The Gauge Change Train (GCT) or Free Gauge Train (フリーゲージトレイン, "FGT") is the name given to a Japanese project started in 1994 to develop a high-speed train...

(VGA). The gauge is altered by driving the train through a gauge changer installed at the break of gauge which moves the wheels to the gauge desired. Variable...

435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge used by Shinkansen train services in Japan. The trucks/bogies of the Gauge Change Train (GCT) allow the wheels to be...

gauge. Trains and rolling stock generally cannot run through without some form of conversion between gauges, leading to passengers having to change trains...

vehicles on the two gauges: typically, one broad-gauge trainload needs three narrow-gauge trains to carry. Constructing dual-gauge track with three rails...

is developing a variable gauge system, called the "Gauge Change Train", to allow 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Shinkansen trains to access 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)...

locomotives do not change gauge and they have to be interchanged. Rail transport in Switzerland Gauge Change Train Archived 2023-03-18 at the Wayback Machine....

Standard Gauge, also known as wide gauge, was an early model railway and toy train rail gauge, introduced in the United States in 1906 by Lionel Corporation...

"Train on Train" (トレイン・オン・トレイン, Torein on Torein) uses the concept of piggybacking. carrying narrow-gauge wagons on broader-gauge flat wagons. "Train on...

wheelsets that are compatible with the track gauge. Since many different track gauges exist worldwide, gauge differences often present a barrier to wider...

as Irish gauge, is the dominant track gauge in Ireland, the Australian state of Victoria and Adelaide in South Australia and passenger trains of Brazil...

tumor of bone Glucose challenge test Granulosa cell tumor Gauge Change Train, a Japanese train Ghazipur City railway station, in Uttar Pradesh, India Grand...

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...

converting 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway lines to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge for use by shinkansen train services in Japan. Unlike the...

Shinkansen line from Takeo-Onsen to Nagasaki. It was proposed that Gauge Change Train (GCT) trainsets be used, however technical issues resulted in the...

resemble trains then these too are called toy trains. Small trains are sometimes also called toy trains. In India, many trains that run on meter-gauge tracks...

track gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm) first appeared in the United Kingdom and the United States. This gauge became commonly known as "Russian gauge", because...

carriage door, causing risk. Problems increase where trains of several different loading gauges and train floor heights use (or even must pass without stopping...

mechanically are called pressure gauges, vacuum gauges or compound gauges (vacuum & pressure). The widely used Bourdon gauge is a mechanical device, which...

Track gauge conversion is the changing of one railway track gauge (the distance between the running rails) to another. In general, requirements depend...

train system is sometimes referred to as 'L-gauge' among Lego fans, in reference to traditional model railway scales. Lego trains use a nominal gauge...

O scale (or O gauge) is a scale commonly used for toy trains and rail transport modelling. Introduced by German toy manufacturer Märklin around 1900, by...

to using the variable-gauge Gauge Change Train on through services between the standard-gauge Hokuriku Shinkansen and narrow-gauge Hokuriku Main Line in...

narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge...

403 mi) of narrow-gauge railways, 18,007 kilometres (11,189 mi) of standard gauge railways and 2,685 kilometres (1,668 mi) of broad gauge railways. In the...

uses standard-gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)) tracks. Trains portal Rail gauge in North America Rail gauge in South America Rail gauge in Australia...

III gauge). European G gauge trains are built to the same II gauge scale, but with a narrow rail gauge of 45 mm (1.772 in) (the same as 1 gauge). This...

standard gauge line lacks electrification and only has centralized traffic control south of Røros Station. SJ Norge operate regional passenger trains. In addition...

26 October 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2012. "新形フリーゲージトレイン" [New Gauge-changing Train]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 47, no. 556. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd...

5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) is a broad track gauge, used in India, Pakistan, western Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Chile, and on BART in the San Francisco...