Usage of "narrow-gauge railroad"

Russian

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Portuguese

via angusta

Spanish

vía estrecha

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

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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 

Usage of narrow-gauge railroad in English

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 

Whether the funny little narrow-gauge railroad exists for Nairobi, or Nairobi for the railroad, it would be difficult to say. 
 African Camp Fires 

A narrow-gauge railroad, a train with a disabled engine and a disgusted minstrel troupe arrived at 3 p. m., six hours late. 
 Watch Yourself Go By 

He begged for an immediate answer; and if it were favourable he promised to fly, ignoring the narrow-gauge railroad, at once to Lakelands. 
 Sixes and Sevens 

It has also had the enterprise, by means of another narrow-gauge railroad, to push its way right up into the mining districts near Gray's Peak. 
 A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 

It's the jumping-off place-theend of a narrow-gaugerailroad. 
 Joan of Arc of the North Woods 

I had also attacked the Larrabie Slough Narrow-Gauge Railroad, but the manager did not see the attack, and so my pass was good. 
 Remarks 

A narrow-gauged railroad crossed it, and the golfers would be halted by flatcars full of refuse for the newer part of the dump. 
 The new yorker 

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Meanings of narrow-gauge railroad in English