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>Even the track gauges differ sometimes. Do you mean minor but incompatible gauge differences? In India there are two main gauges (last I checked, which was a
by vram22 10y ago
>Even the track gauges differ sometimes.
Do you mean minor but incompatible gauge differences?
In India there are two main gauges (last I checked, which was a while ago), broad and meter gauge, but there is a lot of difference in the sizes of the two (bigger long-distance trains run on broad gauge and local smaller ones, like for remote or hilly areas, run on meter gauge). Wondering if you mean minor differences between gauges in adjacent countries, like 5.4 feet vs. 5.7 feet, (made-up numbers) which is only 3 inches, but would still make them incompatible.
- detaro 10y agoMost common "full gauge" in central Europe is 1435 mm, some eastern-european countries (including Russia) use 1520 mm -> 85mm ~ 3.3 inches difference. Spain has 1668 mm as well -> 232 mm ~ 9 inch difference. Except the obvious "just move all cargo to a different train" solutions to the issue include swappable bogies and wheels that can be moved on the axle in a special device. EDIT: wikipedia has a color-coded map! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rail_gauge_world.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rail_gauge_world.png
- sbierwagen 10y agoIt's Complicated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rail_gauge_world.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rail_gauge_world.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge