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What is the optimum gauge?
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<P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>Considering everything I can think of, I would say that the optimum gage for today (at non-recession levels of business) would be something approaching six feet.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> <P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>All gage factors of capacity and cost rise in an incredible / bewildering geometric progression, so it is not easy to get a handle on all of the tradeoffs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perhaps only an increase to 5’-4” would yield the capacity increase needed to match today’s demands.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> <P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>But, in any case, I think the present gage is technically obsolete.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s just that we are stuck with it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The issue of gage is certainly something to think about in today’s rush to blanket the country with the dedicated track of HSR.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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