File:Barbados Railway shortly after the change of gauge from 3ft6in to 2ft6in in 1898.jpg

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English: Barbados Railway shortly after the change of gauge from 3'6" to 2'6" in 1898. Some ties (also known as sleepers) have been replaced, while others are still the previously used 3'6" ties with one rail moved inward. Photo courtesy Barbados Museum Historical Society.
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Source Peter Murphy: The Barbados Railway, 1881-1937, "The old time people used to say that the Barbados Railway was mentioned in the Bible, among the creeping things of this earth." Canadian Rail, Nr. 403, 1988.
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