Re: 140 years of VR to Sunbury.

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Krel (krel4203@netconnect.com.au) wrote:
> On 14 Feb 1999 03:45:11 GMT, orcadianaz@aol.com (Orcadianaz) wrote:

> >Can you recommend a book that might be available in the U.S. that recounts the
> >history of and reasons for the continued existence of dual gauge trackage in
> >Australia and NZ?
> >
> AFAIK Dual gauge in NZ lasted from 1876 to 1877 when the Canterbury
> Provincial Railways wre taken over by the New Zealand Railways (via
> the PWD).

> In Oz I'm not sure if you mean dual gauge trackage or more than one
> gauge systems. Dual gauge trackage exists in Victoria (South Dynon
> Junction to West Footscray Junction; Tottenham B Box to Newport; North
> Geelong C box to Gheringhap; Maryborough to Dunolly), QLD (Acacia
> Ridge to Roma Street),  SA (Adelaide subruban area?), WA (Northam to
> Midland + some Perth suburban areas). In most cases it is the standard
> 1435mm interstate mainline system laid over the local network (1067mm
> in Qld, SA, WA & 1600mm in Vic).

Gladstone and Peterborough in SA had triple gauge until about 10 years ago.

Cheers
David