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Track gauge conversion is the changing of one railway track gauge (the distance between the running rails) to another. In general, requirements depend on whether the conversion is from a wider gauge to a narrower gauge or vice versa, on how the rail vehicles can be modified to accommodate a track gauge conversion, and on whether the gauge conversion is manual or automated.
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1,473 mm (4 ft 10 in) 1866 United States New Jersey: Morris and Essex converted in 12 days [21] 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) 1911 [22] United States Maine: Maine Central Railroad Company: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 914 mm (3 ft) 1879 United States California: Monterey Branch Line
Some railways, primarily in the northeast, used standard gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm); others used gauges ranging from 2 ft (610 mm) to 6 ft (1,829 mm). As a general rule, southern railroads were built to one or another broad gauge, mostly 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ), while northern railroads that were not standard-gauge tended to be narrow-gauge.
The 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) railways were intended to take 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) gauge vehicles and allow a (second) running tolerance. The Chester and Birkenhead Railway, authorised on 12 July 1837, used 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm). [31] The London and Brighton Railway, authorised on 15 July 1837, used 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm). [32]
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