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Re: bullhead rail in NSW
- Subject: Re: bullhead rail in NSW
- From: "Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 21:08:09 +1000
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chris wrote in message <39323A12.853F240D@enet21.com.au>...
>hi,
>
>Is there anywhere in NSW where track exists with bullhead rail with
>chairs and wooden keys. Maybe some closed line or siding. I have seen
>photos of the private Bulli line on the South Coast (1950's) using this
>type of track. Apart from that I believe the cement works at Portland
>may have been using this track up until the 1960's.
>
I don't know if any exists now but the Mt Pleasant cokeworks siding between
Fairy Meadow and Nth Wollongong was laid in bullhead. It lasted until the
1970s. Sad to say that a freeway covers the site today. :-(
Barry Campbell