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Brian Norden

June 20, 2018 06:59PM

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James Wrote:
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> kcsivils Wrote:
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> > Could it be political or military?
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> > Or did it come down to the whim of the engineer
> > who designed the railroad?
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> In some cases track gauge was chosen politically.
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I heard that the wide gauges in Spain and Russia was to slow down invading armies.

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Why one narrow guage versus another?	kcsivils	June 19, 2018 02:26PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	nedsn3	June 19, 2018 05:05PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	bcp	June 19, 2018 06:25PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	trainrider47	June 19, 2018 06:41PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	Chris Walker	June 19, 2018 07:17PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	MikeL	June 19, 2018 07:27PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	Wayne Hoskin	June 19, 2018 07:40PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	trainrider47	June 19, 2018 08:51PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	Chris Walker	June 19, 2018 10:01PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	Wayne Hoskin	June 20, 2018 12:54AM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	graffen	June 20, 2018 02:19PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	philip.marshall	June 19, 2018 11:37PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	Chris Walker	June 19, 2018 11:58PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	philip.marshall	June 20, 2018 12:04AM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	brian budeit	June 20, 2018 04:18PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	jim pallow	June 20, 2018 07:47PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	James	June 20, 2018 04:45PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	Brian Norden	June 20, 2018 06:59PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	kcsivils	June 20, 2018 07:36PM
Re: Why one narrow guage versus another?	Chris Walker	June 30, 2018 01:10AM

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