Comments by "David Elliott" (@davidelliott5843) on "Stalin's failed GULAG: The Trans-Polar Railway (Construction No. 501)" video.

  1. Standard gauge is 4ft 8-1/2ins. Russian gauge is 1520mm just under 5ft. It’s enough to make rolling stock incompatible but functionally much the same.
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  2. Ewan McGregor discusses the Road of Bones and Stalin’s penal colony railways during the “Long Way Round” motorcycle journey.
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