Re: Ropes Creek Branch.

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

what does it do at Dorrigo?

Chris

Chris Stratton wrote:

> That was the Clyde 0-6-0 of 1958 which first went to the Mountain High
> Railway at Tumut and was then purchased by Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum.
> The loco is now at Dorrigo.
> --
> Regards,
> Chris Stratton
> Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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> <chris@enet21.com.au> wrote in message
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> > I heard the Defence Dept. used to have a smallish diesel loco out there
> (inside to
> > factory area), if they did is it still there?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > David & Julie Donald wrote:
> >
> > > All that has been stated so far is totally correct.  My understanding
> that
> > > officially the "branch" is regarded as being a private siding owned by /
> under
> > > the control of FreightCorp for the purpose of unloading the sandstone
> trains,
> > > with the eventual situation that a large freight terminal will be built
> on the
> > > site - one suggestion was that it was to augment Clyde, and that it
> would be
> > > capable of handling up to 70,000 containers annually, whilst there has
> been talk
> > > that a wheat storage facility might also be included.  Already Smorgon
> has built
> > > a large complex on the eastern side of the line.
> > > There has been much talk over the last few years about what to do with
> the line,
> > > especially once ADI vacates the area, and it is turned into a housing
> area, with
> > > some talk that a light railway might be built into the area using some
> of the
> > > existing formation, but that has not really received too much press in
> > > connection with some of the other transport proposals for the west..
> > > One question that has to be asked is who officially still owns the line,
> > > especially the component beyond Dunheved - one of the apparent reasons
> for its
> > > closure, apart from the fact that ADI was downscaling and there was no
> perceived
> > > need to run trains, was the fact that there was allegedly a dispute
> between
> > > State Rail and the Commonwealth over maintenance funding.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > David Donald
> > > Springwood, NSW
> > >
> > > dsjmd@hermes.net.au
> >