Re: Active dual gauge locations?
| January 04, 2017 03:27PM |
dougvv Wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Eastern Europe has a lot of 60"/56.5" dual gauge.
> Austrailia and India have/had lots of dual gauge
> and Austrailia used to have (and my still have?)
> tripple gauge. 6', 4' 8.5", and meter or cape
> gauge.
>
> FWIW.
>
> Doug vV
Hello Doug,
Australia still has triple gauge, but the broad gauge is 5'3", not 6'. And metre and cape gauge are different, metre gauge is about 3'3" and cape gauge is 3'6",
South Australia (my home state) used to have triple gauge yards (http://www.johnnyspages.com/classic_pictures_menu_files/classic_bob's_pictures_6.htm#sar_narrow_guage) but in modern times we only have minimal broad and standard dual gauge. The local rail museum (http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/ ) has some triple gauge track in use.
Just educatin' ya!
Wayne from Oz
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> Hi,
>
> Eastern Europe has a lot of 60"/56.5" dual gauge.
> Austrailia and India have/had lots of dual gauge
> and Austrailia used to have (and my still have?)
> tripple gauge. 6', 4' 8.5", and meter or cape
> gauge.
>
> FWIW.
>
> Doug vV
Hello Doug,
Australia still has triple gauge, but the broad gauge is 5'3", not 6'. And metre and cape gauge are different, metre gauge is about 3'3" and cape gauge is 3'6",
South Australia (my home state) used to have triple gauge yards (http://www.johnnyspages.com/classic_pictures_menu_files/classic_bob's_pictures_6.htm#sar_narrow_guage) but in modern times we only have minimal broad and standard dual gauge. The local rail museum (http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/ ) has some triple gauge track in use.
Just educatin' ya!
Wayne from Oz
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