Re: Ropers Creek Branch.

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

The whole line is abandoned for through rail services (freight and
passenger).  The first 700m (or so) of the branch are used as the unloading
point for the Rozelle - St Marys sandstone trains.  The first 200m are also
used to terminate suburban and Intercity trains.

No one uses the line now.  Dunheved, Cochrane and Ropes Creek stations all
sit abandoned.  I think the only level of demolition applies to the complete
removal of overhead (except the first 200m) and the removal of the tracks
where a road crossing occurs.

Chris

John McCandless <johnmc@topend.com.au> wrote in message
3903ba21.0@news.topend.com.au">news:3903ba21.0@news.topend.com.au...
> I just checked out Rolfe Boziers' NSW rail site, and I found it
fascinating,
> even for a dyed-in-the-wool QR fan such as myself!
>
> I have a question? What is the status of the northern end of the former
> Ropers Creek Branch (the part that's in Commonwealth - i assume Dept of
> Defence - property)?
>
> The pictures I saw - http://www.triode.net.au/~rolfeb/nsw/ropes_creek.html
> of Cochrane and Ropers Creek - especially Ropers Creek - showed stations
> that seemed in remarkably good nick for an abandoned line.
>
> Are there any preservation groups etc, allowed in?
>
>
> --
> John McCandless
> Never play leapfrog with a unicorn...
> Cloncurry Qld Au
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