Re: Re-Gauging other than to Standard Gauge

["canetram59" <canetram59@hotmail.com>]

The current railway line that passes under the NCL just north of Avondale
station is actually a 2'0" gauge line belonging to Fairymead Mill. This line
replaced the private 3'6" gauge branches in the area.
Regards
David Mewes

John McCandless <johnmc@topend.com.au> wrote in message
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> canetram59 <canetram59@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > There were a couple of private 3'6" gauge branches at Avondale. The one
to
> > the east of Avondale station was owned by Fairymead Mill and was
operated
> by
> > their own 3'6" locos.
> > Buss Bros. had a private 9 mile long branch line built to their Invicta
> Mill
> > from Avondale in 1911. This branch was worked by QR locomotives. Invicta
> > Mill closed in 1918, was dismantled and removed to Giru, south of
> Townsville
> > where it was re-erected as (guess what?) the Invicta Mill. The branch
line
> > was offered to the QR for purchase but this was declined. However, the
> > branch continued to operate for a few more years but was out of use by
> 1928
> > and dismantled in 1930. Speed limit on the branch was 10mph and B13,
> B15Con
> > and PB15 locos worked the line. Stations on the line were Flagstone
> (3m36c),
> > Colston (4m26c), Smith's Siding (6m11c), Invicta (8m42c) and Invicta
Mill
> > (8m66c)
> > Regards
> > David Mewes
>
> The branch i'm thinking of was very much intact (but i assume disconnected
> from the NCL) last time i travelled to Brisbane by train (oct 98).  The
NCL
> crosses over it on the north side of Avondale.
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> John McCandless
> Never play leapfrog with a unicorn...
> Cloncurry Qld Au
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