Variable gauge systems allow railway vehicles to travel between two railways with different track gauges. Vehicles are equipped with variable gauge axles...
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Talgo (section Variable Gauge Axles (VGA))
track gauge at either side of the Pyrenees. Recognising the value in effectively overcoming that impediment, Talgo developed its own variable-gauge vehicle...
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wagons, dual gauge track or variable gauge axles, and containerization of freight, but they were not implemented at the height of the Gauge War in the 1840s...
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Metre-gauge railways (US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used...
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narrow-gauge equipment. Solutions to interchangeability problems include bogie exchanges, a rollbock system, dual gauge, variable gauge, or gauge conversion...
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develop a high-speed train with variable gauge axles to allow inter-running between the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Shinkansen network, and the...
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track gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm) first appeared in the United Kingdom and the United States. This gauge became commonly known as "Russian gauge", because...
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Bogie (section Variable gauge axles)
overcome breaks of gauge some bogies are being fitted with variable gauge axles (VGA) so that they can operate on two different gauges. These include the...
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Five Nations Railway Corridor (category Pages with no gauge entered in Infobox rail line)
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in the North (1520mm) with dual gauge (1435mm) to bypass two breaks of gauge. Pakistan in the South (1676mm) China in the East (1435mm)...
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broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) used by standard-gauge railways...
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Iberian gauge (Spanish: ancho ibérico, trocha ibérica, Portuguese: bitola ibérica) is a track gauge of 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in), most extensively used...
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international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the most widely used track gauge around the world...
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5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), also known as the Indian gauge is a broad track gauge, used in India, Pakistan, western Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Chile,...
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Breitspurbahn (redirect from Nazi broad gauge)
[ˈbʁaɪtʃpuːɐ̯baːn], transl. broad-gauge railway) was a railway system planned and partly surveyed by Nazi Germany. Its track gauge – the distance between the...
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A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)...
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gauges were used in the United States. Some railways, primarily in the northeast, used standard gauge of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm); others used gauges...
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that makes the gauge field vanish. When analyzing the dynamics of a gauge theory, the gauge field must be treated as a dynamical variable, similar to other...
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track Variable gauge, system to allow railway vehicles to travel across a break of gauge Birmingham gauge, for metal wire and tube products French gauge, mainly...
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the meter-gauge section of the line between Zweisimmen and Montreux, due to increased wear on standard-gauge tracks caused by the variable gauge rolling...
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(5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) gauge in Spain pass through an installation which adjusts their variable-gauge axles. This process is known as "gauge change". Goods wagons...
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vehicles, rapid transit trains, railroad cars and locomotives, as well as variable gauge axles that can be fitted on any[citation needed] existing truck or bogie...
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passenger capacity of up to 600. Versions for fixed gauge (1,435 mm, 1,520 mm or 1,668 mm) and variable gauge are planned. The traction system is compatible...
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Bogie exchange (category Track gauges)
wagons on two or more gauges to overcome difference in the track gauge. To perform a bogie exchange, a car is converted from one gauge to another by removing...
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Europe use the standard gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). Some countries use broad gauge, of which there are three types. Narrow gauges are also in use. Russian...
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track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails. For ridable miniature railways and minimum-gauge railways, the gauges are...
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SUW 2000 (category Track gauges)
SUW 2000 is a Polish variable gauge system that allows trains to cross a break of gauge. It is interoperable with the German Rafil Type V system (built...
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The track gauge adopted by the mainline railways in Ireland is 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in). This unusually broad track gauge is otherwise found only in Australia...
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Railways with a track gauge of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) fall within the category of broad-gauge railways. As of 2022[update], they were extant in Australia...
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Minimum-gauge railways are railways with track gauges smaller than those of narrow-gauge railways, primarily designed for light, industrial, or tourist...
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Railways with a track gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) were first constructed as horse-drawn wagonways. The first intercity passenger railway to use 3 ft...
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