Rail width question

I feel stupid for asking this, but what is the width between the rails, actually center to center. Stupid question I know, but I forgot

Some gauges are of 1435 millimeters, and some are of 1600 millimeters. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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Sounds good everyone, thanks for the info. I aam in the planning mode, of constructing a small rail speeder/scooter (whatever ya call it). I know it may sound stupid, but the idea I have is cool. I dont even know if it will work, but it worth the try! Thanks again

Peter Radanovic wrote:Some gauges are of 1435 millimeters, and some are of 1600 millimeters. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Millimeters---????---I wish I knew the metric system-----you guys really use that stuff?

Since I'm European, I'm glad that we do!

Hi All,

Nice to see some of us can go from millimeters to inches without too much trouble. However, one does not go from millimeters to feet. A mm is one thousandth of a meter. Now we all know that there is such a thing as Meter Gauge trains. That is about 39.5 inches. So 1600 mm is actually 1.6 Meters. A bit over a meter and a half. For those in question: One Meter equals one hundred centimeters which equals one thousand mm. There is such a thing as a decimeter, and ten decimeters equals one meter. All are multiples of ten. End of lecture.

Russia and its former Soviet Bloc Countrys are 5 feet even. This was one of the many things that screwed up the German advance during WWII as Germany uses the same standered gage as the U.S.