... in 1960. "The original turnouts were 94 lb rail with 22' 6' blades and a 9.73 vee crossing. This was for both the main line turnouts and the turnouts into the cripple tracks. When the turnouts were renewed in the mid 1980s they became 60 kg 7 metre blades with a 10.0 vee crossing for the main line and the cripple road turnouts remained the same as they were." posted: 29 Jun 2019 14:51 from: Matt M. Hi Mark, Are we talking the run up from Albury to Melbourne? While I'm not up with the Commonwealth Railway's per-way standards, by 1960's the Commonwealth would have been using Australian Standards. The NSWGR would also be using the same. The application may be different though. NSWGR is flat bottom, inclined track but not inclined through formations at that time. Plating through formations are specific to time period and use in NSWGR. Not sure about VR. Or Commonwealth. I have to say that 94 lb rail with 22'6" switch and 9.75 crossing doesn't sound standard for ...