RE: NSU on the standard gauge

["Hinton, Bradley (DPL)" <Bradley.Hinton@aph.gov.au>]

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With apologies to Gorbi and others with a NJ preference,

the 64 million dollar question on the NSU's on the standard gauge is what
type of bogies were actually used? Were they the same as the issued narrow
gauge bogies but wider or were another set of standard gauge bogies used not
at all similar in design to the narrow gauge variety? I am afraid only a
"Railway Transportation" article from the fifties might know the answer to
this but my father, in a fit of insanity, turfed his complete set out a few
years ago before I could rescue them from boxes in his garage.

Regards (and final question),
Brad

-----Original Message-----
From: Stratton, Chris CP [mailto:Stratton.Chris.CP@bhp.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 7:25 PM
To: 'Aus loco discussion mailing list'
Subject: RE: NSU on the standard gauge


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Now that I'm at home and can get out my copy of "Locomotives of Australian
National (mainland)" it has the following under the NSU section:
"After initial running trials in England, the Sulzer powered NSUs started to
arrive in Australia. NSU51 arrived at Port Adelaide on 20th May 1954, and
was delivered to Port Pirie on broad gauge 'slave' bogies, thence fitted
with standard gauge bogies for test purposes. NSU51 was named George McLeay,
after the then Minister for Shipping and Transport, at a ceremony held at
Port Augusta on 12th June 1954, and ran a standard gauge special with guests
to Bookaloo on the Trans Australia Railway and return to Port Augusta."
Regards,
Chris

EOM 

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