Re: Help !!!!

["Dave Fells" <david@bencaunt.freeserve.co.uk>]

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Chris/Russell/Lucy/Bruce,

Wow - thanks for your prompt and comprehensive answers.

It all sounds very confusing.  I assumed from the way the question was
worded that a single guage was expected.  The answer from Russell (or Lucy)
used the statement:

>Increasingly the move is towards standard gauge, although it is only since
>1995 that all five mainland state capital cities have been directly linked
>by this.

What standard gauge has been agreed?

Thanks again

Dave Fells








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> The quick answer is pick a gauge and we've probably got it.
> Seriously, list below:
>
> New South Wales - 4'8.5"
> Queensland - 3'6", Sugar Cane railways 2'
> Victoria - mainly 5'3", interstate lines and a few others 4'8.5"
> South Australia - mainly 5'3", interstate lines 4'8.5", 3'6" on Eyre
Peninsula
> Western Australia - mainly 3'6", interstate and iron ore lines 4'8.5"
> Tasmania - 3'6"
> Northern Territory - line to Alice Springs only 4'8.5"
>
> Sorry about the imperial measurements, I was brought up that way and can't
be bothered converting to metric.
> Regards,
> Chris Stratton
> Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
>
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