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Subject: Re: Greg Procter Tipping i Posted on: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 21:20:23 +0000 (UTC)

"Mr. Travel" wrote:
>
> Greg Procter wrote:
> >
> > Mr. Travel, my point is that the New Zealand railway system (like South
> > Africa's) is not normally classed as "Narrow Gauge" because that term
> > has connotations that go well beyond the distance between the rails.
>
> Uh, no. In standard railway terms, gauge is the width of the track.


I know what "gauge" means.
It's the attached adjective that is in question.
"Narrow" is a relative term, not an absolute.