Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1916 — Change Rail Gauge in Poland. [ARTICLE]

Change Rail Gauge in Poland.

The Russian railroads in Poland, for strategical reasons, were built on a broad gauge. The Germans have standardized this gauge, but this change has rendered useless all of the Russian rolling stock which was left behind. All freight cars, therefore, had to be supplied from Germany, and a very great shortage is the result. It Is interesting to note that in standardizing the railroads the Germans have cut the ends of the railroad ties even with the edge of the tracks, thus making it impossible in the event of a Russian reoccupation of this country, to again broaden the gauge without laying down an entirely new set of ties.—W. H. Hamilton, in Harper’s Weekly.