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Change of gauge (disambiguation)

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Change of gauge is the process of converting a railway from one rail gauge to another.

Change of gauge or gauge change may also refer to:

  • Change of gauge (aviation), change of aircraft without changing the flight number
  • Break-of-gauge a location where two railroad lines of different gauge meet
  • Bogie exchange, a system for operating railway wagons on two or more gauges by switching bogies
  • Variable gauge, a system using adjustable wheel sets where the gauge is altered by driving the train through a gauge changer
  • Dual gauge, the use of additional rails are laid to accommodate two different gauges on the same track
  • Track gauge conversion, replacing a railway track of one track gauge with a railway track of another track gauge

See also

  • Gauge fixing, a mathematical procedure for coping with redundant degrees of freedom in field variables