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<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">When I first heard the story about standard gage originating with the Roman chariots, there was no mention of any connection with horse butts. I think that is a more recent concoction just to add a little humor and perhaps ridicule. We like to think of railroad standard gage as a vaunted achievement built on great engineering deliberation, so there is a smug sense of humorous put-down to say it was based on the width of a horse’s “A.” </span></p>
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