Talk:British Gauge War

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Untitled[edit]

This page was a redirect to the GWR section on Gauge War, but the LSWR point of view needs to be in there too, so I have altered it to contain a brief description and the links.

We need to add the interface with the LNWR and Midland ... any others?

Afterbrunel (talk) 10:53, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ISBN[edit]

I see someone has deleted the ISBN for Williams' book, "because they didn't have ISBNs in 1968".

I put the ISBN in the citation and my copy of the book, dated 1968, has the ISBN printed in it. Afterbrunel (talk) 16:35, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Conversion Weekend May 20-23rd 1892[edit]

Anyone know of good information about this historic weekend on the Web? I was surprised not to find anything in Wikipedia on it. This chat page is the best I could find: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/63838-gwr-broad-gauge-conversion/. Cites a number of preparatory measures, such distribution of standard guage stock over the branches, etc. Is there a book on it? Lawrence18uk (talk) 13:57, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Name Change?[edit]

The current name of just "Gauge War" in my opinion caused ambiguity with the Erie Gauge War (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Gauge_War) in the USA. I would like to change it to something along the lines of British Gauge War. Any objections? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flameperson (talk • contribs) 16:27, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Repetition[edit]

The paragraph:

The Great Western Railway adopted the broad gauge of 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) at the outset, while competing railway companies adopted the gauge of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm), which later became standard gauge. As the railway companies sought to expand commercially and geographically, they wished to dominate areas of the country, hoping to exclude their competitors. The networks polarised into groups of broad gauge companies and of narrow gauge companies. The term narrow gauge at the time referred to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) as well as any smaller size, all narrow relative to the broad gauge (whereas today it refers only to gauges strictly smaller than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge).

reads ridiculously. We don't need to repeat the "4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)" conversion each time we mention one of the measurements.

I've removed the superfluous repetitions once, but someone has just restored them. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:50, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

But you've got to accept that metric types will be confused by the use of imperial measurements. Consider WP:RF. Some readers will read 7'0¼" and 4'8½" in all three cases. Other readers will read 2,140 mm and 1,435 mm instead. Expecting the proverbial Brazillian high achool student to switch between 1,435 mm and 4'8½" is not friendly and yet the imperial measures are the defining gauges. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 22:56, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]