Re: North Australia Railway Mk1

[james_shugg@my-deja.com]

In article <JHiA5.7037$O7.130967@ozemail.com.au>,
  "Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> 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.

You're right of course, I mixed my Creeks up.


> 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
>

Many thanx... James



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