There's some old infrastructure lore about the reason why American rails have such specific spacing. The relative similarity between modern rail line gauges and ancient rutways are tied more to design than history. Next stop, Anchorage, Alaska. If you wish to disembark before we arrive, please alert the conductor for a manual stop. We have to wait for the next stop.
Funiculars are great, which is why the main image from our previous train episode featured one -- except we didn't actually talk about that one during the show. It's a cable car from Wellington, and as it turns out it's one of hundreds of funiculars in this city. Roman and Kurt are back with another series of railroad tales. All aboard!
Train Set: Track Two