Meaning of mixed gauge | Babel Free
Definitions
A description of a railway track with (usually) three rails, which enables trains of two different track gauges to run over it.
Examples
“An ingenious method was used in the early days of mixed gauges on the Great Western Railway, by which narrow gauge and broad gauge trains could be sent on diverging paths without the use of ordinary switches controlled from a signalbox.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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