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Subject: Re: Some Questions
From: "Neil Gerace" <geracen@wantree.com.au>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 02:01:55 +0800
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> Sort of correct - all three colonies (NSW, Victoria and SA) had agreed on
> standard gauge - then NSW got an Irish engineer, who convinced NSW to
change
> to 5' 3" - the other colonies changed suit as well to remain compatible.
NSW
> then got a new Scottish engineer who convinced them to change back to 4'
> 8½" - but by then, Victoria and SA had ordered locos and rolling stock,
and
> refused to change back.

Why does SA also have 3'6"?

cheers
Neil

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