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The rail gauges in the U.S. Posted by on Oct 15, 2012

American rail gauges. Photo by Vilseskogen

The rail gauge in the United States is 4 feet and 8 ½ inches. But why this measure? The answer is very simple. They have that measure because that’s how they did it in Great Britain and the first American rail gauges were built by British engineers. And why did British built them? Because the…

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