Broad-gauge Sentence Examples

They are nearly always placed transversely, across the direction of the lines, the longitudinal position such as was adopted in connexion with the broad gauge on the Great Western in England having been abandoned except in special cases.

About 90% of the total exports and imports of the country pass through the port, though the completion, in 1904, of a broad-gauge railway connecting Cairo and Port Said deflected some of the cotton exports to the Suez Canal route.

The broad-gauge railways in the canton have a length of 184 m., and include bits of the main lines towards Paris and Lausanne (for Bern or the Simplon), while there are also 724 m.

The canton is well supplied with railway lines, the broad gauge lines being 228 m.

Thence it continues on the east bank to Luxor, where the broad gauge ceases.

It was furnished with four strong flanged wheels and ran along a light broad-gauge (9 ft.) railway track, 1800 ft.

The broad-gauge railways in the department cover 56 m., including the line along the coast, while there are also 82 m.