06-07-2026, 12:11 PM
(06-07-2026, 10:43 AM)boater sam Wrote: The rail gauge was determined originally by the ruts left in the road by carts and chariots pulled by 2 horses. And it persisted until the present day.
The rockets had to fit the trucks and tunnels on the railway.
Hence the diameter was determined by the width of the horses buttocks!
Sam.
I'm not sure about that.
UK had three gauges. Ireland is still different. Finland is a different gauge to Norway and Sweden. Sweden may have had two in the past.
I count 32 gauges here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge
