Re: Glenreagh mountain Railway

["Chris" <chrisc@fl.net.au>]

Does the Act say that the whole line must be used or only a part of it as a
tourist railway?
The SRA must regret letting them move up there.

Chris

"Dennis Rittson" <drittson@cia.com.au> wrote in message
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> Chris wrote:
> >
> > What happens if they demolish the road bridge and fill in the cutting,
then
> > rebuilding the road on top?
> > That would be the easiest and cheapest option for the SRA, but it would
> > leave the group at Dorrigo stranded.
> > Have the SRA threatened that, and how could the DSR&M prevent it
happening?
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> Blocking the line in this way would have been illegal up to circa 1993
> as the Glenreagh to Dorrigo Railway was never officially closed until
> then. It was closed by the Glenreagh to Dorrigo Railway Closure Act.
> Part of the Act specified that the Line be subsequently used as a
> Tourist Railway.
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> The section of line in question is still owned by State Rail, and it
> still cannot deny access by simply filling the cutting in, as much as it
> might like to. :)
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