mixed gauges
mixed gauges is the plural of mixed gauge.
Meaning of mixed gauge
Noun
mixed gauge (countable and uncountable, plural mixed gauges)
- A description of a railway track with (usually) three rails, which enables trains of two different track gauges to run over it.
- An ingenious method was used in the early days of mixed gauges on the Great Western Railway, by which narrow gauge and broad gauge trains could be sent on diverging paths without the use of ordinary switches controlled from a signalbox.1940 May, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Old Time Permanent Way Devices”, in Railway Magazine, page 305
- Synonyms:
- dual gauge
Questions about mixed gauges
- What is mixed gauges the plural of?
- Mixed gauges is the plural of mixed gauge.
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