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1600 Irish gauge sleeper coaches are not available. 220.210.143.190 ( talk) 09:53, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
In Brazil, 1600 network should convert to 1435 due to sleeper coaches are not available on 1600. 220.210.143.190 ( talk) 02:16, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
What are the steepest main line gradients in Ireland, and the maximum climb? Tabletop ( talk) 09:49, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to question the line "2012: December 5 - The Downpatrick & Ardglass Railway began public operation, the first Irish gauge heritage railway in Ireland." Firstly, this line is in Northern Ireland, and secondly, it's been running for decades! Can anyone explain? Tom walker ( talk) 20:38, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Carl Pihl popularised cheap narrow gauge using the imperial 1067 rather than the metric 1000 which is only 6% different.
This was widely copied in:
I have just added "3 foot 6 inch", so not writing "three foot six inch". Looks nicer to me. Shall we do this for all? - DePiep ( talk) 21:24, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge railways weren't first constructed in Ireland.
Just like Cape gauge and Russian gauge, "Irish gauge" is a national / cultural name. (see the alternative names in the article).
With my intention to eliminate the cultural and local gauge names for track gauge article titles, this article should be renamed to a title having the defining unit. As the German (and swiss) 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) railways were only short-lived, the current surviving 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) systems have their roots in the imperial system, my proposal is a technical move to the existing Five foot three inch gauge railways redirect page.-- Aaron-Tripel ( talk) 08:33, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
Both Germany and Switzerland were metric during construction of the 1,600mm railways. Subsequently Ireland introduced this gauge, defined in imperial units, and this imperial definition spread to Australia, New Zealand and Brazil.-- Aaron-Tripel ( talk) 20:02, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
I prefer 5 ft 3 in gauge railways. And yes, we should apply a similar style for track gauge pages.-- Aaron-Tripel ( talk) 19:18, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
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@ Hairy Dude:, we seem to have a different understanding of what MOS:PSEUDOHEAD says
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So why do you believe that we have exhausted all other options? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 11:00, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
;600 BC
:The [[Diolkos]] (Δίολκος) across the [[Isthmus of Corinth]] in Greece – a grooved paved trackway – was constructed with an average gauge of {{Track gauge|5 ft 3 in}}.<ref>...</ref>
;1840
: The [[Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway]] was constructed in 1840-1851 to {{Track gauge|5 ft 3 in}} gauge before being [[Track gauge conversion|converted]] to {{Track gauge|4 ft 8.5 in}} in 1854–1855.
;1843
: The [[Board of Trade]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], after investigating a dispute caused by diverse gauges, recommended the use of {{Track gauge|5 ft 3 in}} in Ireland.