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Subject: Re: 520 or 621
From: "Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:26:56 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited.
References: <36dd2b79@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <36df922b.666443@news.chariot.net.au> <36e4c565.3871705@news.chariot.net.au> <36E6E67C.7B959898@dehaa.sa.gov.au> <36e73a71.16780072@news.camtech.net.au> <3704951e.2957933@news.ozemail.com.au>

< Tell > wrote in message <3704951e.2957933@news.ozemail.com.au>...
>Yes, I was around then, BUT ...they were so dirty it
>was hard to tell.  :-(
>
>The book you refer to, is the most authoritative work
>available.  I dug my old copy out and I am still
>puzzled as to why David said they were ready for
>standard gauge because they had "dished" wheels, the
>pilot wheels were dished, but the drivers were spoked.!
>
I think he meant dished as in the shape of the wheel, not disc or spoked
type of wheel.
--
Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia

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