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Re: Is this true?
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Fri, 25 Feb 2000 21:28:32 GMT
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> (2) Citroen made a car that was called the "Deux Cheveaux" (two h.p.) which
> was 4' 8 1/2" wide!
Otherwise known as a 2 CV :), oh, btw, they are _not_ two horsepower, since a
Cheveaux is more than one horsepower...another mecanical oddity for you brought
to you by the French...
James P
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| (...) brought (...) Thanks for that James, it's a literal translation which is about as accurate as the general French opinion of British Beef. Jon (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| There is a more basic theory.. The 4'8 1/2" is measured to the inside edges of the rails. When the original railways were pioneered in Britain using horse/gravity power and correspondingly lighter section rail (40lb/foot) there is evidence to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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