This means that the locks through which the barges have to pass can take onlynarrow-gaugeboats—perhaps 70 ft.
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We had a diesel-electric rail car system on one of ournarrow-gauge"feeder railways" in 1934.
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The first item is for 1,100narrow-gaugelocomotives and 2,400narrow-gaugeflat-trucks.
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This could not be done from anarrow-gaugeline.
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Our roads were built not for modern vehicles or the present volume of cars, but for the slow-moving,narrow-gaugehorse and cart.
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Thenarrow-gaugeline authorised can be constructed more speedily, and will suffice for immediate needs.
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The fruit is taken on the trucks of anarrow-gaugerailway, straight from the farms to sidings alongside the factories; and immediately it arrives it is put through the machines.
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I am not suggesting that thesenarrow-gaugeloco-matives and trucks are in themselves as difficult to manufacture and deliver as would be broad-gauge locomotives and trucks.
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She lives around thenarrow-gaugerailway, and sometimes polishes the engines to make them shiny.
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This is surrounded by pine wood and has a large lake with anarrow-gaugerailway.
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In 1900, the total ofnarrow-gaugerailways had passed the 1,000 kilometer threshold.
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In rural areas, manynarrow-gaugerailways were built for faster transport of crops.
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The line did not survive into the 20th century and may have beennarrow-gaugeas indicated by the surviving tunnel / overbridge.
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The locomotive house was used to store thenarrow-gaugesteam locomotives.
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The shop designed its firstnarrow-gaugesteam locomotive in 1878.
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