Re: Re-Gauging other than to Standard Gauge

["John McCandless" <johnmc@topend.com.au>]

damn, and for most of my life i thought it was a 3'6" spur... :-)

Thank you David, that has been a mystery to me for a lonnng time....


--
John McCandless
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn...
Cloncurry Qld Au
http://www.geocities.com/johnmccandlessqld



canetram59 <canetram59@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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
> 397e594c.0@news.topend.com.au">news:397e594c.0@news.topend.com.au...
> >
> > canetram59 <canetram59@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:397e22c1@grissom...
> > > 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.
> >
> >
> > --
> > John McCandless
> > Never play leapfrog with a unicorn...
> > Cloncurry Qld Au
> > http://www.geocities.com/johnmccandlessqld
> >
> >
> >
>
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