Mindes13 t1_iyiux9z wrote on December 1, 2022 at 6:54 PM Reply to comment by RoinAnjou 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 The enslaving bit was long before there was a united states . Permalink Parent −6−
Mindes13 t1_iyiux9z wrote
Reply to comment by RoinAnjou 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
The enslaving bit was long before there was a united states .