Re: Blue Mountains railways

Neil Waller (nwaller@denr.sa.gov.au)
Tue, 12 Aug 1997 08:23:41 +0930

> > David Martin wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know where I can get a photo of a Shay on the Wolgan
> > Valley
> > > line? Or a picture of the gorge?
> > >

You can go into the gorge as well - start from Lithgow and drive out
to the north past the old steel works up into the forest - the way
is well marked. Eventually you come to a sign which proclaims this
to be the site of the Deane siding and from there you more or less
follow the railway alignment down through a tunnel and around the double
horseshoe to a parking area. From there you can walk further down
the gorge on the old railway to the second tunnel, and with a torch,
through it.

(Or you could three or four years ago - one of the NSW contributors
may have more recent information (and more precise directions!)).

You can also get to Newnes - follow the Mudgee Road out of Lithgow
until you get to a road sign then follow this road. The Wolgan
Valley seems very remote with the ramparts of the Blue Mountains all
around you.

There are a number of rail vehicles on display in the open at Newnes
and a brief explanation of the Wolgan Valley Railway.

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