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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 03:34:50 GMT
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Larry P wrote:
> 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.
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
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| (...) 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? (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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| Cool. Most of this story has been around for a while, thanks for sharing. 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 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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