Talk:Track gauge conversion

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This section ignores that for military reasons different gauges sometimes are considered a benefit, since they hinder hostile army transportation! Rbakels (talk) 19:24, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rolling stock[edit]

This was Chris.Bristol (talk) 00:18, 27 January 2014 (UTC) rather misleading because passenger trains (I've no idea how goods trains do it) don't swap bogies between France and Spain, they use variable gauge axles. They don't change at a station they change at a special facility. At least some goods trains just move the containers onto different rolling stock http://www.stobartgroup.co.uk/services/transport-and-distribution/stobart-rail/ Chris.Bristol (talk) 00:04, 22 January 2014 (UTC) Changing the example to China (standard gauge) and Russia (1520mm 4 ft 11 27⁄32) would be fine.Chris.Bristol (talk) 23:51, 21 January 2014 (UTC) The [[ Wikipedia page under the section "Spain" is also misleading. Chris.Bristol (talk) 00:18, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, they are not not misleading. In the days before variable gauge, bogie exchange was the option and still is for goods wagons. Peter Horn User talk 00:59, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wheelset exchange was used for 4 wheel goods wagons. Peter Horn User talk 18:21, 10 February 2019 (UTC) Peter Horn User talk 18:27, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Confused[edit]

This is a terribly confused and misleading article. Does anyone have the time and enthusiasm to do something with it? I wish I could. Afterbrunel (talk) 10:13, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. To start with, most of the first paragraph is dubious and the whole article is a bit of a disaster. There is confusion between permanent change of the gauge and vehicles temporarily changing gauge to travel from one to another. Many false assumptions. It looks as though it was written by enthusiasts with no real understanding of the issues.

Chris.Bristol (talk) 23:14, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Line names[edit]

Track gauge conversion#Gauge orphan Actual line names please Peter Horn User talk 00:56, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Spurious listing[edit]

There is no mention of gauge conversion in Willamette Shore Trolley. So how did Willamette Shore Trolley get into the "what links here" list of gauge conversion? Peter Horn User talk 20:48, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]