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Finland announces migration of its rail network to international gauge

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461 points axelfontaine | 8 comments | 20 May 25 07:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
1. mikewarot ◴[20 May 25 09:03 UTC] No.44039409[source]▶
Conversion to a narrower gauge should be a fairly straightforward process, unless concrete sleepers are in use. New axles or outright replacement of trucks shouldn't take multiple years of effort.

We did such things in the US in month long long ago.

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2. eru ◴[20 May 25 09:15 UTC] No.44039479[source]▶
Interesting. Do you have more sources?
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3. ◴[20 May 25 09:30 UTC] No.44039582[source]▶
4. thih9 ◴[20 May 25 09:33 UTC] No.44039600[source]▶
You ignore the scale of the project, still present an estimate and compare the effort to something irrelevant, from a very different time and place. Are you my PM?
5. jabl ◴[20 May 25 09:37 UTC] No.44039627[source]▶
About the US gauge change: http://southern.railfan.net/ties/1966/66-8/gauge.html
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6. iggldiggl ◴[20 May 25 14:23 UTC] No.44042015[source]▶
> unless concrete sleepers are in use

Which they are, as even a quick search would have shown.

7. barbazoo ◴[20 May 25 14:58 UTC] No.44042377[source]▶
You mean in the late 19th century? Things have changed quite a bit since then.
8. eru ◴[22 May 25 02:24 UTC] No.44058193{3}[source]▶
Thanks!