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

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Posted by John Bakeer on Sunday, August 13, 2006 3:44 AM
HO scale track is 16.5 mm, at 3.5 mm to the foot this works out at 56.571428 scale inches as near as dammit to standard gauge-4 ft 8.5 inches.

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What's the distance between the rails in the real world?
Posted by electrolove on Sunday, August 13, 2006 2:40 AM
What's the distance between the rails in the real world? And in HO scale? I know I can just measure my HO scale track * 87.1 but I want to know the exact distance.
Rio Grande Zephyr 5771 from Denver, Colorado to Salt Lake City, Utah "Thru the Rockies"

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