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loading gauge

loading gauge noun: the maximum permitted height and width for a rail vehicle, governed by clearances in tunnels, under bridges and past lineside structures.

loading gauge: the maximum permitted height and width for a rail vehicle, governed by clearances in tunnels, under...
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Noun

loading gauge (plural loading gauges)

  1. (UK) The maximum permitted height and width for a rail vehicle, governed by clearances in tunnels, under bridges and past lineside structures.
    • In Russia, where experiments on a considerable scale have been made with condensing, the railways have the considerable advantage of a loading gauge 17 ft. high (the biggest in the world), as compared with the British 13 ft. or slightly over.1946 January and February, “The Why and The Wherefore: Condensing Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 62
    • The first "K" class 4-8-4 appeared in 1932. Designed and built in New Zealand, these are probably the biggest non-articulated locomotives possible within the loading gauge.1954 August, J. B. Snell, “The New Zealand Government Railways—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 561
  2. A physical structure, often a metal frame above a railroad track, to check the maximum height and width of a vehicle.

loading gauge meaning in Tamil and Arabic

loading gauge in Tamil

சுமையேற்ற அளவி

loading gauge in Arabic

maximum permitted height
مِقْياس الحُمُولَة miqyās al-ḥumūla

Examples of loading gauge in a sentence

  • The total of wagons generally conforming to Continental standards but specially built to our loading gauge so that they are capable of use on the ferry routes is now 8,000.1960 March, “Talking of Trains: London-Paris in four hours”, in Trains Illustrated, page 134:
  • But there is a continuing distinction between the loading gauge (the size of the trains) of the deep-level Tube trains and the loading gauge of the cut-and-cover trains.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 33:

Forms of loading gauge

pluralloading gauges

Questions about loading gauge

What does loading gauge mean?
Loading gauge means the maximum permitted height and width for a rail vehicle, governed by clearances in tunnels, under bridges and past lineside structures.
What is loading gauge in Tamil?
Loading gauge in Tamil is சுமையேற்ற அளவி. See Loading gauge meaning in Tamil.
How do you use loading gauge in a sentence?
The total of wagons generally conforming to Continental standards but specially built to our loading gauge so that they are capable of use on the ferry routes is now 8,000.
What part of speech is loading gauge?
Loading gauge is a noun.
What is the plural of loading gauge?
The plural of loading gauge is loading gauges.

Words near loading gauge in the dictionary

  1. loading coil
  2. loading coils
  3. loading dock
  4. loading docks
  5. loading down
  6. loading gauge
  7. loading gauges
  8. loading out
  9. loading screen
  10. loading screens
  11. loading space

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loading gauge (page history and authors); loading gauge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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