diff --git a/src/order_gui.cpp b/src/order_gui.cpp
--- a/src/order_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/order_gui.cpp
@@ -1713,6 +1713,12 @@ void ShowOrdersWindow(const Vehicle *v)
 	DeleteWindowById(WC_VEHICLE_TIMETABLE, v->index, false);
 	if (BringWindowToFrontById(WC_VEHICLE_ORDERS, v->index) != NULL) return;
 
+	/* Using a different WindowDescs for _local_company causes problems.
+	 * Due to this we have to close order windows in ChangeWindowOwner/DeleteCompanyWindows,
+	 * because we cannot change switch the WindowDescs and keeping the old WindowDesc results
+	 * in crashed due to missing widges.
+	 * TODO Rewrite the order GUI to not use different WindowDescs.
+	 */
 	if (v->owner != _local_company) {
 		new OrdersWindow(&_other_orders_desc, v);
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/window.cpp b/src/window.cpp
--- a/src/window.cpp
+++ b/src/window.cpp
@@ -1207,6 +1207,7 @@ void ChangeWindowOwner(Owner old_owner, 
 			case WC_BUY_COMPANY:
 			case WC_COMPANY:
 			case WC_COMPANY_INFRASTRUCTURE:
+			case WC_VEHICLE_ORDERS: // Changing owner would also require changing WindowDesc, which is not possible; however keeping the old one crashes because of missing widgets etc.. See ShowOrdersWindow().
 				continue;
 
 			default: