Wide Gauge was an early model railway and toy train rail gauge, introduced in the United States in 1906 by Lionel Corporation.
made windup and electric Wide gauge (the competitor to Lionel's Standard gauge) trains. The A. C. Gilbert Co. bought the firm in 1937 and offered O and HO trains. After World War II, Gilbert switched from O to S gauge.
Known also as "Wide Gauge," it used a 2 1/8" gauge three-rail track. The trains themselves were either tinplate or diecast, and they were very large and heavy.
Ballast was almost non-existent, and wide gauge plagued the line. The spur was nearly inaccessible from UP rails--our switch job has to use trackage rights on the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern to gain access.
 See also: Track, Train, Standard, Gauge, Scale
  
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