert on Sakhalin island using narrow gauge of maincheck.
Railways main *total: convert * narrow gauge : convert of maincheck gauge (convert electrified) Highways Tempisque River bridge.
Successful railways The heavy duty maincheck narrow gauge railways in Australia (e.g. Queensland), South Africa, and New Zealand show that if the track is built to a heavy-duty standard, performance almost as good as a standard gauge line is possible.
The line from Pueblo to Leadville was upgraded in 1887 to three rails to accommodate both narrow gauge and standard gauge operation.
The L&LSR was Irish gauge until 1885, when it was converted to maincheck narrow gauge for through running with the Letterkenny Railway.
This EMU set a world record for narrow gauge trains at convert, giving the Odakyu engineers confidence they could safely and reliably build even faster trains at standard gauge.
Two railways operate at the Pallot Heritage Steam Museum ; a standard gauge heritage steam railway, and a narrow gauge pleasure line operated by steam-outline diesel motive power.
While a standard or broad gauge railway could more easily be upgraded to handle heavier, faster traffic, many narrow gauge railways were impractical to improve.
According to available statistics, between 2012 and 2017, the only addition to the rail lines was a kilometer narrow gauge from Sekondi-Takoradi and Kojokrom.
A new station was built in Fairbourne and, in 1986, the 15-inch track was re-gauged to 12¼ inches to accommodate half-sized replicas of narrow gauge steam engines.
Aug. 30 & 31. Narrow Gauge Amphitheater, Farmington, $35 general admission Saturday, $60 VIP Friday and Saturday.
Doing that in collaboration with the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad would give direct access to downtown Portland.