six foot

six foot
the area between the closest rails of two parallel standard gauge railway lines, regardless of the actual distance.

Cattle are of course liable to stray on the line at these level crossings, but to prevent this, barriers are placed on each side of the crossing, and a deep trench<!italicisation in original is made in the four-foot and six-foot spaces, [...]


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