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Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space
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Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:56:29 GMT
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And to come full circle, the width between LEGO track is... the answer
you've all been waiting for... two LEGO horses' asses! And the units used
are aptly named; studs!
SteveB
PS OK it's really 6 studs center to center but it sounded good.
In lugnet.trains, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley writes:
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> > And the ruts in the roads?
> > Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match
> > for fear of destroying their wagon wheels.
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> I always find this story amusing. One, the Romans didn't have war chariots.
> Two, part of the purpose the Romans had in making paved roads was *not* to
> have ruts. :-)
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> Okay, okay, they couldn't always use just the paved roads, and Roman supply
> wagons were likely to be the standard. Unless, the ruts of the war chariots
> used by the ancient Britons were the standard that the Romans copied! :-O
>
> Bruce
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