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Re: Is this true?
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:39:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Matt Nourot writes:
> Hi all,
> I copied the following from an email sent to me by a freind, can anyone
> confirm or flame it?
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> The U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5
> inches...
I see your a Straight Dope fan too.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000218.html
- Barbara
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| Hi all, I copied the following from an email sent to me by a freind, can anyone confirm or flame it? The U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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