Mr_Happy_80 t1_iyje76b wrote
Reply to comment by kokopilau in TIL that the southern United States converted all 11,500+ miles of its railroads from broad gauge (5 ft/1.524 m) to nearly-standard gauge (4 ft 9 in/1.448 m) in just 36 hours, starting on May 31, 1886 by 1859
It doesn't really matter. Setting up trains for other gauges isn't hard, as there were plenty of old BREL locomotives sold to Eastern Europe and Asia converted to 3ft or 2.5ft gauges.
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