Re: "Whitton" type trestle near Old Junee

[Bruce Greening <norrail@optusnet.com.au>]

Thankyou for publishing this work. I was on site for a time during the
possesion when the new bridge was being constructed, and have some photo's
if you would like them.

Just a comment on the "Whitton" type bridges common in NSW.

Ehile they look nice, they are a very diffucult structure to maintain, and
they have very many components that make their maintenance cost so
expensive, that in general they are not maintained.

I also canot understand why 'squared' timber is used. By removing so much of
the log a great deal of good timber is thrown away. In Qld the use of a much
simpler (Yhough not ballast deck) timber structure, using round logs has
resulted in the bridges being maintained to a much higher astndard than in
NSW.



Lambing Flat wrote:

> I have just added another section to the Lambing Flat page.
>
> It is an Archival Recording of the "Whitton" style trestle that up till
> about last week, carried the Junee to Narrandera line over Houlaghans
> Creek near Old Junee.  For the benifit of overseas readers, this line is
> in NSW, Australia.
>
> It can be accessed via the Lambing Flat main page, address below, or
> entered direct at
> http://www.geocities.com/james_mcinerney2000/index.htm
>
> About time I did that stock wagon article too, isn't it! :-)
>
> --
> DPC James McInerney
>
> STOP!  In The Name Of The Lore!
>
> At http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/ , "Lambing Flat's" mainpage for the HO
> model and NSWGR information.
> Or http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/rvrtitle.html  for the "Rurr Valley
> Railway", my G gauge garden line

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Bruce L. Greening

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