out of gauge

prepositional phrase

Of cargo: that cannot be loaded in a standard dry container due to its excessive dimensions or weight.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. economicsOf cargo: that cannot be loaded in a standard dry container due to its excessive dimensions or weight.
  2. rail transportOf rail vehicles, or loads carried on freight vehicles: where dimensions exceed the loading gauge or structure gauge for a particular line or route.

    During the year 1949, well over 7,500 exceptional and out-of-gauge loads were carried in the London Midland Region of British Railways. Among them were railway coaches for Egypt, locomotives for Ireland, and specially-constructed wagons and large pieces of machinery for various parts of the world.

    1950 February, “Notes and News: Out-of-Gauge Loads, L.M.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 140
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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