Write a description of a long train trip in the 1800s that illustrates how the change to standard gauge track has improved travel in that era

Prior to the standard gauge track, railroad travel was much more arduous and painstaking. There were originally several types of gauges used on a railway track. This caused long train trips to require multiple stops in order to change train cars. With the standard gauge track on trains in the 1800s, multiple changes were no longer necessary and so the trips were shorter.