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Broad gauge (4091 bytes)
1: ...ng in [[1892]] after the conversion to [[standard gauge]].]]
3: ...ce between the rails) greater than the [[standard gauge]] of 4 ft 8.5 in (1435 mm).
5: ...auge of 7 ft 0.25 in (2140 mm), and retained this gauge into the [[1890s]].
6: ..."overgauge" originally intended to allow standard gauge horse-drawn wagons run inside the rails while the...
8: ...am pressure on standard gauge. On BART, the wider gauge is supposed to prevent lightweight trains getting...

Broad A (5160 bytes)
1: '''Broad A''' is a name given to the pronunciation of the ...
3: ...e contrasting "flat a" in words like ''cat''. The broad A was considered sub-standard or "[[Cockney]]" as...
7: ...ore likely that the change from flat /æ/ to broad /a:/ took place. It also looks as if monosyllable...
9: *Broad /a:f/ in ''half, calf, laugh, laughter, chaff, sh...
11: *Broad /a:T/ in ''path, bath'', and /a:D/ in ''paths, ba...

12 gauge (525 bytes)
1: ...' is the most common size of [[shotgun shell]]. [[Gauge]] is an very old method of measuring the [[calibe...

20 gauge (634 bytes)
1: ...ncomfortable with the weight and recoil of a [[12 gauge]] gun.
3: Gauge is an old measurement of the size of a shotgun sh...

Z gauge (241 bytes)
1: [[Märklin]] introduced the '''Z Gauge''' (1:220 scale) in [[1972]]. It is the smallest ...

S gauge (1332 bytes)
1: ...rt. S gauge is sometimes confused with ''standard gauge'', a large-scale standard for toy trains in the e...
3: ...ning on two-rail track for greater realism, and S gauge entered its heyday, which ended around [[1959]]. ...
5: ...between scale so they can market both to O- and S-gauge hobbyists.

1 gauge (2103 bytes)
1: ...than [[O gauge]] but slightly smaller than [[wide gauge]], which came to be the dominant U.S. standard du...
3: No 1 gauge was standardised, according to Model Railways and...
5: ...This suggest the O gauge should more correctly be gauge zero!
7: 1 gauge survives today as it is used by the modern [[G sc...
9: ...ost surviving U.S. manufacturers switched to wide gauge.

OO gauge (2696 bytes)
3: ...equate, and they tend to model using the older EM gauge or the modern, exact scale [[P4 scale]].
9: ...rged to (4 mm:1 ft (305 mm)) without altering the gauge.
11: ...thought that this may have originated as 'Half-O' gauge, but there is no proof of this.)
29: * [http://www.doubleogauge.com Dublo O gauge Association]
30: ...oubleogauge.com/history/history.htm History of OO gauge]

P4 gauge (713 bytes)
1: ...[OO gauge]] and [[EM gauge]]) used for [[standard gauge]] prototypes are less accurate approximations.
3: As well as a track gauge, P4 also specifies the exact wheel profile and tr...

Gauge (3237 bytes)
1: '''Gauge''' (sometimes spelled '''gage''') vb. Means to 'm...
5: ... [[temperature gauge]], [[level gauge]], [[strain gauge]] etc.
7: ...tandard gauge]], [[narrow gauge]]) and "[[loading gauge]]" refers to the set of height and width profiles...
9: ...to devices used to make measurements eg. [[Feeler gauges]] (originally of width or thickness). It can als...
13: ...red to using the [[American wire gauge]] where 40-gauge wire is very small and 0000 ("Four-Oh") wire is t...

EM gauge (222 bytes)
1: ...], [[4 mm scale]]. It was developed because [[OO gauge]] was too narrow.
7: * [http://www.emgs.org/ EM Gauge Society]

Gauge No. 2 (384 bytes)
1: {{merge}} [[Rail_transport_modelling#Scales_and_Gauges]].
2: Gauge No 2
4: A [[model railways gauge]] standardised in 1909 but since fallen into disu...
8: ... 40"/metere 1/12 for 24" gauge

Broad Front (1043 bytes)
1: The '''Broad Front''' ('''''Frente Amplio''''' in [[Spanish la...

Martham Broad (902 bytes)
1: ...National Park]]. It is part of the [[Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes]] SSSI ([[Site of Special Scientific...
5: ...rked channel; they are discouraged from using the broad during the winter months because of the breeding ...
9: [[Category:Norfolk Broads]]

Calthorpe Broad (482 bytes)
1: ...thorpe Broad''' is an isolated broad within [[The Broads National Park]], three miles north east of [[Sta...
3: ...lantlife. It is detached from the main network of broads and rivers, but is part of the River [[Thurne]] ...
6: [[Category:Norfolk Broads]]

Salhouse Broad (391 bytes)
1: ...'' is situated on the River [[Bure]] within [[The Broads National Park]] in [[Norfolk, England]].
3: ... to the north of the village of [[Salhouse]]. The broad is entirely rural and offers no facilities except...

Broad church (714 bytes)
1: ...clesiastical authority came to be referred to as "broad." As the name implies, these churches will mix h...
3: ...English church are "High and crazy, low and lazy, broad and hazy."

Broad Peak (2651 bytes)
1: [[fr:Broad Peak]]
4: !bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2|Broad Peak
6: ...r colspan=2|[[Image:7 15 BroadPeak.jpg|300px]]<br>Broad Peak from Concordia Platz
24: ...ly as Faichan Kangri. The literal translation of "Broad Peak" to Phalchan Kangri is not accepted among th...
26: The [[first ascent]] of Broad Peak was made on [[June 9]], [[1957]] by [[Herman...

Broad left (219 bytes)
1: '''Broad Left''' is the generic term for a coalition of [[...

Broad arrow (211 bytes)
1: The '''broad arrow''' was an arrowhead design that marked [[Br...

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