wjstixI like to collect old model railroad "how to" books, some going back to the 1930s. It's interesting that in the early days of the hobby "gage" seemed to be the most used, like "O gage layout". Not sure when "gauge" became virtually universal; just sometime after WW2.
There was one equipment manufacturer that insisted on spelling it "guage" in their technical manuals. That made it even more confusing.
Spell Checker had eventually been edited on all my office computers to accept gage, gauge, or guage. It was annoying.
-Kevin
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BigDaddy John-NYBW Note the smashboard above the gantlet track. Is that to knock the roof top surfers off? There have been a couple teen deaths in NY and a mother is demanding they do something to prevent teens from getting out the doors and climbing onto the roofs of cars. I don't think those kids were going to be the next Steve Jobs. That tunnel is slated to be made higher to accomodate double stacks, as it was built 128 years ago. The gauntlet must start in the tunnel.
John-NYBW Note the smashboard above the gantlet track.
Is that to knock the roof top surfers off? There have been a couple teen deaths in NY and a mother is demanding they do something to prevent teens from getting out the doors and climbing onto the roofs of cars. I don't think those kids were going to be the next Steve Jobs.
That tunnel is slated to be made higher to accomodate double stacks, as it was built 128 years ago. The gauntlet must start in the tunnel.
I'm going from memory here but haven't there been cases where a double track tunnel had a center track added to take advantage of the higher center of the bore? I think they would have used turnouts rather than a gantlet so that trains of standard height could use the original rails although they probably could create a gantlet bringing both tracks to the center of the tunnel.