https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMEKO4hAII4
Neat video.
Is standard gauge the same in India as the US?
Do you know how wide the narrow gauge is? Referencing about 1:30 into the video.
Thanks for sharing.
Standard gauge is what is says, standard gauge. (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Otherwise it wouldn't be called standard gauge but something else.
The Darjeeling is 2ft gauge.
Ton
Indian " standard gauge" is 5 foot. Meter gauge was also used , mostly in Rajasthan, but much has been converted to 5 ft. Two ft is for a few feeder lines such as Darjeeling, Simla and the network out of Baroda. Spent a day there in 1990 at a junction of 5 lines, each of which had a 2 ft train converge within a 15 minute time slot. Line was powered by Z class outside frame 2-6-2 locos> With all the activity, a bit like Phillips Maine on the SR&RL. One train came in with the roof entirely covered in riders, I thought the coaches were going to tip over being so top heavy.
You can see some of my rail pictures at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/104438411@N02/
However, not any Indian RR pics yet, but there is a dose of Argentinian 30" gauge.
I didn't know that.
Doesn't take away that standard gauge is standard gauge.
You rightly say Indian standard gauge.
So it actually should be called broad gauge.
Ton