Broad Gauge

By some miracle the battle of the gauges comes out in favour of Brunel's 7ft gauge. What would be the changes on Railways in the UK and beyond?
 
bigger transport capacity.

britain gets a decent loading gauge

and more widespread use of narrow gauge, because there will be more occasions where 7ft gauge is just too much.
So maybe more use of meter & cape gauge?
But also a chance that on the continent some other gauge becomes the standard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge
 
Top