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Re: [GWL]: railroad gauge

Title: Re: [GWL]: railroad gauge
I won't say no to this sort of thing, though this is an oldie, as long as we don't forget the list.  But I will ask that when you post something like this that is Off Topic, please note it OT in the subject line.
-Lon
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From: Pride of Place Plants <rsorenson@pacificcoast.net>
To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
Subject: [GWL]: railroad gauge
Date: Fri, Oct 5, 2001, 9:50 AM


  Subject: Ever Wonder Why?...
The US standard railroad gauge (width between the two
rails)  is  4  feet, 8.5 inches.   That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used?  Because that's the way they built  them in England, and the US railroads were built by English expatriates.  Why did the English build them like that?  Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways,
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