Re: Ropers Creek Branch.

["chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au>]

I heard once some rail museum groups tried to get access to the line but nothing
happened.

Chris

Chris Downs wrote:

> 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
> > http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Port/3150/index.htm
> >
> >