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Hi Grandpopswalt That is nearly as big an ask as expecting the "G" scale manufaturers to build all their stuff the same size I have seen drawings for a width range of 6'10" up to 8'113/8" wide. Even std gauge stock on 3'6" bogies like for instance the old Ghan to Alice springs in Phils neck of the woods they have even been known to put broad gauge stock permenantly on 3'6" gauge and I dont have any drawings of SA broad gauge 5'3" gauge stock to be able to tell you how wide it is.. But a good rule of thumb is three times gauge so anything up too 10'6" wide is theoreticaly OK but I dont think anything was orriginaly built that wide for three feet six inch Gauge. Aussie rollingstock is a peculiar mix of mostly US and UK design features with a local twist on it and the local twist depends on which state it is in. The old Sth Aus suburban cars are very US in thier apearance but have central doors on the side as well as the balcony end doors the Westland Express that used to run to my Home Town has cars of both US and UK appearance in it Freight cars here where prodominatly 4wh ones but there where a few on bogies mostly of UK appearance and the odd one or two that looked like US ones Hope this confusing mess is of some help but it also illistrates well what our colonial forfathers did to us as far as railways goes everything standard as long as it was different. regards John
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