Standard Gauge (toy trains)
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"Wide gauge" redirects here. For railways wider than standard gauge, see Broad-gauge railway.
Standard Gauge, also known as wide gauge, was an early model railway and toy train rail gauge, introduced in the United States in 1906 by Lionel Corporation.[1] As it was a toy standard, rather than a scale modeling standard, the actual scale of Standard Gauge locomotives and rolling stock varied. It ran on three-rail track whose running rails were 2+1⁄8 in (53.975 mm) apart.
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