Re: National guage standardisation - why 4'8.5"?

[Peter Homann <"peter.homann"@@prr.org.au>]

michael pascoe wrote:

> Maybe rolling stock was easier to convert to STD Guage as well ?
> Going from broad to narrow may not have been possible, and visa-versa.

Two things:
BG to NG was quite possible, viz 830/48 class, which operated on all three
mainline gauges in SA. As for the line in question, I'm fairly sure that
rollingstock was made *new* for the TAR, so gauge conversion wouldn't have
been an issue.
The choice of SG (corrected now to 1435mm - thanks Ted!) was made by the
Feds. Wouldn't have anything to do with NSW having an overly strong
influence, would it?

Peter  <-- Dons fireproof suit

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