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	Standard Gauge
		This was a new gauge and incompatible with the 0, 1 and 2 gauge track used by other manufacturers.
		Standard Gauge (SG) was adopted by the other American manufacturers, and some SG outfits and track were made by Marklin and Bing of Germany.
		In the waning days of Standard Gauge, Lionel produced some items that are scarce today.
	www.libertyship.com /standard/index.htm (509 words)

	The Straight Dope: Was standard railroad gauge (4'8½") determined by Roman chariot ruts?
		The U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is four feet, eight and a half inches.
		Thus, the standard U.S. railroad gauge of four feet, eight and a half inches derives from the specification for an Imperial Roman army war chariot.
		The gauge between the ruts is very similar to that adopted by George Stephenson for the Stockton to Darlington railway in 1837 and a 'Wall myth' developed that he took this gauge from the newly excavated east gate.
	www.straightdope.com /columns/000218.html (1338 words)

	Standard Gauge Track Plans and Layouts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Standard Gauge was made popular in the early part of the 20th Century by Lionel, Ives and American Flyer.
		Note that Standard Gauge never purported to be "scale," although if scaled they would be 1/24 to 1/25.
		Whether original or reproduction, Standard Gauge is extremely expensive and it uses plenty of room.
	www.thortrains.net /stdgauge/stdgdex1.html (330 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Narrow gauge
		Narrow gauge railways also have specialized use in mines and other environments where their smaller loading gauge is an advantage.
		Non-industrial narrow gauge mountain railways are or were common in the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the USA, in Mexico, Switzerland, the former Yugoslavia, Greece, India, and Costa Rica.
		The larger narrow gauges are the more common; in those parts of the world where the railroads were built to British standards, this meant, most commonly, a gauge of 3 ft 6in (1.067 m), while those built to American standards were normally of 3 ft gauge (0.914 m).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Narrow_gauge (1275 words)

	Standard gauge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The subsequent Gauge Act of 1846 ruled that new railways should be built to standard gauge, but allowed the broad gauge companies to continue expanding their networks.
		Only in gauges of less than 3 ft (900 mm) can a railway be built significantly more cheaply than is possible with standard gauge, and only then in mountainous terrain, or where a low capacity line is required, or with industrial railways where through running is not required.
		This is opposed to narrow gauge modeling, which models real-world narrow gauge, or off-scale modeling, where track is not true to scale, such as in O gauge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Standard_gauge (1135 words)

	Wide Gauge Information
		Lionel's Standard Gauge should not be confused with Standard Gauge for real railroads, or the later 1:64 scale S gauge popularized by American Flyer after World War II.
		O gauge, which was smaller and less expensive to manufacture, thus became the most popular scale in the United States almost by default.
		Standard gauge also was revived in the United States in the 1950s by the small firm of McCoy Manufacturing, who produced trains of original design well into the 1990s.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Wide_Gauge (545 words)

	GAUGE - Definition
		A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
		{Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.
		{Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/gauge (908 words)

	Standard gauge
		As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used.
		Standard gauge fell out of favor in the 1930s because of its high cost, and Lionel discontinued its Standard gauge offerings in 1940.
		This is opposed to narrow gauge modeling, which models real-world narrow gauge, or off-scale modeling, where track is not true to scale, such as in O gauge.
	www.fact-index.com /s/st/standard_gauge_1.html (505 words)

	Standard gauge Information
		As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) that should be used.
		The subsequent Gauge Act of 1846 ruled that new railways in Great Britain should be built to standard gauge, but allowed the broad gauge companies to continue expanding their networks.
		Only in gauges of less than 3 ft (900 mm) can a railway be built significantly more cheaply than is possible with standard gauge, and only then in mountainous terrain, or where a low capacity line is required, or with industrial railways where through running is not required.
	www.bookrags.com /Standard_gauge (1252 words)

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		As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the inner sides of the rails) that should be used.
		In England the standard gauge was at first 4 ft 8 in (1422 mm), and in Scotland some early lines were.
		The S&DR's track gauge was set to accommodate the existing gauge of hundreds of horse-drawn chaldron wagons that were already in use on the wagonways in the mines.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=standard_gauge (1283 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Broad gauge lines were gradually converted to dual gauge or standard gauge from 1864, and finally the last of Brunel's broad gauge was converted in 1892.
		There was a move to use standard gauge for the Delhi Metro, but the decision was made to use broad gauge to maintain compatibility with the rest of the rail network in India.
		Although broad gauge was and is quite rare on lighter railways and street tramways, many tramways in ex-USSR were and are also built to broad gauge (according to terminology in use in these countries, gauges narrower than 1520 mm are considered to be narrow).
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=broad_gauge (1268 words)

	Standard gauge - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As the railway developed and expanded one of the key issues was the gauge (rail separation) of track to be used.
		In the United Kingdom the gauge was at first 4 feet 8 inches but it was soon widened slightly to the standard gauge.
		The subsequent Gauge Act 1846 ruled that new railways should be built at 4ft 8.5 in, but nevertheless allowed the broad gauge companies to continue expanding their networks.
	openproxy.ath.cx /st/Standard_gauge.html (245 words)

	Gauge 0 Guild - What is 0 Gauge?
		Historically 'O' gauge referred to a track gauge of 1 1/4" or 32mm but is now almost universally taken to mean models built to a scale of 7mm to the foot or 1:43.54, usually rounded off to 1:43.5.
		Models of Standard Gauge prototypes are by far the most popular amongst modellers and have been so since the earliest days of model railways when models bore little resemblance to the prototype.
		Track gauge is 32mm which brings the outer face of standard wheel sets to almost the scale distance apart thus preserving appearance yet permitting overwidth wheels.
	www.gauge0guild.com /whatis.asp (1407 words)

	Railway Gauge
		When Isambard Brunel was building the London to Bristol line in 1838 he decided to use what became known as the broad gauge (2.2 m) instead of the standard gauge (1.44m) on the line.
		The Gauge Act passed by Parliament in 1846 made the standard gauge compulsory for all new railways.
		However, the Great Western Railway retained its broad gauge until 1892, when it was converted to the standard gauge.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RAgauge.htm (316 words)

	Microsoft Train Simulator (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A popular belief is that standard gauge comes from the width of Roman roads or the width of two horses' posteriors on said road.
		While standard gauge was often used because of off-the-shelf availability of equipment, some railroads, like the Erie, used a broad 5' gauge to haul larger loads, thus carving their niche in a burgeoning marketplace.
		With one standard gauge and interchange agreements, a car is loaded and unloaded once per shipment even though it may travel over several railroads.
	www.microsoft.com /games/trainsimulator/articles_stdgauge.asp (852 words)

	About ARTC - History of ARTC
		Branching off the standard gauge route at Port Augusta, was a standard gauge line that headed north to Marree where passengers and freight were transferred to a narrow gauge (3'6") line for the journey to Alice Springs.
		The narrow gauge route of the Ghan, which was notorious for its many delays often due to flooding, was replaced with a new all weather standard gauge route in 1980.
		In 1982, the broad gauge route from Port Pirie to Adelaide was converted to standard gauge and the broad gauge route south from Peterborough was subsequently closed to interstate traffic.
	www.artc.com.au /about/history.htm (717 words)

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		All of our restorations and reproductions are done in accordance with their prescribed standards.
		Our reproduction and repair standards are of the highest order.
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	Origin of the Standard Railway Gauge
		Standard gauge railway lines are used throughout New South Wales and on Australian National Railways' interstate lines.
		Standard gauge, in railway terminology, means a distance between the rails of 4 feet, 8 ½ inches or 1.435 metres.
		Whilst NSW adopted standard gauge, Victoria chose broad gauge (5'3"), Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia went for 3'6" narrow gauge, and South Australia decided on both broad and narrow.
	infobluemountains.net.au /rail/horse-ass.htm (621 words)

	Cigar Aficionado \| Archives \| Toy Trains
		Toy-train size is measured in gauges, which simply refer to the width of the track rather than the actual size of the train itself, although there is obviously a very close relationship between the two.
		Standard gauge was popular from the turn of the century up until the Second World War, when houses began to get smaller and space was at a premium.
		Finally, there is G gauge, or Large gauge, a relatively modern plastic-bodied derivative that got its start in Europe as an outdoor or garden railroad and has been enthusiastically adopted by American train buffs as a modern alternative to the older standard gauge.
	www.winespectator.com /Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2322,789,00.html (1829 words)

	Standard Gauge Blog: August 2004
		If you want to model standard gauge and you want some ideas of what JLC saw when he was a kid and what helped his imagination get his trains going, take a ride to the Post Office in Jersey City.
		Unlike a computer today (a standard desktop from a major manufacturer is created in about 4 minutes), a quality standard gauge item made with machines such as this one can take up to 9 months to put together.
		Standard gauge is definitely an escape (as are toy trains) but I would still rather watch an old 390E barrel around a circle than hear one more national news anchor wax eloquent about Iraq or hear about Martha Stewart's incarceration.
	stdgauge.blogspot.com /2004_08_01_stdgauge_archive.html (6718 words)

	Railroad Gauge and a horse's ass (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He did discuss the potential for other gauges, and his "standard gauge" was typically used only as a matter of convenience.
		Although President Lincoln first decreed that the railroad "standard gauge" was to be 5 feet (the California standard gauge), this was quickly over-ridden by Congress.
		The success of the Stephenson gauge at becoming the US and British Standard Gauge began as the result of the enthusiasm of George Stephenson, and the tremendous respect he earned from a few early railway builders.
	www.discoverlivesteam.com /magazine/34.html (2265 words)

	Hobby Works - Welcome to Hobbyworks.com!
		O Gauge is not a scale, but the term is used to define O Scale trains as well as toy trains that run on track that is 1.25" between the outside rails (5 scale feet).
		The most correct definition of O gauge as it has evolved today is as follows: It is term used to describe a group of toy trains that is roughly based on ¼" scale and runs on non-scale three rail track that is 1.25" between the outside rails.
		Standard Gauge (also known as No. 1 Gauge) is one of the first gauges used in the late1800s and early 1900s.
	www.hobbyworks.com /default.cfm/Content/fullarticle/hs/trains/ID/24 (1138 words)

	Gauge 1 Scale Information
		The popular LGB uses the 45mm width to model Narrow Gauge trains, which requires the trains to be bigger in size, primarily at a ratio of 1:22.5 or G Scale.
		Scale-minded hobbyists should realize that Gauge 1 was always considered either a collector's hobby, where each scale item cost thousands of dollars, or, with the advent of LGB in 1968, a toy train for outdoors in which true-scale was not a requirement.
		It should also be noted that any model designed from a Standard Gauge Prototype, at a size larger than 1:32, is running on a track gauge that is improperly proportioned for Standard Gauge equipment.
	members.aol.com /metzbahn/stat.html (735 words)

	Narrow Gauge
		There are some examples of wide gauge in the United States, such as certain streetcar systems that were deliberately built wide to keep standard gauged steam trains from operating on city streets.
		In America, one narrow gauge that caught on was 3’ Gauge, your basic yardstick gauge.
		The equipment was smaller yet the narrow gauge railroad retained the advantages of steel wheel on steel rail.
	www.guidetozscale.com /html/narrow_gauge.html (764 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Railways
		standard gauge: 2,888 km 1.435-m gauge (283 km electrified)
		standard gauge: 3,518 km 1.435-m gauge (2,631 km electrified) (2003)
		standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (984 km electrified) (2003)
	www.travlang.com /factbook/fields/2121.html (1388 words)

	All-Gauge Model Railroading Page
		Standards for O27 - Standards for semi-scale and O27, as distinct from O gauge and O scale.
		S gauge 4' by 8' Layouts - 4' by 8' Layouts for American Flyer and compatible track
		Standard Gauge Track Plans and Layouts - a collection of fun, new track plans
	www.thortrains.net (3497 words)

	NMRA St&RPs Index
		The Data Sheets are not a part of the Standards and RPs as their information is not necessary for interchange and operation.
		Part of the reason is that the National Association of S Gaugers (NASG) and the NMRA have had S scale, standard gauge standards that don't exactly match.
		The issue is in the process of being corrected through a proposed change in NMRA standards to match the NASG standards and a ballot vote will be required to effect the change in NMRA standards.
	www.nmra.org /standards/consist.html (930 words)

	Layout Designs » Standard Gauge
		Layouts featuring only standard gauge equipment - generally 4 feet 8½ inches, but in some countries the standard gauge is narrow or wider than this.
		Most newcomers to railway modelling start off in standard gauge because more equipment is available ‘ready-to-run’ than for narrow gauge prototypes.
		If you’re pressed for space, then a narrow gauge model may be of interest to you as the locos and rolling stock can usually handle much sharper curves and gradients than the standard gauge models in the same scale.
	www.layoutdesigns.com /categories/gauge/standard-gauge (1023 words)

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