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Started by r.cprmier, October 23, 2007, 01:24:38 PM

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r.cprmier

I just saw a picture of a railroad scene in Bengladesh, and there appears to be dual gauge.  I know that India has wide-gauge track-or at least used to, but what is the narrow gauge track work out to?

Rich
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SteamGene

Rich,
I believe I've heard of meter gauge in India.  And there may be three foot, left over from the Raj. 
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r.cprmier

Gene;
I know from pics I have seen of road units with wide-gauge trucks, being loaded onto vessels for shipment to India.  I can see maybe that narrow gauge working out to being metre gauge. At any rate, it did catch my eye as unusual.

Rich
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Jake

Quote from: SteamGene on October 23, 2007, 05:21:28 PM
Rich,
I believe I've heard of meter gauge in India.  And there may be three foot, left over from the Raj. 
Gene

I beleive that it is indeed metre gauge track. I'm not sure though, *Checks Wikipedia* Yep, its metre guage, 30" gauge & a little 2' gauge.
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r.cprmier

Two-foot and metric!  Wow!  Now that is different; or as they say:  A prototype for everything...
Thanks for the feedback, Jake and Gene.
RIch
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Hamish K

Some interesting information can be found at
www.irfca.org/faq/faq-gauge.html

India had considersably more 30 inch gauge than 2 foot. Metre gauge seems to have come about because India was looking at adopting the metric system, although that didn't happen then. As well as dual broad gauge (5 foot 6 inches) and mtere there were examples of dual broad and narrow (30 inch) and metre and 30 inch track. In one case a metre gauge loco hauled 30 inch gauge stock on dual gauge track.  That would be interesting in model form, and prototypical as well!

Hamish