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Maximum dimensions for railway vehicles and their loads
A loading gauge is a diagram or physical structure that defines the maximum height and width of railway vehicles and their loads. The loading gauge is
Loading_gauge
Railway line with a width less than the standard
broad-gauge line. Narrow-gauge railways have specialised use in mines and other environments where a small structure gauge necessitates a small loading gauge
Narrow-gauge_railway
Spacing of the rails on a railway track
standard. A loading gauge is a two-dimensional profile that encompasses a cross-section of the track, a rail vehicle, and a maximum-sized load: all rail
Track_gauge
Internal diameter of the barrel of a firearm
thousandth of an inch. Gauge is commonly used today in reference to shotguns, though historically it was first used in muzzle-loading long guns such as muskets
Gauge_(firearms)
Railway track gauge
track gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm) first appeared in the United Kingdom and the United States. This gauge became commonly known as "Russian gauge", because
5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways
5_ft_and_1520_mm_gauge_railways
Minimum clearance, height and width of railway infrastructure
gauge is the loading gauge: a diagram or physical structure that defines the maximum height and width dimensions in railway vehicles and their loads.
Structure_gauge
Rail transport industry body
back operation of trains of one gauge on the wagons of another gauge. The loading gauge width for new standard gauge railways in Ethiopia and Kenya is
African_Union_of_Railways
Japanese high-speed rail system
mini-Shinkansen) are also built to a larger loading gauge compared to conventional-speed rolling stock. This larger loading gauge permits wider coaches, allowing
Shinkansen
often differ between countries regarding their main line track gauges, loading gauges, electrification systems and platform heights, among others (see
Rail_transport_in_Europe
Standard gauge was adopted in Spain partly in view of the desire to integrate with the rest of Europe, and the rest of Africa. If it uses the UIC loading gauge
History of rail transport in Spain
History_of_rail_transport_in_Spain
Railway track gauge (1435 mm)
international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the most widely used track gauge around the world
Standard-gauge_railway
Railway network across the Baltic states
operational. It is ERTMS Level 2, Baseline 3. It is built to a SE-C loading gauge. The network's parameters are in accordance with the EU Technical Specifications
Rail_Baltica
Undersea rail tunnel linking France to the UK
designed and manufactured by James Howden & Company Ltd, Scotland. The loading gauge height is 5.75 m (18 ft 10 in). There are three communication systems:
Channel_Tunnel
engineering, clearance refers to the difference between the loading gauge and the structure gauge in the case of railroad cars or trams, or the difference
Clearance_(civil_engineering)
Scales used by rail transport models
to other attributes such as catenary, rolling stock wheel profile, loading gauge, curve radii and grades for slopes, to ensure interoperation of scale
Rail transport modelling scales
Rail_transport_modelling_scales
Railway tunnel in New South Wales, Australia
terminus. The line was built with 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.435 m) tracks and a loading gauge that accommodated 8-foot-4-inch-wide (2.54 m) carriages on double track
Woy_Woy_Tunnel
Railroad car with two levels (double decker)
may carry up to about twice as many as a normal car, if structure and loading gauges permit, without requiring double the weight to pull or material to build
Bilevel_rail_car
Diesel-electric locomotive
particular metre gauge - key features are a Co'Co' wheel arrangement (resulting in low axle loads) and good clearance (see Loading gauge) Much of the development
Asiarunner
Railroad cars carrying two layers of intermodal containers
majority of its network, Europe has more restricted loading gauge and train weight limits as well as axle load limits. In other words, many bridges and tunnels
Double-stack_rail_transport
Meeting place of different width rail lines
avoid transshipment is to build cars to the smaller of the two systems' loading gauges with bogies that are easily removed and replaced with other bogies at
Break_of_gauge
monorail systems List of rack railways List of tram track gauges Loading gauge Minimum-gauge railway Monorail Mountain railway Patent slip Portage railway
List_of_track_gauges
Railway track gauge (1668 mm)
standard gauge (or to dual gauge) or the narrowing of the gauge by moving both rails closer together maintaining the perfect alignment of the loading gauge. The
Iberian-gauge_railway
Former railway line in the United Kingdom
Central loading gauge of the time, which was in fact slightly more restrictive than some other British railways; and it was certainly not to Berne gauge, which
Great_Central_Main_Line
Device used to detect defects on trains
hotboxes, wires outlining the clearance envelope to detect loads outside the loading gauge, and "brittle bars" – frangible bars mounted between the rails
Defect_detector
Railway loading gauge considered the standard in most of Europe
Berne Gauge or Berne Convention Gauge is an informal but widely used term for the railway loading gauge considered the standard minimum loading gauge in
Berne_gauge
Trains for the British High Speed 2 rail line
continue onto existing lines, and will be gauge-compatible with its planned operational routes where the loading gauge would be more restricted. In March 2026
British_Rail_Class_895
Instrument which indicates force strength
applications for piezo-based load cells are in the dynamic loading conditions, where strain gauge load cells can fail with high dynamic loading cycles. The piezoelectric
Load_cell
Railway line under construction in Russia
lines inside of the Greater Ring of the Moscow Railway) Loading gauge: Russian T loading gauge Platform heights: 200 mm (7.9 in) and 550 mm (21.7 in) Future
Moscow–Kazan high-speed railway
Moscow–Kazan_high-speed_railway
Conversion of track gauge for use by Shinkansen trains
Shinkansen services in Japan. While the track gauge is widened, the original loading gauge is retained, requiring the use of specially designed Shinkansen rolling
Mini-Shinkansen
Norwegian civil engineer (1825–1897)
cost of a standard-gauge line would be reduced by having a smaller loading gauge with shorter, lower and narrower vehicles and tunnels of smaller cross-section
Carl_Abraham_Pihl
Permissible limit or limits of variation
boat under a bridge as well as a train in a tunnel (see structure gauge and loading gauge); in mechanical engineering, the space between a bolt and a nut
Engineering_tolerance
Overlap configuration to narrow track formation
run on the pair of rails appropriate to their direction, track gauge or loading gauge. The term gauntlet refers to the expression running the gauntlet
Gauntlet_track
Topics referred to by the same term
up gauge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gauge (/ˈɡeɪdʒ/ GAYJ) may refer to: Gauge (instrument), any of a variety of measuring instruments Gauge (firearms)
Gauge
Distance of the track centres of double-track railway lines
railway lines. There are standard distances derived from the standard loading gauge in a country. For high-speed trains and in tighter curves that distance
Track_spacing
Steam locomotive which carries its fuel and water onboard
Therefore, up to the limits of the maximum permissible axle loading, and other loading limits, the more weight on the driving wheels the better. In a
Tank_locomotive
Railway system
890 ft) [resulting max. train length ~800 m (2,600 ft)] Maximum vehicle loading gauge height: 5,300 mm (17 ft 4+5⁄8 in) Trains run on the: Left Railway signalling
Kenya_Standard_Gauge_Railway
Class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive
allowed for a wider boiler within the loading gauge to be used. Later operational experience showed that loading gauge clearance of the outer cylinders was
GWR_6000_Class
System for grading the railway network of Great Britain
RA when fully loaded. (When considering the operation of trains the loading gauge must also be considered.) The system was first devised by the London
Route_availability
Early to mid 1900s railway system in Victoria, Australia
Gembrook line always had a much higher passenger loading than the other narrow-gauge lines. The break-of-gauge station of Upper Ferntree Gully was a terminus
Narrow-gauge lines of the Victorian Railways
Narrow-gauge_lines_of_the_Victorian_Railways
Series of connected rail vehicles
though both broad-gauge and narrow-gauge trains are also in use. Trains also need to fit within the loading gauge profile, ensuring they are not too tall
Train
Model railroad gauge
fit within HO scale models of British trains, which have a smaller loading gauge than their European and North American counterparts. A solution was
OO_gauge
Practice of carrying truck semi-trailers on railroad freight cars
trailers as specified in road transport regulations. As upgrading the loading gauge of an existing railway can be very expensive, especially when tunnels
Trailer-on-flatcar
North American standard for electrical-wire diameters
American Wire Gauge (AWG) is a logarithmic stepped standardized wire gauge system used since 1857, predominantly in North America, for the diameters of
American_wire_gauge
Major upgrade of the railway between Manchester, Leeds, and York
to the TRU, with full electrification of the route and gauge clearance works to W12 loading gauge to accommodate 2.9 m × 2.6 m (9.5 ft × 8.5 ft) shipping
Transpennine_Route_Upgrade
Process of shipping loaded trucks on railway cars
rolling highways vary from region to region. In North America, the loading gauge is often high enough to accommodate double stack containers, so the
Rolling_highway
Cargo transport using multiple containers
introduced to increase shipping productivity. In Europe, the more restricted loading gauge has limited the adoption of double-stack cars. However, in 2007 the
Intermodal_freight_transport
British rolling stock, 1838–1947
9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m), when standard loading gauge was a maximum of 9 feet (2.7 m). To keep within GWR loading gauge restrictions, the end doors were inset
Coaches of the Great Western Railway
Coaches_of_the_Great_Western_Railway
High-capacity public transport
the linear motor for propulsion. Some urban rail lines are built to a loading gauge as large as that of main-line railways; others are built to a smaller
Rapid_transit
Enclosed railway wagon used to carry freight
Dresden, but a loading area of only 22.4 m2 (241 sq ft), because of its narrower wagon body constrained by the smaller loading gauge of British railways
Covered_goods_wagon
railway companies in Japan and the loading gauge is different for each company. Russia: proposed fixed link, break-of-gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)/1,520 mm
Rail_transport_in_Japan
High-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel
and from stations in Kent and east London, and continental European loading gauge freight traffic. From the Channel Tunnel, the line crosses the River
High_Speed_1
Railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine
though this was never officially proven. In the United States, larger loading gauges allowed the development of very large, heavy locomotives such as the
Steam_locomotive
Railway with a 15 inch track gauge
minimum-gauge railways maximize their loading gauge, where the dimension of the equipment is made as large as possible with respect to the track gauge while
Minimum-gauge_railway
Overview of rail transport in Victoria, Australia
specified lines. The maximum axle loading of freight wagons is 20 tonnes, with locomotives of up to 22 tonne axle loading operating. Train lengths are limited
Rail_transport_in_Victoria
Type of railroad car
tracks and ensure that trains conforming to the railroad's standard loading gauge or dynamic envelope will not encounter any obstruction. Additionally
Clearance_car
Railway system of Eritrea
rebuilt in the 1990s by the Eritrean authorities. The railway is narrow-gauge and is being rebuilt after the devastation wreaked upon it by the war of
Eritrean_Railway
Fixed structure to allow people to board or alight trains
placed between two railway tracks Loading dock Loading gauge – Maximum dimensions for railway vehicles and their loads Mind the gap – Warning to train passengers
Railway_platform
Experimental British electric railcar
used in continental Europe and North America, the restrictive railway loading gauge in the United Kingdom prohibits normal double-decker trains with two
SR_Class_4-DD
Cameroonian railway company
Cameroon and Chad's economic trade 1,104 km of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge track (1995 est.). Vertical Horizontal mainly concrete sleeper Stage 1 upgrade
Camrail
restricted loading gauge of the tunnels and the need for loaded tubs to be light enough to be pushed by one man, these railways were almost all narrow-gauge. These
British_narrow-gauge_railways
Proposed tunnel between Russia and Japan
(4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Loading gauge: 4.1 metres (13 ft) wide and 6.15 metres (20.2 ft) tall Electrification: 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead lines Hokkaido network: Track gauge: 1
Sakhalin–Hokkaido_Tunnel
High-speed rail project in England
interoperability for high-speed rail. HS2 is being built with a UIC GC loading gauge with a maximum design speed of 400 km/h (250 mph). Initially, trains
High_Speed_2
Diesel-electric train series
affected. This led to a restricted loading gauge in the tunnels. Consequently, rolling stock built to this loading gauge had to be used on the line. Between
British Rail Classes 201, 202 and 203
British_Rail_Classes_201,_202_and_203
Part of a steam locomotive through which smoke leaves the boiler
hilly terrain required tunnels and overhead bridges, which imposed a loading gauge limiting the height of chimneys. Increasing the velocity of steam exhaust
Chimney_(locomotive)
List of New York City Subway services
length for A Division cars, which are limited by the infrastructure's loading gauge. The B Division is broken down into two subdivisions, B1 (BMT) and B2
B Division (New York City Subway)
B_Division_(New_York_City_Subway)
Model railway scale
fit in the British loading gauge. The simple solution was, just like in choosing OO over HO and as later would happen in N gauge, to make the trains
TT_scale
Division of the New York City Subway
1940 city takeover. Because of the limitations of the infrastructure's loading gauge, A Division rolling stock is narrower, shorter, and lighter than that
A Division (New York City Subway)
A_Division_(New_York_City_Subway)
Enclosed railroad car used to carry freight
such can only run on routes with increased clearance (see loading gauge and structure gauge). The excess height section of the car end is often painted
Boxcar
British diesel-electric multiple unit trains
line, with a narrow body profile to accommodate the restricted tunnel loading gauge on that line. Power car (two per six-car set) Introduced: 1957 Weight:
British_Rail_Class_201
Rapid transit line in Budapest, Hungary
easier to access the new development center. Due to the line’s small loading gauge, the line has used very small vehicles since its inception with low-floor
Metro Line M1 (Budapest Metro)
Metro_Line_M1_(Budapest_Metro)
Widths of railway tracks
6 ft gauge was also cited for improved stability, and the New York and Erie eventually had rolling stock with 11 feet (3.35 m) wide loading gauge. Other
Track gauge in the United States
Track_gauge_in_the_United_States
Eurostar high speed train
to accommodate larger trains from mainland Europe, having a larger loading gauge compared to the domestic British rail network. The original order for
British_Rail_Class_374
Class of 110 three-cylinder 4-6-2 locomotives
the cab was reduced in width and remodelled to comply with reduced loading gauge over some routes. Based on the mechanical experience gained from the
SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes
SR_West_Country_and_Battle_of_Britain_classes
Rapid transit railway in the Netherlands
line 50 were originally built to the smaller tram loading gauge but were later narrowed to the metro gauge to accommodate the older but wider M1–M3 sets.
Amsterdam_Metro
the boat train traffic from London to Plymouth. Built to the maximum loading gauge to be more opulent than the rival Pullman Company coaches offered by
GWR_Super_Saloons
Rail wagon designed for the transport of semi-trailers
thus to respect the height of the loading gauge ( 4.2 m or 13 ft 9+3⁄8 in above top of rail for the loading gauge of the UIC). These are special open
Kangourou_wagon
Spanish state-owned rail transport company
February 2023, authorities discovered the designs were for the wrong loading gauge and would be too wide for the tunnels. Amidst international embarrassment
Renfe
Type of railroad car
fifth-wheel coupling to allow semi-trailer transport as well AAR Plate-H loading gauge A container train passing through Jacksonville, Florida, with 53' containers
Well_car
Electronic component used to measure strain
A strain gauge (also spelled strain gage) is a device used to measure strain on an object. Invented by Edward E. Simmons and Arthur C. Ruge in 1938, the
Strain_gauge
Type of railway goods wagon
is that, in some variants, the opened roof does not fit within the loading gauge and can thus block a neighbouring track. The latest development is the
Wagon_with_opening_roof
Rapid transit system in Madrid, Spain
Madrid Metro has been built with two distinct loading gauges: Lines 1–5 and the Ramal have a narrow loading gauge and, as such, are operated by smaller trainsets
Madrid_Metro
Intermodal freight transport system
90 m) and double stacking rail cars, further enlargement of the rail loading gauge is proving necessary.[citation needed] While major airlines use containers
Containerization
mechanically are called pressure gauges, vacuum gauges or compound gauges (vacuum & pressure). The widely used Bourdon gauge is a mechanical device, which
Pressure_measurement
Rapid transit system in Lyon, France
project to run the metro into the suburbs on existing railway lines. The loading gauge for all lines is 2.90 m (9 ft 6.2 in), more generous than the average
Lyon_Metro
Specialty rail wagon for transporting vehicles
recommended height of a normal flatbed wagon, and hence exceed the loading gauge. 'Lowmac' is the telegraphic term within the Great Western Railway's
Lowmac
Railway line in Kent and East Sussex, England
multiple units built to the line's loading gauge. Diesel locomotives handled freight, also built to fit the loading gauge. The diesel-electric multiple units
Hastings_line
Rail freight and logistics company
Railfreight Distribution subsidiary during the late 1980s. Work to expand the loading gauge on routes such as the East Coast Main Line, allowing trains hauling
Freightliner_Group
Smoothbore/rifled shotgun caliber
A 20-gauge shotgun, also known as 20 bore or 20 gauge, is a type of smoothbore shotgun. Twenty-gauge shotguns have a bore diameter of .615 in (15.6 mm)
20-gauge_shotgun
American owner of boxcars
Canada, Mexico and the United States on lines where an AAR Plate-C loading gauge is permitted. Railbox purchased boxcars from many manufacturers, including
Railbox
Bridge across Sydney Harbour in Australia
of the construction and completion of the bridge Railway loading gauge Railway loading gauge discussion "Richard Raxworthy - interviews, 1982-1989, with
Sydney_Harbour_Bridge
models of British prototype locomotives. British railways use a smaller loading gauge than those in Europe and America, resulting in smaller locomotives.
British_N_gauge
Electric multiple unit that operates Eurostar's high-speed rail service
family, it was built with a smaller cross-section to fit the smaller loading gauge in Britain, was originally capable of operating on the UK third rail
British_Rail_Class_373
Narrow-gauge railway in north Wales
1 was not performing well. The Talyllyn's unusual track gauge and restricted loading gauge meant that it was unlikely that a locomotive could be found
Talyllyn_Railway
Class of 40 three-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives
the Lord Nelsons, the class could be used on lines with a restricted loading gauge and some of the best performance by the class was on the heavily restricted
SR_V_class
British main battle tank
trailers and for a Bailey bridge of 80 ft (24 m) span. The British railway loading gauge required that the width should not exceed 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) and the
Centurion_(tank)
Bilevel passenger rail car
MultiLevel and the Double-deck Coach. The MultiLevel conforms to a smaller loading gauge than the BiLevel for the tighter clearances found on the Washington
Bombardier_BiLevel_Coach
British steam locomotive, built 1926–1932
appearance with large steeply-angled cylinders to accommodate a restricted loading gauge. Designed by George Hughes, chief mechanical engineer of the LMS, and
LMS_Hughes_Crab
State-owned railway company in Finland
to retire its Dr16 locomotives by the end of 2025. The wide Finnish loading gauge allows the passenger coaches to be considerably wider than most European
VR_Group
Bridge over Mekong River
(3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge railway line in the middle, straddling the narrow central reservation. The rail gauge is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) The loading gauge might
First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge
First_Thai–Lao_Friendship_Bridge
Topics referred to by the same term
route a specific size of I-beam Windows 8, an operating system W8 (loading gauge) on the British rail system W8 (tram), a class of electric trams modified
W8
LOADING GAUGE
LOADING GAUGE
Boy/Male
English
Son Of Gold.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wood was cut, Middle English wo(o)ding.
Surname or Lastname
Danish
Danish : probably a habitational name from Kolding. This was originally the name of a river, from kaldr ‘cold’ + a derivational suffix -ung, hence ‘the cold river’.English : perhaps a spelling variant of Golding.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gooding.German (Göding) : variant of Godding.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Holden.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the county seat of Berkshire, which gets its name from Old English Rēadingas ‘people of Rēad(a)’, a byname meaning ‘red’.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, an unattested Old English ryding.
Surname or Lastname
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight)
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) : habitational name from a place on the Isle of Wight named Brading, from Old English brerd ‘hillside’ + -ingas ‘dwellers at’, i.e. ‘(settlement of) the dwellers on the hillside’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Leeming.
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of Gold; Little Golden One
Boy/Male
English
Son of Reed.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name Lyfing, Old English Lēofing, based on lēof ‘dear’.Swedish : apparently an ornamental name formed from the place-name element lov-, meaning unknown, + the suffix -ing (see Arning).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the late Old English personal name Golding, in form a patronymic from Golda (see Gold 4).German : patronymic from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with gold, guld ‘gold’, ‘bright’.Jewish (from Latvia and Lithuania) : habitational name from Golding, the German and Yiddish name of the city of Kuldīga in Latvia.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : patronymic from Bold as a personal name.Danish : habitational name from a place so named in Jutland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : ethnic name from Old French Lohereng ‘man from Lorraine’ (see Lorraine).
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : unexplained.
Boy/Male
German
Renowned Warrior's Son
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dowden.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Son of the Red-haired
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Good.
LOADING GAUGE
LOADING GAUGE
Boy/Male
Indian
Servant of the everlasting, Slave of the eternal
Boy/Male
Indian
Honor
Boy/Male
English American
Bald; Abbreviation of names beginning with Cal-.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Islamic place
Female
German
Dutch and German form of Hebrew Miryam, MIRJAM means "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion."Â
Boy/Male
Hindu
Thin, Divine sage
Boy/Male
Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek
God's Gift; Gift from God
Boy/Male
Tamil
Modesty
Girl/Female
Finnish, French, German
Bright; All; Completely
Biblical
glad news; incarnation
LOADING GAUGE
LOADING GAUGE
LOADING GAUGE
LOADING GAUGE
LOADING GAUGE
n.
Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
n.
A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
a.
Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.
a.
Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
a.
Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
n.
A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.
n.
The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
a.
Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
n.
The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Load
a.
Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.
n.
A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule.
n.
Freight; loading; cargo.
n.
The act of loading.
n.
The act of putting a load on or into.
n.
That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship.
n.
That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
n.
A load; cargo; burden.
n.
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.