Railroad Trains & Ancient Rome

[Gregory Matthews]

There is a story that has existed for many decades that ties the width of U.S.; railroad track, to ancient Rome and also to the U.S. Space Shuttle and the rear end of a horse!   I find this story interesting,    

One version of this story may be found here:

http://aviationhumor.net/the-us-standard-railroad-gauge-is-4-feet-8-5-inches/

It should be recognized that SNOPES states that the above story is at the least false in part.

See:

https://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.asp

 

 

[dgrimm60]

GREGORY

I had heard this before

dgrimm60