Standard gauge overland cars

David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
23 Jun 1997 00:19:29 GMT

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?

Cheers
David