>I had an email query from an ex-pat overseas. Are there any Overland cars
>in Adelaide still not regauged?
>There's an intersting part of this story which I don't think has been
>covered here yet. One Overland sleeper (I'm pretty sure it was Malkari)
>was put on standard gauge for a short time in the 1960s(?) for ride
>quality comparison tests in NSW. I recall seeing a photo of a 44 hauling a
>consist of something like TAM-MAL-FAM-Malkari-MHO. Does anyone have exact
>dates and details? What sort of bogies was it running on?
It was Malkari and it was 4445.
The picture I think you are referring to may have been the ARHS's
publication; "A Century Plus of Locomotives", published in 1965, page
123.
Any more than that I would be interested if others could help.
Les Brown.