This article will be permanently flagged as inappropriate and made unaccessible to everyone. Are you certain this article is inappropriate? Excessive Violence Sexual Content Political / Social
Email Address:
Article Id: WHEBN0024027072 Reproduction Date:
Dual gauge · Conversion (list) · Bogie exchange · Variable gauge
Irish gauge (also known as Victorian broad gauge) railways use a track gauge of . It is used in
The Pennsylvania trolley gauges ( and ) are similar. There is also , see track gauge in Ireland.
One of the supposed advantages of the broader Irish Gauge, compared to standard gauge, is that the greater space between the wheels allows for bigger cylinders. In practice, Ireland does not have any heavily-loaded or steeply-graded lines that would require especially powerful locomotives. The most powerful steam locomotives on systems of this gauge were:
By comparison a non-articulated standard gauge locomotive in the same country was:
Iarnrod Éireann, Derry, Coleraine, Dublin, Dublin Connolly railway station