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Re: North Australia Railway Mk1
- Subject: Re: North Australia Railway Mk1
- From: "Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:01:36 +1000
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jshugg@westpac.com.au wrote in message <8qs9c1$d05$1@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>The closure of the Pine Creek mine and infrastructure damage caused by
>Cyclone Tracy prompted the closure of the 3'6" gauge line between
>Darwin and Larrimah in 1974.
>Was the line pulled up, or is it still largely intact? Was any of the
>line retained for tourist/preservation operations?
>Many thanx
>James
Mmmmm......
The closure of the Frances Creek iron ore mine killed what was left of the
NAR ca. 1976.
Pine Creek Goldfields was not a railway user and went on mining until 1995.
When I visited Pine Creek in 1990/93
i the railway at Pine Creek and at Katherine was intact
ii the railway station at Pine Creek was a local museum
iii at another local museum at Adelaide River, there were the remains of 4
wheel trucks through-piped for vacuum brakes (a mystery I never solved --
was the NAR vacuum brake or Westinghouse brake in steam days ... did ex-NAR
locos sold to TGR and EBR already have vacuum brakes ... were they native
NAR or ex-WAGR?)
Hope this helps a little,
Bill