Kulin?
5915
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Railway Archaeology: where is it? #2
5915
Chief Commissioner
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
Yelbeni?
crisfitz
Chief Commissioner
Location: Enroute somewhere
Not:
Badgebup
Nannup
Wialki
Darken
Dangin
Borden
Kojonup
Lake Grace (still open - but the closest one so far (by the crow))
But 5915 has it - Kulin. This is the old line that ran from the yard to the 3 track superphosphate sidings near CBH. When I took this photo grain services still ran to Kulin occasionally, but the super traffic had finished in ~1992/3 I think. The whole line from Narrogin to Kulin is now mothballed as a Tier 3 line.
Badgebup
Nannup
Wialki
Darken
Dangin
Borden
Kojonup
Lake Grace (still open - but the closest one so far (by the crow))
But 5915 has it - Kulin. This is the old line that ran from the yard to the 3 track superphosphate sidings near CBH. When I took this photo grain services still ran to Kulin occasionally, but the super traffic had finished in ~1992/3 I think. The whole line from Narrogin to Kulin is now mothballed as a Tier 3 line.
5915
Chief Commissioner
Thanks Crisfitz. I have never been to Kulin, so pure deduction on my part and a little internet search to see whether this Tier 3 line was still open.
I will make this open floor for some more virtual exploration.
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I will make this open floor for some more virtual exploration.
5915
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
Spletsie
Chief Commissioner
Silverton?
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
Not Silverton.
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
Time for a clue. Silverton is the closest so far.
theanimal
Chief Commissioner
Cobar mine?
Elura
Elura
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
Nope, not Cobar but I spent many a happy hours in Cobar; work related. I should have taken more pictures.
It is in NSW though.
It is in NSW though.
Spletsie
Chief Commissioner
Bourke?
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
Not Bourke. So, not Bourke, Cobar or Silverton. None of those lines either.
theanimal
Chief Commissioner
OK so it looks like the remains of a washed away bridge, so lets say between Moree and Inverell?
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
Not that line (Moree/Inverell). Getting further away now. The line was lifted about 6 years after closure..
theanimal
Chief Commissioner
Matakana - Mt Hope line
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
Not Mt Hope. But we are heading back in the right direction.
7334
Chief Commissioner
Location: In the workshop wondering why I started 7334 in the first place
Line between albert and the Iron Duke mine?
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
It is within NSW. it was about 60k's in length. It was mainly industrial but did carry passengers. It closed in 1929, lifted in 1936. A portion was still in use until 1959.
7334
Chief Commissioner
Location: In the workshop wondering why I started 7334 in the first place
Newnes line, somewhere around Deane maybe?
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
There is some similarities there 7334, but it's not the Newnes Line.
Clues to date:-
60k's in length. It's not an insignificant line like a short quarry extension.
Closed in 1929, lifted in 1936. (Except for a small length)
Generally industrial but some passengers.
It's in NSW.
Not Newnes line, Inverell, Cobar or Main West (Bourke). Not Mt Hope.
Not Silverton or that line.
New clue:- The Smelters at Port Pirie put paid to it. (Reiterate, it is in NSW).
I'd say two more clues; the last clue will be geographic & certainly give it away.
Clues to date:-
60k's in length. It's not an insignificant line like a short quarry extension.
Closed in 1929, lifted in 1936. (Except for a small length)
Generally industrial but some passengers.
It's in NSW.
Not Newnes line, Inverell, Cobar or Main West (Bourke). Not Mt Hope.
Not Silverton or that line.
New clue:- The Smelters at Port Pirie put paid to it. (Reiterate, it is in NSW).
I'd say two more clues; the last clue will be geographic & certainly give it away.
7334
Chief Commissioner
Location: In the workshop wondering why I started 7334 in the first place
Tarrawingee line around Yanco Glen?
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
Tarrawingee line around Yanco Glen?It is the Tarrawingee line. The 'photo was taken North of Yanco Glen, closer to Tarrawingee but that will do fine. The gauge was 1072mm. I was going to confirm that as the second last clue.
I wanted to spend more time there but the Missus, usually tolerant of my Ghost Gunzelling activities, threatened violence if I didn't return to civilisation immediately after this last shot.
All yours 7334.
Graham4405
Minister for Railways
Location: Dalby Qld
The gauge was 1072mm.
Really? ~3'6¼"? Not 1067mm (3'6")? I was previously unaware of any narrow gauge in NSW (other than ZZR).
jibbonpoint
Chief Commissioner
Location: Shoalhaven
Did I not state immediately after this - " I was going to confirm that as the second last clue." ?The gauge was 1072mm.
Really? ~3'6¼"? Not 1067mm (3'6")? I was previously unaware of any narrow gauge in NSW (other than ZZR).
It was, indeed, 1067mm.
So, confirmed:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrawingee_Tramway
7334
Chief Commissioner
Location: In the workshop wondering why I started 7334 in the first place
Thanks jibbonpoint
Where was this?
Where was this?