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Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 13:41:25 UTC No. 16186187
Can we discuss rail gauges?
What is the "best" gauge theoretically? By this I mean if you do not take economics into account what gauge can move the most goods and people. How does this change if you DO take economics into account?
Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 15:51:51 UTC No. 16186295
>>16186187
Narrower gauge is cheaper and easier to build while wider gauge has better characteristics for train to run on. Not much more to it than that.