Re: Camden Trams

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Frank Eden" <feden@zip.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> > > > As Far as I know, (Camden Line) was a Railway line but known as a
> > > > tramway. The platforms at the stations  were raised to full height ie
> > > > Camden and Narrellen.
>
> Should be Narellan where the bank engine was stationed to assist the coalie
> trains over Currans Hill.

I thought the 1 in 19 grade was on the Campbelltown side, ie on the down to
Narellan.


> > >
> > > And Maryfield, Kenny Hill, Currans Hill, Kirkham and Elderslie. Any
> more?
>
> Not that I remember.
> > >
> Am I the only one left in this NG who actually helped to maintain this line
> and travelled on it frequently. Who remembers the "Wig Wag" crossing signals
> that protected the old Hume Highway level crossing. As far as I know there
> were only two of these particular type crossing signals in NSW.

I saw them on the video, I'd never seen them before. There is still a Driver
at Delec who used to drive on the Camden Line.

>
> And who remembers the branch line from Richmond to Kurrajong which I have
> also travelled on?
>
> And what about Menangle Park Racecourse with the special trains?

I wondered about that platform. How long ago was that?

>
> And the Mittagong to Picton branch line which I have frequently travelled on
> both by steam train, rail motor and motor quadricycle.
> Ah memories!
>
> Of course I could tell you about the Galong to Boorowa branch with a horse
> caught by his leg in the old type level crossing and the weekly mixed
> passenger due any minute but that can wait for another day.

So, you're 127?  :-)