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Re: Another Austrac rumour
Michael Walker (walker@hotkey.net.au) wrote:
> I had heard that SETS were quoting them too much for use of the single deck
> set and they were going to hire some of the new QLD IMUs and regauge them.
You couldn't just regauge them, you'd need to build entirely new bogies.
> The other alternative was some regauged Redhens left over in Adelaide
> push-pulled with the aforementioned locos.
Believe it or not, this is actually feasable. The Refhen bogies ARE
capable of being converted to standard gauge. The ill-fated Southern Cross
Express was running on regauged and demotored Redhen bogies.
Cheers
David