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Subject:	Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space
Date:	Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:23:12 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Steve Barile writes: > 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. Actually it's five studs (40mm) center to center, since each rail is in the middle of the stud position. Jason J Railton

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		Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
(...) And remember that gauge is measured as the distance between the rails, not between the centres, so it's a few mm less than five studs. (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)

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		Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)

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