Re: Mistakes of 100 years ago

["Trevor Edmonds" <tedmonds@tmx.com.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote in message ...

<<The staggering thing about the initial guage stuffup 100 years ago was
that it  wasnt then viewed as a mistake, it was simply each state doing its
own thing as the States are entitled to do and still are doing.>>


This is not entirely true. Victoria and South Australia tried to conform to
NSW. NSW originally specified standard gauge, the others followed. NSW then
decided it would build 5'3". Again Victoria and South Australia changed.
When NSW changed back to standard gauge, both Victoria and South Australia
decided to stay with 5'3".

Trevor