Talk:Islamic Republic of Iran Railways

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[edit] Break of Gauge

Iran has the same gauge as some of its neighbours but a different gauge as others.

However, rail gauge is not the only compatibility issue.

Iran uses, IIRC, air brakes, and buffer-and-chain couplers have, IIRC, been replaced by automatic Janney couplers.

The former Soviet lines use a different coupler, and IIRC, air brakes.

Pakistan still uses buffer and chain, but the spacing of the buffers is wider than that originally used by Iran. Pakistan, IIRC, uses vacuum brakes.

As you can see, it gets complicated, and it is also difficult to be certain that your facts are straight.

Tabletop 09:47, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

You are right. I assume that when we talk about break-of-gauge, such compatibility issues are common. You way want to make this point in the break-of-gauge article as a general issue. Ekem 16:23, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
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