Re: Mt Gambier network - thoughts

[Jackson Harding <jaxsonjo@camtech.net.au>]

John Cleverdon wrote:

> 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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And the earth works, including the odd station sign, are all still present along the
road up to Whitfield.