Re: [SA] Outer Harbor/Grange Line (Gauge convertable sleepers?)

[mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly)]

On Sun, 15 Apr 2001 12:45:21 GMT, taliesin@NOSPAMchariot.net.au
(Taliesin Walker) wrote:

>Does anyone know if the sleepers used in the recent relaying of the
>Outer Harbor/Grange line was done with gauge convertable sleepers? (I
>seem to remember such sleepers being mentioned in the group.) I was
>walking over the track today and noticed that their where what seemed
>to be otherwise useless metal fastenings on the sleepers in about the
>right place to take a standard gauge rail.
>
>I think it would be nice to have the Adelaide network converted to
>standard gauge (especially for the Belair line.)
>
>Tali
>
>Remove NOSPAM from email address.

I beleive that the sleepers were surplus from some other project and
the STA got them cheaply , nothing to do with future guage conversion.

MD