Re: Yass

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>]

"Neil Gerace" <geracen@wantree.com.au> wrote in message
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> Last May I visited Canberra, and while I was there I had a look around
Yass.
> It was my good fortune to get to the Yass station just as the XPT rocked
up.
> The station is a few km from Yass itself, but it looks like the M-S
railway
> used to have a branch that went right into Yass. Anyone know when this
> changed to the present setup?
>
> cheers
> Neil
> Perth
>
>
Yes, there was a branch line from Yass Junction to Yass. The last train was
in 1988. The ARHS ACT Division have eastablished a museum at Yass Station
(the one in town, not Yass Junction where you were), have a look at
http://arhs.netsite1.net.au/yassmuseum.html

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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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