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

[Tell <telljb@ozemail.com.au>]

Given that neither could run a country shithouse back
then, it was fortunate they did create the CR.

....Tell


>mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly) wrote:
> 
> An even more interesting question is why was it necessary to create
> the Commonwealth Railways to operate the TAR.
> It could have easily been operated by the SAR and the WAGR using
> rolling stock paid for by the Feds .
> Why did we need a completely new railway bureacracy to operate just
> one line ?
> 
> MD