2001-01-07
The "standard gauge" can be either 1432 or 1435 mm. The Russian gauge can
be 1520 or 1524 mm. I wonder how one would travel on a train from Paris to
Moscow. What happens when one enters Russian territory?
Glückliches Neues Jahr!
Happy New Year!
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Louis JOURDAN
Sent: Sunday, 2001-01-07 01:24
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:10339] RE: Railway gauge
At 18:36 -0400 01/01/6, Joseph B. Reid wrote:
>Trains can roll from Inverness to Istanbul. They couldn"t do it if the
>British gauge was 1435.1 mm and the continental gauge 1430 mm. European
>mechanical engineering uses the millimetre for all dimensions, including
>the dimensions of railway locomotives. I assume that the railway gauge is
>also expressed in millimetres as 1435.
I found an intersting web site listing all railways gauges used in
the world at
http://turksib.com/gauges/index-e.html
Louis
