Re: What happened to the 73 class locos.

[jdennis@acslink.net.au (John Dennis)]

>Yes it is true - the 73 class units are standard gauge locomotives
>modified for use on 2ft gauge.  
>
[snip]
>
>There is nothing particularly obviously different between these
>rebuilds and the 1067mm ex Queensland Government Railways and Western
>Australian Government Railways rebuilds.

Whilst that is true for the later conversions, where the loco is
almost totally rebuilt from the frame up,  the early conversions of
the DH class left the locos looking little changed.  Certainly the
Isis Mill example could not be mistaken for anything other than a DH.

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