Re: OK silly question..

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

ben_scaro@my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> I think some of the SAR/AN 830s may have had a specifically designed
> narrow gauge bogie with frames that were narrower than the broad gauge
> ones.  [There seems to be a visible difference.] On the Eyre Peninsula
> either 850 or 851 was fitted with 'converted broad gauge bogies',
> according to the SA Diesels in the 80s publication done by Port Dock.
> That this was worth mentioning seems to indicate that other narrow
> gauge units had narrower bogies.
> 
> Cheers

The photos I have seen of narrow gauge 830s all show a bulge in the
bogie side
frame where the secondary springs are located. This indicates that the
bogies
are indeed narrower that standard/broad gauge ones.


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