[PRCo] Re: New Railfans, Historians and Lack of Background Knowledge

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2007, Fred Schneider wrote:

> will eventually vanish because society doesn't need it.   In time we
> won't care about motorman's day cards used by West Penn Railways.  Or
> why Altoona had a unique 63 inch track gauge.  And half the cars in
> our trolley museums will also disappear.   Sadly, they won't all be
> the duplicates that go either.

Why 63 inches?