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Re: QR going national?
- Subject: Re: QR going national?
- From: "John McCandless" <johnmc@topend.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 22:13:07 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Customer of Telstra Big Pond Direct
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> > 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
Sold! I like the sound of that. The only problem now is if we become a
republic.
Hmm.... how about "Southern Standard Gauge", on the basis that the two
biggest
systems (Sth Africa and Oz) are in the Southern Hemisphere?
--
John McCandless
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn...
Cloncurry Qld Au