Re: 3'6' ELs

["David & Jan Winter" <winterd@icenet.com.au>]

The WA "P" and Qld 2800 (right?) classes are effectively ELs in hood bodies
on 3'6" gauge, so no mechanical or electrical dramas there. Haven't QR being
doing a lot of loading gauge improvement as they're upgrading the main
northern line? Anyone have the OOG data for the route as of Feb '99?

DW

David Bromage wrote in message <79dgj3$p9e$3@news.mel.aone.net.au>...
>Forster Family Inc (noelmel@wantree.com.au) wrote:
>> I hear from the grapevine that EL52 & EL60 currently part of the group
>> stored at Goninans Bassendean are to be overhauled by Goninans.
>> Part of the overhaul will be the regauging of the bogies to 3'6" after
which
>> they will be transferred (on suitable transfer bogies, of course) to
>> Brisbane to take up duties hauling the Great South Pacific Express.
>
>Surely you can't be serious. I don't think they fit in the QR loading
>gauge.
>
>Cheers
>David