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To be maximally pedantic: the two divisions (IRT and BMT/IND) use the same rail gauge, but have different car widths, lengths, and weights. (That may have been
by woodruffw 3y ago
To be maximally pedantic: the two divisions (IRT and BMT/IND) use the same rail gauge, but have different car widths, lengths, and weights.
(That may have been what you meant, but I think it’s an interesting distinction for those unaware!)
- em-bee 3y agothat's certainly interesting. i just heard about a case in germany where a city has two different systems, and they bought new trains for one of the systems but forgot that they had stations serving both systems where those new trains didn't fit because the other system had narrower trains and wider platforms. the new trains would scrape the platform edge and take damage.
- woodruffw 3y ago> the new trains would scrape the platform edge and take damage. The NYC subway, not to be bested, manages to do this even with the correct cars :-)[1] [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/nycrail/comments/i4airc/whats_the_tightest_corner_in_the_subway_system/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nycrail/comments/i4airc/whats_the_t...