Re: Mt Gambier network - thoughts

[John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au>]

Jackson Harding wrote:

> David Bromage wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Cheers
> > David
>
> Crystal Brook-Peterbourgh.  Don't think that Peterborough - Broken Hill has
> ever been BG.  Incidentally, Peterborough has the only triple gauge shed and
> yard anywhere that's still operating.  Pt Pirie had one, long gone.  They were
> the only two that I can recall.
>
> The other posibillity for triple gauge is Wangaratta.  When did the SG go
> through there?  Was it before or after the Wang-Whitfield 2'6" line was closed?

The Wangaratta-Whitfield line was closed in the mid-1950's, while the standard
gauge came through in 1962.
Some sleepers from the narrow gauge line are still visible in the bitumen at the
bus stop just outside Wangaratta station.

John
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