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Re: Mt Gambier network - thoughts





David Bromage wrote:


> > Mt Gambier to Coonawarra    61 km
> > Coonawarra to Naracoorte     40 km
> > Naracoorte to Bordertown       82 km

> This line has already been regauged once! If converted to sg, this would
> become (I think) only the second section of railway in the country to
> have been all three major gauges in its lifetime. Quiz: What was the first?

Wolseley to Serviceton.
This line was built as 3'6" and regauged 5'3" a couple of years later
when the
line was built from Wolseley to Tailem Bend. It was, of course, regauged
to 
standard a few years ago.

John McCallum