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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=verdana,geneva size=2>A different gage allows the possibility of a different scale of all of the details of track and train.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>So the increasing of standard gage to say 5’-4” could simply allow larger trains in every detail and dimension.<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=verdana,geneva size=2><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>I understand the point that the rail/wheel contact area has reached its metallurgical limit.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>But that limit is only part of the limits of standard gage.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Increasing gage could also allow and justify increasing the area of the rail/wheel contact point, thus increasing its capacity accordingly.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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