Re: Rope's creek line and new housing area (possibility of new life)

["Doug Rosser" <dougrosser@optushome.com.au>]

I spent my University Vacation there in the early 70's. Used to by a
concession weekly from Strathfield - each week I had the next consecutive
number on the ticket.
I think even then there only three services a day, 2 morning ones (the early
one for the workers, the later one for 'staff' (which included undergraduate
engineers) then everybody came home on the evening one at the same time.
Exit from the station required showing your pass to the Commonweatlh
Policeman on duty.
>From memory there were a few siding within the complex as well as the
electrfied lines.
Light rail on the alignment might be a better option these days.
Doug
"paul" <paulwatts@xoptushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 02 Apr 2001 22:04:22 GMT, "Tony Gatt"
> <baulko@optushome.com.au> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Rjaygee" <dartmouthmotel@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> >m9_x6.7830$45.44268@newsfeeds.bigpond.com">news:m9_x6.7830$45.44268@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> >> Yes, sandstone from the Northern sewage tunnel was dumped out Ropes
Creek
> >by
> >> freight train from Rozelle to provide the base for a new container
freight
> >> depot.
> >
> >It was placed at St Mary's, on the Ropes Creek Line. There are no tracks
> >thru the old level crossing before Dunheved, and Dunheved is a mess :/
>
> The level crossing was actually beyond Dunheved, between Dunheved and
> Cochrane. Where you might have seen was the relatively recent (1990 or
> so) extension of Christie Street, where the tracks were lifted in
> order to build the road, which connects North St Marys with Werrington
> County and Mt Pleasant/Cranebrook.
>
> Kind of symbolic I suppose. The line is still there on either side of
> this newish road, which does carry much more traffic than the old
> branch line ever did.
>
> I remember some freezing mornings as a guard quite a few years ago, on
> the parcel van sets (2 vans/2 pass cars) that ran out there close to
> the very end. Wish I'd taken a camera. It was just about the only way
> you could get into the ADI area (known as the munitions back then).
>
> ;paul x is the spam filter
> >
> >I know that last year, I went to St Marys Leagues Club and it was the
first
> >time I saw the line. There were still signals standing at that time
(turned
> >off of course). When I returned this year, they were gone.
> >
> >Tony.
> >
> >
>