Re: [Melb] Old railway line

["Ben" <smithb@alphalink.com.au>]

"Michael Wierzbinski" <wizzer1865@NOSPAMoptusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> > smithb@alphalink.com.au (Ben) wrote in <3a27f1a7@news.alphalink.com.au>:
> >
> > >The section to AP (now AMCOR) is still there but is very over grown and
> > >it was disconnected from the mainline earlier in the year.
> >
> > Half of it's been ripped up now :(( About all that's left is the points
at
> > both ends, and a small portion of track, and of course the track that
goes
> > across the road.
>
> Out of interest, are the push buttons for the signals protecting the road
> crossing still there, if they are I'm wondering if they are connected and
> operable. One way to find out I guess :-)
>
That could be fun, I was wondering the same thing the other day. There is a
set of traffic lights near my house that has a button so that a bus can do a
U-turn, ive always been temptedm but havent pushed it yet.

Ben Smith