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A loading gauge to check the maximum height of loaded rail vehicles

A Loading gauge defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures. Classification systems vary between different countries and gauges may vary across a network, even if the track gauge remains constant.

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  • Why London Underground is nicknamed The Tube

    The clearance space between a train and the tunnel is often small. Pictured is a London Underground Northern line train at Hendon Central.

  • London Underground subsurface and tube trains

    The London Underground utilises differing loading gauges: a Metropolitan line A Stock sub-surface train (left) passes a Piccadilly line 1973 Stock tube train (right)

  • Railway Loading gauge UIC and containers profile -ISO

    UIC loading gauges

  • Lademass EBO

    Railway clearance G1 and G2 (Germany)

  • IC2000 Zürich - Luzern

    Zürich – Lucerne IC2000 double-decker Intercity train

  • TGVDuplex Centre

    Double-decker carriage as used on French TGV railways

  • DTTX 724681 20050529 IL Rochelle

    Double-stack container service requires the highest loading gauge in common use in North America.

  • Boeing 737 fuselage train hull 3473

    Boeing 737 Next Generation fuselage being transported by rail

  • Gabarit AAR passager

    Standard AAR passenger loading gauge (does not accommodate Amtrak "Superliners" nor ex-AT&SF "Hi-Level" cars)

  • 2014 Replacement of New Road Bridge, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire

    Increasing the structure gauge can involve substantial work. The UK's Midland Main Line being upgraded in 2014.

  • Lichtraumprofilbrücke (001)

    Calibration bridge, used to indicate the maximum height of vehicles on a highway.

  • BS Ladelehre Westbahnhof

    German equipment outline gauge

  • Lademass

    Template to check if the load is exactly within the loading gauge

  • Pont Ducharme Est

    Structure gauge limiting the height of vehicles for Ducharme Bridge.

  • Loading gauge at Moccone

    Equipment outline gauge at Moccone

  • Loading Gauge Eritrea

    Eritrean loading gauge

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