Careless_Bat2543 t1_iyltjgb wrote
Reply to comment by firebat707 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
This is the case, though it should be noted that the soviets did not have a separate gauge for military purposes, but just because the Russian Empire decided that the wider gauge was better for because their country was so flat and the distances between cities so great. That it slowed down the Nazis was a happy accident.
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