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The Eastern North Carolina & Western Tennessee ("Tweetsie") was dual gauged in Johnson City, Tn up until the end of that road in the forties (I think). They had standard gauge switchers on their roster to facilitate interchange w/ standard gauge. The South Pacific Coast, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific that ran from Oakland to Santa Cruz was dual gauged for a short time about a hundred years ago, as the road was being widened to standard gauge. In fact, the very day of the first standard gauge thru train from Los Gatos to Santa Cruz was steaming up in Los Gatos when the San Francisco eartquake knocked it off the tracks, collap[sed some tunnels, and made a general mess of the whole SPC system. FYI-It was common practice for railroads to install longer, standard gauge rail ties under narrow gauge tracks-at least every other one-in anticipation of conversion to regular gauge trackage. Want to see something kinda wierd- the East Broad Top (EBT) in Pennsylvania had a set up where the narrow gauge trucks were exchanged for standard gauge trucks by lifting the car body up and off the trucks. . .Perhaps someone else can fill in the details of this unique operation.
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