Comment on Buy a train, bridge or tracks from the Swiss RailwayparentComments−m4633moThey don't seem to say why it didn't work.I wonder if it was not just the change in gauge, but tolerances as well.I got to see "Dr. Yellow" running on the shinkansen line and it checks everything out.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_YellowI wonder if the slower-speed lines have looser tolerances.Then maybe running the gauge-change train on the slower lines might kill the train's tolerances before it moves back to the super smooth high-speed lines.
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They don't seem to say why it didn't work.
I wonder if it was not just the change in gauge, but tolerances as well.
I got to see "Dr. Yellow" running on the shinkansen line and it checks everything out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Yellow
I wonder if the slower-speed lines have looser tolerances.
Then maybe running the gauge-change train on the slower lines might kill the train's tolerances before it moves back to the super smooth high-speed lines.