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dougvv

March 02, 2015 09:33PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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How about the ET&WNC?

It was built to 5' gauge originally but never operated commercially.

The reorganization removed the 5' gauge (I think) and dual gauge 36"/56.5" for the first 10-odd miles until the Doe River Gorge when narrow gauge took over. It allowed the NG line to handle SG equipment.

Doug vV

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Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	bcp	September 09, 2014 11:12PM
Re: Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	dougvv	September 10, 2014 05:00PM
Re: Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	DKRickman	September 11, 2014 10:13AM
Re: Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	CharlieMcCandless	September 11, 2014 07:35PM
Re: Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	dwkarch	March 01, 2015 08:26AM
Re: Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	TonyK375	March 01, 2015 11:53AM
Re: Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	J.B.Bane	March 01, 2015 12:06PM
Re: Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	dougvv	March 01, 2015 03:23PM
Re: Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	Joe Magruder	March 02, 2015 02:26PM
Re: Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	Skip	March 02, 2015 07:46PM
Re: Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	bcp	March 02, 2015 07:58PM
Re: Railroads originally built as dual gauge?	dougvv	March 02, 2015 09:33PM

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