Re: Far northern tilt train on schedule

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

> A bit off topic, 17 years ago, with a gold mine built 300 km northwest of
> Townsville, and now the gold mine will be shut next June.  It didn't have
a
> railway line, but there was a old railway line through a small township
near
> the mine.  Guess what?  they also had a dam, but then it's set to be
> decommissioned when the mine closes down.  It's about 100 kms north west
of
> Greenvale, which used to have a railway line (now it's shut and decayed)
and
> that line used to go to a mine near Greenvale, again it was shut -
reserves
> ran out.  I was touring the area on the way to the Gulf last easter.

I'm a bit confused.  It sounds like you're talking about Forsayth?  Are you?


>
> But the line between Normanton and Croydon still operates as a tourist
line.

And a damn good one it is too.  Far better than that "Savannahlander"
thingy...


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John McCandless
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