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Definition of Broad gauge
1. Noun. A railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches.
Definition of Broad gauge
1. Noun. A railway gauge (distance between the two lines) that is greater than the standard gauge (often quoted as 56 inches) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broad Gauge
Literary usage of Broad gauge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by American Ethnological Society (1861)
"... and hence in the Western Railways he came in contact with the Great Western
Railway and its broad gauge branches. The battle did not end, therefore, ..."
2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1848)
"That the broad gauge involves the greater outlay, and that we have not been ...
That as any junction to be formed with a broad gauge line, would involve a ..."
3. Gauge Evidence: The History and Prospects of the Railway System, Illustrated by Samuel Sidney (1846)
"Do you happen to know the relative proportion between the broad gauge lines already
... The broad gauge completed were 278 miles ; in progress, 52. on 4549. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1892)
"And so ends the broad gauge. Hereafter many wonderful legends will be told of
its might, while future students of railways will turn from the monotony of ..."
5. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1847)
"em Railway, when working at the same speed, as 2067 to 1398, or as 67 per cent.; the
load of the broad gauge in tons, to 45 tons, which would be the ..."
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