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Re: QR going national?
- Subject: Re: QR going national?
- From: "canetram59" <canetram59@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 21:44:12 +1000
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John McCandless <johnmc@topend.com.au> wrote in message
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> I wonder how much adulation goes to standard gauge simply because it has
the
> positive sounding "standard" in it's name?
> If the Romans had have made skinny chariots - 'standard gauge' is the
width
> of a 2-horse Roman war chariot - 3'6" wide, we may be having a different
> conversation altogether! [Then again, Queensland would have probably said
> that it couldn't afford 3' 6", and built all it's lines to 2' - we always
do
> things differently up here.... :-)]
>
> Also, if you were a politician, and had a choice of building a 'standard'
> gauge line, or a 'narrow' gauge line, which would you pick?
>
Better yet, I have heard of 3'6" being referred to as Colonial Standard
Gauge as quite a number of former British Colonies use this track gauge.
canetram59