Re: QR going national?

["Ray McDermott" <raymcd@ozemail.com.au>]

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Ray McDermott   raymcd@ozemail.com.au
John McCandless <johnmc@topend.com.au> wrote in message
37fb3da7.0@news.topend.com.au">news:37fb3da7.0@news.topend.com.au...
> > > 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?
>
Chauvanistic nonsense?  Arguably, the "biggest" 3'6" system is Japan's (JR +
Private).   Japan is not in the southern hemisphere.

Ray