| 单词 | narrow gauge |
| 例句 | It uses an old-fashioned French narrow gauge, and is so old that when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Hanoi in February for a summit with U.S. Off the rails: Hanoi closes trackside cafes thronged by selfie-seeking tourists 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z While narrow gauge railroads were cheaper to build, there was one major downside to a three-foot-gauge railroad: it was incompatible with most other railroads. Who needs a railroad museum? You can ride these circa-1870 rails yourself. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z There will be new characters on the island of Sodor, on which the stories are set, including narrow gauge engine Millie. Former Brookside actor to be Thomas the Tank Engine narrator 2013-05-17T00:56:08Z For almost a century the narrow gauge railway hauled slate through Snowdonia before it became the world's first preserved railway in 1951. Unesco: UK area bids to join Pyramids & Taj Mahal on World Heritage list 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z “While his competitors were building rail lines east and west, Palmer proposed a narrow gauge from Denver along the Rocky Mountains southward to El Paso, Texas and eventually Mexico.” Rail mill project solidifies Pueblo’s ‘Steel City’ moniker 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z You can remind him that people suffer across the world while he studies the history and politics of the narrow gauge. On Crazyism, Jerkitude, Garden Snails and Other Philosophical Puzzles 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The credit hour was originally a narrow gauge of how much time professors needed to spend in class to qualify for pensions. New Higher Education Bill Rolls Back Obama-Era Safeguards 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z The narrow gauge railway opened for goods traffic in 1865 and for passenger services shortly after. Talyllyn Railway train guard triplets qualify on same day - BBC News 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z It once was connected to Lawrenceville by a covered bridge and a narrow gauge railroad that was part of the trolley system. Millvale, Etna: Rediscovered river towns 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The single track is old and narrow gauge, and trains frequently break down or derail. Controversial Railway Splits Kenya’s Parks, Threatens Wildlife The narrow gauge train runs from Thanksgiving through Christmas, departing from the Ocean Gateway Visitor Center. Maine narrow gauge train whisks passengers to North Pole 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Nellie and other engines were hidden in a shed by railway staff when the 350-mile narrow gauge line closed 40 years ago. Leeds locomotive that founded a railway in Sierra Leone - BBC News 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z It was engineered by Benjamin Outram, and was modernised in the 1840s to accommodate a narrow gauge railway. 'Oldest' tunnel gets protected status 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Snaking their way across the subcontinent, the first narrow gauge railway line was constructed in the 1860s to transport cotton from Dabhoi to Miyagam. India's 'disappearing' railways 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The slow narrow gauge train is better known as the "labour train" for it ferries hundreds of migrant workers from nearby villages to the state capital, Raipur, in search of work. The 'mobile gatekeepers' of India's railways 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z An 8-foot wide steel walkway with narrow gauge rails, which Barnett believes was used for a cargo trolley, also remains on-site. EXCHANGE: Discovery opens door to bygone canal era 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Those trenches, gun emplacements and other bases were then linked by a narrow gauge railway line. WW1 defences being destroyed by sea 2014-02-28T06:07:57Z Robert Gambrill from the Vale of Rheidol Railway said it would be used to display a unique collection of narrow gauge artefacts. Museum plan for London station roof 2013-05-31T06:28:43Z He said that promises such as federal subsidies for the single-track, narrow gauge Rhaetian railway which serves the reason have not panned out. Glitzy St Moritz, Davos fret over the cost of Olympic bid 2013-02-25T20:54:23Z Experts at Ffestiniog railway say it is regarded as the world's first narrow gauge steam locomotive. Loco to depart after 149 years 2012-11-10T09:22:10Z Property manager Richard Williams checks the exhibits ahead of the weekend which will also include a 1950s model railway and narrow gauge model railway with family actives. Penrhyn Castle's steam weekend 2012-08-18T13:56:03Z Dr. Baker saw the possibilities of the region and, almost unaided, with every difficulty and discouragement, constructed a narrow gauge, with wooden rails, on which strap-iron was fastened. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z The Brighton, the Chatham and Dover, and the Great Western, are accommodated at this station, where both the broad and narrow gauges are laid down. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z It is to be narrow gauge, without cogwheels, and will cross the Visp torrent five times. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Growing out of the broad gauge movement, to some extent, two or three narrow gauge enterprises have been organized. Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.?No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:30.823Z It was much cheaper for the lumber concerns to sail the logs down the lake if they could, than to load them on the narrow gauge railroad and pay freight to Culberton. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z Swakopmund is connected by a narrow gauge railway with Windhoek, the administrative capital of the colony, situated in a hilly district 180 m. due east of the port, but 237 m. by the railway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z American enterprise is engaged at this writing in constructing a narrow gauge electric tramway to the summit of Tijuca. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z A greater width is known as a broad gauge, a less width as a narrow gauge. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Another narrow gauge road is organized to be built into the "Ten-Mile" and Breckenridge districts, where the famous Robinson Mine is located. Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.?No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:30.823Z A narrow gauge railroad, twelve miles long, supplied with two locomotives and fifty cars, is used for bringing logs to mill. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z There is a north-south train, but it's slow, old and narrow gauge. Special Report: After Japan, where's the next nuclear weak link? 2011-06-09T11:17:56Z Toppy lurched over to the narrow gauge, and that was the last thing he had remembered of that memorable night. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z There was a narrow gauge road from Denver to Pueblo. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z Should the broad gauge be built this summer to Pueblo, there is little doubt but that narrow gauges would ramify out from Leadville into every mineral bearing gulch that was found accessible. Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.?No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:30.823Z To connect Meaux with the front, the French laid some 30 m. of narrow gauge railway largely along existing roads. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z As there were six of them, an empty one would be required—the London and Brighton line being narrow gauge. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The still isolated railway system of Greece is upon a narrow gauge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The narrow gauge railway leading from Baker to Prairie City serves the whole County for both passenger and freight traffic. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z Victoria has the broad gauge of five feet three inches; New South Wales has a gauge of four feet eight inches; while in Queensland the narrow gauge of three feet six inches is adopted. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Mules are universally employed for animal traction, and narrow gauge lines with single-mule trams are generally used where the traffic is light. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Beside it lay her best bonnet, also of black, an affair of a very narrow gauge and built high up at the back, having the appearance of being several sizes too small for its wearer. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle When the Alabama doughboys first discovered the narrow gauge railroad, it furnished them high entertainment for a couple of nights. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division Of the portion in use, about 2,470 miles were standard gauge, and 150 were narrow gauge. Area Handbook for Bulgaria At Dakar they were shipped through Senegal to Bamako by narrow gauge railroad which ran periodically. Black Man's Burden The carriages made here are for the narrow gauge, and are immensely superior in every way to the old broad-gauge carriage, being much more roomy, although not so wide. The Hills and the Vale From here to Santa Barbara, through the courtesy of Superintendent Johnson, of the narrow gauge railroad, the train was stopped at every station for a ten-minute address. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Once on a down grade, our way crossed the tracks of a narrow gauge railroad. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The ordinary trains make about fifteen miles an hour, Japan having unfortunately adopted narrow gauge in early days and going on the well-known principle of safety first. Letters from China and Japan The dispute between broad and narrow gauges is indeed merely a modern form of a long-standing quarrel. Old Roads and New Roads It possessed the narrowest of narrow gauges, and its rolling-stock consisted of flat cars three feet wide, drawn by splendid Percherons. With the French in France and Salonika I did lots of different kinds of work, on the narrow gauge railroad out of Longview and I learned to be a barber, too. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 Their lines were interspersed with long files of plodding mules dragging small, two-wheeled, narrow gauge carts loaded down with machine gun ammunition. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" It is well known that all our senses have only a certain narrow gauge within which they are able to bring us into sensible contact with the world about us. Was Man Created? But there is a lignite mine not far from the city, and a narrow gauge railroad running to it. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 Toluca, the capital of the State of Mexico, is easily reached by a narrow gauge railway, being less than fifty miles from the national capital. Aztec Land McGuire had developed it with capital from Denver, built a narrow gauge in. The Vagrant Duke At Michaelville, Dr. Bird left his car and stepped on the scooter which ran on the narrow gauge track connecting the range house with the wharf on Romney Creek. The Great Drought We still feel absurdly big as we get out of the little train on its little narrow gauge line and wait while Yosoji captures our luggage from the van. Round the Wonderful World In addition to the main lines of the State Railway, there were what are called "Chemins-de-fer-vicinaux," small narrow gauge railways which traversed Belgium in all directions. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders With a few exceptions, the lines are narrow gauge. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China There are several miles of narrow gauge street railroad and a system of electric lights. A Soldier in the Philippines From Denver I travelled by the narrow gauge "Denver and Rio Grande" line to Utah. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 Let the narrow gauge beat this if it can. Notes and Queries, Number 183, April 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc To be sure it is only a narrow gauge, but it carries people, if they are not in too big a hurry, and freight. Wanderings in the Orient The road to Windburne from the Ridgway junction is a local affair, narrow gauge, with little rocking cars in which a tall person could scarcely stand upright. Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall We crossed several narrow gauge tracks on our march, and saw trains carrying supplies of all kinds to the battle front. In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France To deal with these many miles of new railways—both standard and narrow gauge—and trench tramways were laid. World's War Events, Vol. II The scenery grew bolder as we went along, and at the Junction we took the narrow gauge for our mountain climb. Travels in the Far East Simla is 58 miles by cart road from Kálka, at the foot of the hills, and somewhat further by the narrow gauge railway. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir An engine with a coach usually waited on this narrow gauge track, but this afternoon there was none. Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall The narrow gauge is especially adapted to mountain regions, and also to thinly populated districts. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Our little narrow gauge coaches were crowded to their utmost, men standing in aisles and on platforms, and sitting upon wood boxes and hand luggage near the doors. A Woman who went to Alaska The guns limber up and jump the railway line—a pretty stiff little obstacle—the narrow gauge metals being on top of a narrow embankment. Impressions of a War Correspondent He than assigned me to a car running on the narrow gauge line between Denver and Alamosa, Creed and Durango. The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick" The railways are of narrow gauge, and the carriages like our tramcars. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The narrow gauge railway was flooded and ceased to be of any service until after the New Year. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Where before we had traveled seven miles we now walked only two, riding on the new narrow gauge railroad, spoken of there as Mr. Lane's, the remainder of the way. A Woman who went to Alaska At many points light narrow gauge railroads had been built which ran from the dressing stations right up to the trenches. On the Fringe of the Great Fight Before the war, Syria had been connected with Asia Minor by a broad gauge line from Aleppo to Rayak, where it effected a junction with a narrow gauge line from Beyrout to Damascus. With the British Army in The Holy Land The next summer, when the blue-bells were in blossom at Grass Valley, he passed through that prosperous mining town on the narrow gauge bound for Nevada City and Moore's Flat. Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Over solid ice and snow, Down the narrow gauge we go Swifter than a bird o'erhead, Swifter than an arrow sped From the staunchest, strongest bow. Poems Vol. IV Miles of American railroads, both of standard and narrow gauge, carrying American-made equipment, assisted in the transportation of men and supplies. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Considering the expensive nature of the works, and the paucity of passengers, I almost wonder that the States Railway Company did more than construct a narrow gauge for the mineral traffic. Round About the Carpathians Well-constructed narrow gauge lines were laid down between Ludd and Jaffa, and between railhead and various distributing centres close behind the front line. With the British Army in The Holy Land The narrow gauge from Colfax is little better than a stage coach. Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California After several hours' marching, a road and a narrow gauge Turkish railway were crossed, both of which were understood to lead to Beersheba. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron So on his own estate on the Hoboken hill he built a little railway of narrow gauge and a small locomotive. Fifth Avenue The new carbonate beds chanced to lie within easy rifle-shot of the summit of Plug Pass; in other words, they were precisely on the line of the extension survey of the narrow gauge. Empire Builders Fortunately, this narrow gauge line was of similar gauge to certain light railways in Egypt, and rolling stock from those lines was brought up with all convenient speed. With the British Army in The Holy Land And now they were at Colfax, the junction of the narrow gauge railroad, whence, at nine cents a mile, you travel northward to Nevada City. Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California The line is single, and has a gauge of three feet, the standard of the existing narrow gauge lines in Ulster. Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 He had, it is true, known some section hands down on the narrow gauge that was also Bohemians, but Bohemians of any class at all was glass blowers, and that was an end of it. Ma Pettengill Here is Saint's Rest; here is the Copah district; and here is Green Butte, the junction of their narrow gauge with the standard-gauge Salt Lake and Eastern. Empire Builders The first months of working this Turkish line, still in its narrow gauge condition as captured, did not afford a promising outlook. With the British Army in The Holy Land It is well to go from San Francisco on the narrow gauge, 80 miles, Southern Pacific, and return on the broad gauge, 121 miles. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California To this point they built a narrow gauge railway for the purpose of transporting the millions of feet of lumber sawn at their mills. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter In Manila there is a narrow gauge street railway, operated by horse-power, about eleven miles in total length; also a telephone system, and electric lights. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient On the other hand, the Green Butte narrow gauge runs for seventy miles through the crookedest canyon a Rocky Mountain river ever got lost in. Empire Builders There is a tiny narrow gauge road, possibly not over eighteen inches broad, upon which are eight-seated, little open cars. Abroad with the Jimmies On the narrow gauge are the Big Trees, at which an interesting stop-over can be enjoyed. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California I worked for em when she was a narrow gauge. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 The standard coupled passenger express engine on the narrow gauge has inside cylinders 17 in. diameter and 24 in. stroke; the coupled wheels are 6 ft. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 For a year or more you have been figuring on some kind of a scheme to pull the company's financial leg in behalf of your good-for-nothing narrow gauge. Empire Builders But in the hands of so practical a people it may be expected that the portable narrow gauge railway will soon be applied even to a larger number of purposes than is the case elsewhere. Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 It was a narrow gauge road and the rails were small and the road was dirt. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 I satisfied myself that it was a cab and not a private carriage by the narrow gauge of the wheels. A Study in Scarlet The narrow gauge trains are worked by two classes of engines. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 By standardizing the Plug Mountain narrow gauge and extending it to Salt Lake and beyond, the line would secure a western outlet, and would be in a position to demand its share of transcontinental business. Empire Builders One of the most important uses to which a narrow gauge line can be put is that of a military railway. Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 It is a narrow gauge, not more than forty-seven inches wide. Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades Before them was a small dark hole in the side of the hill, an entrance not much higher than a man, into which ran a single rail line of narrow gauge. The Happy Foreigner The town is about three miles inland from the port, but a branch of a narrow gauge plantation railroad connects the city with the wharf and on steamer days a passenger car makes several trips. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future The narrow gauge is kept up for the use of the Mahoning trains, freight and passenger, while the broad gauge is used by the Atlantic and Great Western through trains. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men In the former case, the narrow gauge, 20 in. with 14 lb. rails, is used, with platform trucks and iron baskets 3 ft. Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 It was intended to extend the line six miles beyond Bush Mills, in order to join it at Dervock station with the north of Ireland narrow gauge railway system. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 On the eastern half of England we might get a great number of narrow gauge steam trams running along the present trunk roads. Speculations from Political Economy Men alight at each stop after Polotsk; no one sits down again; and at every stop thirty miles of narrow gauge railway lead to the trenches. Tales of the Wilderness This road has a narrow gauge track crossing the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad at Leavittsburgh, Ohio, fifty miles south of Cleveland. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Locomotive engines, general description of the locomotive; Stephenson's locomotive; Gooch's locomotive for the wide gauge; Crampton's locomotive for the narrow gauge. A Catechism of the Steam Engine Our recommendation was that the narrow gauge should be carried throughout. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy Strategic needs also were clamant against the dangers of the narrow gauge in any general scheme of Indian defence. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 By this time the young people were all well accustomed to the absurd little narrow gauge tramways with their leisurely trains. The Spanish Chest The cars, often long trains, are narrow gauge, open, and airy. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 And now I know why you talk in your sleep about a broad and narrow gauge! Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures That Pilot of ours," he declared, "runs a little to the narrow gauge, but in that last round up he was telling us about last Sunday there won't be the goat run for him. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land On the other hand, as time passed and practical experience was gained, its opponents were able to make an even stronger case against the narrow gauge. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 Not that Bayliss was exactly diffident, but he was a narrow gauge fellow, the sort of prudent young man one wouldn't expect Nat Wheeler to like. One of Ours Lines of narrow gauge tramway, running parallel from the hut towards the water, were connected along the front of the wharf by a cross road and turn-tables. The Pit Prop Syndicate Over a great space of ground the sidings of the rail-head spread, the normal gauge rail-head spread out like a fan and interdigitated with the narrow gauge lines that go up practically to the guns. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war It was pierced by four doors, all of which were closed, but out of each of which ran a line of narrow gauge railway. The Pit Prop Syndicate At the back were a number of doors, and through these also narrow gauge lines were laid which connected with those radiating to the edge of the clearing. The Pit Prop Syndicate |
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