Re: Help !!!!

["Matt Smith" <matticue@corplink.com.au>]

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----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Donaghy <PeterDo@als.com.au>
To: 'Aus loco discussion mailing list' <Ausloco@listbot.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 4 January 2000 12:00
Subject: RE: Help !!!!


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> 3'6" (plus the smaller 2' cane lines) is referred to as "narrow gauge"
> in Australia; 4'8.5" is our "standard" and 5'3" is "broad" gauge.

Point of order here. 4' 8 1/2" is actually the world standard, not
Australian. As such, Australian rail systems refer to it as that. If a
standard gauge was to be the one most widely used, then the Australian
"standard" would have to be 3' 6".

Matt Smith
Brisbane, QLD.

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