From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxm!prgclb
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Title: correct figure for standard gauge
Article-I.D.: ihuxm.127
Posted: Fri Dec 10 09:57:28 1982
Received: Sat Dec 11 02:35:15 1982

An earlier netnews article on HO scale incorrectly stated
that standard gauge is 4 feet, 9 and 1/2 inches.
Perhaps the author just made a typo --
The correct figure is 4 feet, *8* and 1/2 inches.

To add some trivia and confusion --
some streetcar lines do not use standard gauge.
I believe Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are two
notable cases.  I've heard they use something
called "Pennsylvania Trolley Gauge," which is
5-feet, 2 inches (give or take a fraction).

Carl Blesch