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Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build
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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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