Re: changing gauges - NNG
| April 17, 2015 04:58AM |
Hi,
I looked up about why Russia used 5' gauge. Wikapedia had a fascinating article on 5' gauge.
1) Russia apparently now uses 1520 mm gauge!
2) nice map of the Southern states (CSA
) 5' gauge.
3) the second most common gauge in the world is 5'.
4) first gauge used in Russia was 7'!
5' gauge
Doug vV
I looked up about why Russia used 5' gauge. Wikapedia had a fascinating article on 5' gauge.
1) Russia apparently now uses 1520 mm gauge!
2) nice map of the Southern states (CSA
) 5' gauge.3) the second most common gauge in the world is 5'.
4) first gauge used in Russia was 7'!
5' gauge
Doug vV
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