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See: Axle load


 * 1830 - Rainhill Trials - 2ton 3cwt axle load (2.18kg/m) (Stephenson's Rocket) - 32 km/h


 * 1888 - Sierra Leone Government Railway - 15 kg/m rail and lighter - 5t axle load - 20 km/h
 * 1894 - Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway -
 * 20 kg/m rail - 12t or heavier at lower speed
 * 25kg/m - ??t
 * 30kg/m - 14t
 * 36kg/m - 17t
 * 40 kg/m - ??t ; rail being replaced in 2010
 * 1894 - Lokalbahn, Bavaria - 10t initially


 * 1904 - Senegal - Mali - 15t axle load
 * 1919 - 2-8-2, India - 12t - Class XD
 * 1942 - Germany; Kriegslokomotive - 15t axle load - 80 km/h


 * So long as the width of the base of the rail, or timber sleepers are in use, lighter rail can be replaced with heavier rail.