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Subject: Re: Line beyond......
From: "Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:08:37 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)
References: <8q91q0$14p$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8q99h9$hq5$1@gossamer.itmel.bhp.com.au> <39c854ca$0$26540$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>
Reply-To: "Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>
Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:19121


"Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
39c854ca$0$26540$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:39c854ca$0$26540$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
>
> There is also an unfinished line from Maldon to Dombarton. Another broken
> Carr promise.
>
I heard a story yesterday that the spelling was at first "Dumbarton".  When
the line was being built a locality name had to be invented.  Tezza you will
like this: one of the bosses was a Mr Barton!  The spelling was changed when
the name became official.

Ted

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