TRACKING THE GAUGES, GAUGING THE TRACKS - Part 2: Great Britain, Ireland, Western and Eastern Europe: The Story of the World's Railway Gauges, Yesterday ... Railway Gauges, Yesterday and Today)

This is Part 2 of a seven-part Serialized book that brings to life the story of the world’s railway gauges. Far from being a boring compendium of facts and figures, Part 2 of this books starts the reader on a round-the-world odyssey, exploring not only the current railway gauges to be found in each country, but the part those gauges played in the history of those countries, beginning with the cradle of the railway as we know it today, Great Britain. As well as main-line railways, narrow gauge railways and trams (streetcars) and metros are also included. Revised and updated for 2016.