Re: AN sleepers in Suburban Melbourne

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

Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote:

> : At work today (Thomastown Station), I looked down into the pit for some
> : reason (can't remember why) an I noticed that the (concrete) sleepers
> : had the AN logo on them and at the end of each sleeper a 2 or 3 digit
> : number.
>
> : Why would The Met/Hillside be using AN sleepers?
> : What are the numbers?
>
> I have seen them at places like Box Hill, and between Ringwood and Croydon
> & Ringwood and Bayswater.  All these tracks were added/changed in the early
> 1980's.  I also noticed some at Heatherdale Rd level crossing, as well as
> being An sleepers they are also dual gauge (that is they have the extra
> space for a rail clip thingy for standard gauge.)

I also noticed some at Chelsea recently, and there are probably more in the area
as well.

John
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