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Subject: 
Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build
Date: 
Sun, 31 Oct 1999 10:42:36 GMT
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One nit I had heard in this story is that original gauge is 4 ft 8
rather than 4 8 1/2... when the first engines were imported here to the
states the gauge was widened a bit to allow for sloppy tolerances.

What's even stranger is that the (canadian) horse drawn cart 'gauge' is 4 10
1/2, rather than 4 8 1/2.  How do I know this?  because the TTC (thats the
Toronto Transit Corp) uses 4 10 1/2 rather than standard gauge for the
streetcars.  Why?  because when it was started, the city said they had to, so
anyone could drop a carrage into the rails, and it wouldn't be damaged. (c
1880's, back when it was TRC)

James P



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  Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
 
(...) Don't think so, if the engines were coming from the UK. Standard gauge there is 4' 8 1/2" and as far as I know has always been. Kevin (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)

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