Re: what Gauge in Victoria?

Arthur Marsh (arthur@gateway.dircsa.org.au)
25 Oct 1997 23:45:59 +0930

Chris Brownbill (cbrnbill@enternet.com.au) wrote:

: David Bromage <dbromage@metz.une.edu.au> wrote in article
: <62s4vh$p36$4@gruvel.une.edu.au>...
: > Chris Brownbill (cbrnbill@enternet.com.au) wrote:
: > >The one of which I am thinking was a serious railway, and I'll give you
: a
: > >clue - its still open today (but its no longer 3'6").
: >
: > South Australian border to Serviceton. It was part of the SAR's SE narrow
: > gauge division for a few months in 1886 before the broad gauge came
: > through from Tailem Bend, and is now standard gauge. Wolseley to
: > Serviceton is probably the world's only main line to have been three
: > different gauges.

What about the line into Port Pirie, which at one time was the the only
triple-gauge track site?

: >
: > Cheers
: > David
: >

: You got it.

: I didn't say that the Government which owned the line was the Victorian
: government.

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