The problem of interchanging freight across the break of gauge to standard gauge lines was eventually solved by truck exchange. Incoming standard gauge cars were lifted off of their trucks using hydraulic jacks so that narrow gauge trucks could be rolled in. The reverse procedure was used for outgoing freight, so long as it was on cars that were compatible with standard gauge requirements.Minnier v. Sedalia, Warsaw and Southwestern Ry. Co., Supreme Court of Missouri, Vol 167, E. W. Stephens, 1902; page 112. Truck exchange was not confined to freight cars; for example, the general manager's business car was transferred to standard gauge trucks for his return home after the gauge was widened.Law at Winfield, Ottumwa (Semi-)Weekly Courrier, July 1, 1902; Page 4, column 3, top.
