Fact checking. Wikipedia had it at 5 feet 3.5 inches.
Southern railroads and the Panama railroad were also 5 foot gauge, and Lincoln came close to making the Transcontinental line 5 foot gauge. I wanted to make sure that Wikipedia had not found some strange and wonderful twist in the story.
From: "Bruce Cooper" bcc@CPRR.org
ReplyDeleteThe SVRR track gauge was 5' 3 1⁄2".
From: "Kyle Wyatt" kylekwyatt@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteSacramento Valley RR was 5 foot gauge, until 1866, after the Associates acquired it and converted it to conform with the Central Pacific.
—Kyle
From: "Rick Mugele" mrscm@inreach.com
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Fact checking. Wikipedia had it at 5 feet 3.5 inches.
Southern railroads and the Panama railroad were also 5 foot gauge, and Lincoln came close to making the Transcontinental line 5 foot gauge. I wanted to make sure that Wikipedia had not found some strange and wonderful twist in the story.