What's the distance between the rails in the real world?

[marknewton]

Paul3 wrote:

<"You have to consider where Mark is coming from. Both he and I have been on the 'net for years talking model trains, starting with newsgroups. And the "standard gauge/Roman Chariot" myth has come up so many times that it's practically a running gag over on rec.models.railroad. It gets to the point that we think everyone has heard it & knows how guage is measured, and that after the first rebuttal is given and *still* folks are arguing, it gets frustrating.">

You're not wrong Paul,it's frustrating all right. I have no doubt that the Roman chariot rubbish will continue to do the rounds, even though there's not one iota of evidence to back it up...

Cheers,

Mark.