From: ce11son@yahoo.ca   
      
   On Tue, 13 May 2014 13:14:08 +0000 (UTC), John Levine    
   wrote:   
      
   >>> So the whole gauge thing is a mess as it is. Throwing in Standard Gauge   
   >>> doesn't make it any worse really since Egypt at the other end of Cape to   
   >>> Cairo is already Standard Gauge. Personally I think they should just   
   >>> convert the main corridors to Standard Gauge as is being done in many   
   >>> other parts of the world.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>Would conversion to standard gauge be cheaper than just building a new line?   
   >   
   >I would think so.  The right of way is already there.  In some places   
   >they'd have to widen it, but for the most part, they'd just lay new   
   >track.   
   >   
   There are various bits where the curvature works against using   
   standard gauge but building an avoiding tunnel is probably more   
   feasible in modern times.   
      
   >It's also not impossible to make it dual gauge if they want to keep   
   >using existing rolling.  That used to be quite common.   
   >   
   >Fun fact: the famous Niagara Falls suspension bridge was originally   
   >triple gauge.   
      
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