Railroad gauges

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110981
- info:lc/authorities/sh85110981
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85110981#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Gages (Railroads)
- Gauges (Railroads)
- Railroad track gauges
- Railroad tracks--Gauges
- Railroads--Gages
- Railroads--Gauges
- Track gauges, Railroad
Broader Terms
- Weights and measures
Earlier Established Forms
- Railroads--Gages
Sources
- found: Wood, W.E. A dict. of railroad terms, c1990 (gauge: distance between rails (standard gauge is 4 ft. 8 1/2 in.))
- found: Schulte, C.F. The dict. of railway track terms, c1989 (gauge, track)
LC Classification
- TF244
Change Notes
- 2005-05-18: new
- 2007-05-25: revised

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