Ref#1.:
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=283199
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What about, such Trans-Eurasian Railway:
Trans-Eurasian Railway
LISBON - Madrid = 623
Madrid - Barselona = 621
Barcelona - Marseille = 508
Marseille - Geneva = 458
Geneva - Paris = 539
Paris - Antwerpen = 342
Antwerpen - Rotterdam = 100
Rotterdam - Bremerhaven = 410
Bremerhaven - Hamburg = 179
Hamburg - Lubeck = 67
Lubeck - Berlin = 311
Berlin - Warsaw = 569
Warsaw - Kiev = 766
Kiev - Rostov-na-donu = 972
Rostov - Elista = 456
Elista - Astrakhan = 400
Astrakhan - Atyrau = 500
Atyrau - Aralsk = 1500
Aralsk - Balhash = 1500
Balhash - Urumchi = 1500
Urumchi - Hohhot = 2800
Hohhot - Tianjin = 617
Tianjin - Qingdao = 537
Qingdao - SHANGHAI = 735
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TOTAL: 17 000 km.
Ref#2.: Maslow windows:
2015-2025
1959-1969
1903-1913
1847-1857
1791-1801
1735-1745
1679-1689
1623-1633
1567-1577
1511-1521
Note: every such period which puslses across the history with frequency of 58 years ( two human generations ) or half a nano-Hertz accumulates the wealth for serious investment efforts. 1903-1913 raised the finding for WW1, 1959-1969 for the First Space Age ...
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map follows.
Again as in TEAR (1.0) - two lines x3+ m gauge, etc.
Pan-european project which to consume the energy which IOTL went for turmoil and revolutions...
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