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Should we continue to stick to one gauge for rail transit in the US?
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Narrow gauge could play a role in Light Rail systems were a center meduim strip is required. Some state DOT planners are blocking busways and light rail projects in the planning stages because they take lanes away from cars. <br />As for freight and wider gauges I got that idea from visiting my local marina on Lake Michigan were they use a "Marine Railway" to move boats around the yard. <br />They use a 8 foot gauge track. So I came up with the vision of barges being floated on huge flatcars and being tuged around by deisal engines. There would be 20 foot wide track for the barges and standerd track for the standerd gauge in the middle.
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