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Should we continue to stick to one gauge for rail transit in the US?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by dehusman</i> <br /><br />Many of the odd gauges for commuter/trolley lines in the US were built that way to stop the steam roads from operating freight trains on the trolley lines. Other than that there isn't really any significnt savings to going to a different gauge and considerable expense in custom made equipment. <br /> <br />Dave H. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I wouldn't be surprised if THAT wasn't part of Bart's consideration procress as well. <br /> <br />One way to make sure that the freight RR's never manipulated theit way onto the commuter system would be to build at a guage that they found unuseable
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