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Subject: Re: old lines
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 00:25:26 GMT
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Trevor Edmonds (trevor_edmonds@dingoblue.net.au) wrote:
> John Wayman wrote...

> > At least some of the lines are probably no longer legally railways. Some
> > sections of the Tumbarumba line are now officially part of a State Forest.
> >
> >  I don't know what law there is to prevent you trolleying a line in state
> > forest apart from the fact that it may be illegal to remove any vegetation
> > from the overgrown route!

> NSW Rail Safety Act 1993 No 50 Part 2 Division 1 11(2) states:

> "A person who operates a railway is guilty of an offence unless the person
> is an accredited operator of that railway."

> The definition of railway and operator in the act are very broad. If you
> build 10ft of track in your back yard and run a fettlers trolley on it, you
> are in breach of the act,

Only if the gauge is over 600mm.

Cheers
David

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