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Re: Re-Gauging other than to Standard Gauge



Pioneer Mill on the Burdekin River, near Ayr. This mill has an all 3'6"
gauge cane railway system but some stretches of track are dual gauge
2'0"/3'6". The 2'0" belongs to Kalamia Mill. All four mills on the Burdekin
are owned by CSR.
Regards
David Mewes

Bill Bolton <billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org> wrote in message
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> "James C" <noemail@emailsux.com> wrote:
>
> > Any vice versa case? where sugar cane railway convert to 1.067meter
gauge
> > railway?
>
> Not as far as I'm aware, but one mill has always run 1067mm for its
> cane "tram" system (I don't recall off hand which one it is, perhaps
> one the Mackay area mills, but I'm sure canetram59 can tell you
> without looking it up).
>
> If I recall correctly there is a length of dual gauge trackage where
> the 1067mm system and the 610mm system of a neighbouring mill share a
> tramway right of way along a boundary between mill service areas.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
>