Talk:5 ft 6 in gauge railway/Archive 1

"Broadest"
My edit stemmed from a misunderstanding that "broadest" was a claim of it being the most common gauge in the world, not the claim of it being the physically widest in common usage. My bad. That said, I'm not likely the only person to be confused by the wording, and with no citation that it is the (physically) widest gauge, it's probably best to avoid superlatives like "widest" or "broadest".oknazevad (talk) 19:28, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Used first?
Where was this gauge used first? Tabletop (talk) 01:06, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * See Indian gauge. Peter Horn User talk 23:41, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Not Indian gauge
"The Great Western Railway and Midland Railway were both initially originally laid to "Provincial Gauge", being converted to standard circa 1973." Sorry, but these were not Indian gauge but. Peter Horn User talk 00:07, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Rail gauge muddle
See Talk:Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad. Peter Horn User talk 23:39, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

broad gauge
broad gauge reasons:
 * graded routes: India
 * high wind: BART

121.102.47.39 (talk) 08:39, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

broad gauge succeeded/failed:
 * succeeded: India
 * failed: Spain

121.102.47.39 (talk) 00:52, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Removed from lead para
''Except for the south region, all Indian high-speed rail will be built at this gauge, with the Pakistan high-speed rail and Afghan high-speed rail, eventually perhaps extend to Russia. Proposals for USA (except Florida) and Canada- the mainline rail network will have to be built and rebuilt at this gauge replacing standard-gauge mainline rail networks.''

in the lead paragraph, this sort of speculation is WP:crystalball stuff and is not needed, unless qualified by WP:RS sats 09:05, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Indo-American Railroad Project
Technical specs:
 * Track gauge: Indian gauge
 * Electrification: 25kV AC overhead lines
 * Sleeper type: Concrete
 * Height of overhead lines: 7.45m above rail
 * Loading gauge: 4.1m wide and 7m tall
 * Platform length: around 1600m
 * Platform height: 200mm above rail

Proposed routes:
 * India – Pakistan – Afghanistan – Central Asian Republics – Kazakhstan – Russia – Bering Strait Tunnel – Alaska – Canada – USA

Phase: 180.199.35.179 (talk) 09:19, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) In India, mainline networks toward Indian gauge replacing metre-gauge lines. (Project Unigauge; 1000mm→1676mm)
 * 2) In USA (except Florida), Canada and Alaska, mainline networks toward Indian gauge replacing standard-gauge mainline networks, then electrification 25kV AC at 60Hz. (1435mm→1676mm)
 * 3) Afghan network to be built at Indian gauge.
 * 4) In India (except south region) and Pakistan, high-speed rail networks and dedicated freight rail networks built at Indian gauge, and existing high platforms to be converted to low platforms.
 * 5) In Russia and Central Asian Republics, several lines to be built at Indian gauge (mostly combined with Russian gauge).
 * 6) Bering Strait Tunnel to be built at Indian gauge with electrification at 25kV 50Hz AC. In Alaska, 50Hz meet 60Hz at Fairbanks.

Crimea
Without wanting to get into the debate about who the Crimea currently belongs to, isn't the gauge of the military railway disputed? Claims it was 5'6" gauge do appear in print (and thus like the horse's bum theory of Stephenson gauge have gained a self-perpetuating life), but there is evidence that they are based on a misunderstanding and a legend that some locos went to Argentina. See for example  Wheeltapper (talk) 21:29, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Proposal to rename article to 5 ft 6 in gauge railway
Identical with earlier proposals on track gauge articles, this article should be renamed to 5 ft 6 in gauge railway.
 * "Indian gauge" represents only a regional and historical name.
 * Currently, this gauge is referred to as "Broad gauge" in India.
 * India (1849) wasn't the first country to use this gauge. It was first used in Scotland (Dundee and Arbroath Railway, 1836) and the United States (Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad, 1845)--Aaron-Tripel (talk) 19:31, 29 September 2014 (UTC)