Rail gauges
Brian
gauges,alongside one another ,in Australia
David Lesher
>Can anyone give me details of where there are different rail
>gauges,alongside one another ,in Australia
Was it Terowie where the Ghan & Indian Pacific had to be lifted from
one set of trucks to another?
--
A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
Ray McDermott
> "Brian" <bri...@optusnet.com.au> writes:
>
>> Can anyone give me details of where there are different rail
>> gauges,alongside one another ,in Australia
>
> Was it Terowie where the Ghan & Indian Pacific had to be lifted from
> one set of trucks to another?
No !
Where on earth did you get that idea?
Bogies (trucks) were never exchanged on scheduled passenger services in
Australia. An ill-fated Queensland Rail tourist train occasionally did a
bogie exchange to run a tour on southern state tracks.
David Lesher
>> Was it Terowie where the Ghan & Indian Pacific had to be lifted from
>> one set of trucks to another?
>No !
>Where on earth did you get that idea?
I read something about that when I took the Ghan ten years
ago. I don't recall if it was a book, or map/brochure.
How did the trains get cross country before it was all one gauge?
Nobody
>
>>> Was it Terowie where the Ghan & Indian Pacific had to be lifted from
>>> one set of trucks to another?
>
>>No !
>
>>Where on earth did you get that idea?
>
>I read something about that when I took the Ghan ten years
>ago. I don't recall if it was a book, or map/brochure.
>
>How did the trains get cross country before it was all one gauge?
Wiki can be unreliable, but try this and scroll down to "Development
of the national network".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Australia
Neville MADDEN
@reader1.panix.com:
> Ray McDermott <ray...@tpg.com.au> writes:
>
>>> Was it Terowie where the Ghan & Indian Pacific had to be lifted from
>>> one set of trucks to another?
>
>>No !
>
>>Where on earth did you get that idea?
>
> I read something about that when I took the Ghan ten years
> ago. I don't recall if it was a book, or map/brochure.
>
> How did the trains get cross country before it was all one gauge?
They didn't. Sydney to Perth.....
Change trains to Vic Rail at Albury; change to Overlander in Mebourne for
overnight journey to Adelaide. Change to Adelaide to Port Pirie 5'3"
train, change to Commonwealth Railways to Kalgoorlie WA. Change to
WestRail Kalgoorlie to Perth. 5 Days plus in all - good fun when you
were young especially the 3-4am change at Albury, then spend most of the
day in Melb before departing to Adelaide. Pretty well continuous from
there on till Perth (well a few hours for each change while the baggage
is trans-shipped at each change).
All gone now.
--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: ne...@netfront.net ---