Usage of "narrow gauge railway line"

Russian

ужд

Portuguese

via angusta

Spanish

vía estrecha

Railway line with a gauge less than the standard of 1435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

ужд

Synonyms

Examples for "narrow-gauge railway"

For the few local residents, a narrow-gauge railway is their lifeline. 
 Reuters 

Valievo lies at the terminus of a narrow-gauge railway which joins the Belgrade-Salonika line at Mladinovatz. 
 The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, I... 

Lines of narrow-gauge railway led to the platforms. 
 A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army 

Here we leave the steamer and take a narrow-gauge railway for six miles around the magnificent rapids. 
 Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist 

She doesn't like people obstructing the corridors. There are steel rails recessed into the floor, like a diminutive narrow-gauge railway. 
 Down On The Farm 

A narrow-gauge railroad runs twenty miles into the interior from Solitas. 
 Cabbages and Kings 

Part way up the narrow-gauge railroad from the coast is a station called Voi. 
 African Camp Fires 

Lakelands proper is a contented village of two dozen houses situated on a forlorn, narrow-gauge railroad line. 
 Sixes and Sevens 

Stranger yet, the tunnel was lighted by electricity, and upon it was laid a double-tracked, narrow-gauge railroad! 
 The Jungle 

They do this with the aid of a single-spar derrick, some little narrow-gauge trucks and a portable narrow-gauge railroad. 
 Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights 

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Meanings of narrow gauge railway line in English