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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 20:20:02 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera.=spamcake=com
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I can't provide the proof, I spent some time digging fruitlessly but I
seem to recall reading in a book somewhere as a child that England was
4' 8" and America was the extra 1/2 inch wider.
As to gauge conversions, my understanding of the US situation was that
prior to the Civil War almost every road had a different gauge, and many
were converted during the war to 4 8 1/2 which had been chosen by
Lincoln, since several (a plurality perhaps, but not a majority) were
using it.
In england, with the notable exception of Broad Gauge and mining lines
the standardization situation was much better.
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 | | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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| (...) Actually, if you go out and measure Tangent track now, you will find it is 4 8 1/4, and curve is 4 8 1/2 + There are real reasons why, (don't ask me though!), mostly to do with wheel wear and tracking. (the gauge narrowing makes higher speeds (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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| On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Larry Pieniazek (<381B94A8.BB6DD135@...ager.net>) wrote at 01:00:24 (...) Interesting. Standard Gauge is definitely 4' 8 1/2" in the UK, and I thought it always was. Back in the 1800s Britain was Top Dog, so I can't imagine it (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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