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<P mce_keep="true">I am helping a friend design a 3 foot gauge farm railway, and in order to save money for us, I was wondering if it was possible to use standard gauge track components for 3 foot gauge.  Yes I know it would be very heavy for narrow gauge, but I just want to know if it could work.  The reason is the Western Maryland used to go throught his property and when they tore it up they threw all the rails and ties in the woods.  If we could reuse at least the rails it would save a lot of money.  I think it is 100 pound rail.  </P> <P mce_keep="true"> While we're on this subject, he says that when trains wrecked there they just pushed damaged trucks into the woods and left them.  Is it possible to either use the frames with new wheels and axles for 3ft gauge, or maybe even to narrow them by cutting sections out and welding them back together?</P>
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