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[quote user="John WR"]What strikes me is that of all of the lack of standardization of 19th century railroads different track gauges makes the least sense.     But almost always it would have been a lot wiser for railroads to build to the same gauge from the very beginning.  [/quote] Starting out with a standard gage in the 1800’s would have been wise, but that was not possible because they could not agree on which gage was best.  If, for instance, we were to start from scratch today with no previous railroad art, I doubt we would pick 56-½ inches.
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