02-23-2009, 12:02 PM
I would guess Russia, maybe? The Pennsy was built to a 5 foot gauge prior to the civil war, and East Broad Top would have been 3 foot gauge if it existed before the civil war. During the civil war Lincoln declared that all railroads would be built to what is now standard gauge and any railroad running other than standard gauge (narrow gauge lines excepted) would re-gauge the track to standard gauge because of the difficulty the North had moving war materials around the country when they could not just switch out cars from a standard gauge track like the NYC to a broad gauge track like the Pennsy. I think Russia's standard gauge is 5 foot gauge.