> David Hecht wrote:
>> The UP, I believe, once laid ten miles of track in a single day,
>> a record that has stood the test of time.
Steve Thomas wrote:
> It's true that UP once built about that much track in a single day. But a
> few days later, Central Pacific's track layers decided to go for the record.
> During the first attempt, something went wrong and the attempt was aborted,
> but they had another go next day and took the record, also with about 10
> miles of track built.
I have the impression that neither of these really represented a sustainable
rate of building track -- they were front-loaded, one-off stunts comparable
to Henry J. Kaiser's stunt of building a Liberty ship in one day during WW2.
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