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Re: Status of Garratts



John Dennis (jdennis@acslink.net.au) wrote:
>>> >-- Hi all,
>>> >	can anyone tell me what the current operational/preservation status of
>>> >Garratt type engines in Austrailia ?
>>> 
>>> Isn't there also a Garrett in the Port Dock Museum in Adelaide???
>>> 
>>> One of the France-Belge 400's the multigauge 4-8-2-2-8-4 of the SAR.
>
>Does anybody know what is meant here by the term "multigauge".  The
>400s only ever ran on the 3'6" Peterborough Division.

Like the ASGs, they were capable of being converted to standard gauge.

Cheers
David