NSW Triangles

Maurie Daly (mauried@commslab.gov.au)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 10:21:12 GMT

I have for many years been fascinated with the numerous triangles in the NSW
Rail system which seems to have , or had its fair share in the past.
I have been somewhat puzzled however, as to why some of them were ever
built,as its not obvious why, indeed some of the triangle legs of these
triangles have subsequently been dismantled.
Could anyone comment on whether any regular trains ever used

1/ The northern leg of Junee.
2/ The southern leg of Picton
3/ The eastern leg of Roto
4/ The northern leg of Casino.

Of these only the northern leg of Junee is left intact, although I dont know
whether the rails still exists on the northern leg of Casino.
It could have been a general policy to simply build triangles everywhere that
they might be useful , in which case you would have though that there would
have been both a southern and northern leg at Parkes and a southern leg at
Merrygoen.

cheers
MD

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Maurie Daly
Department of Communications Lab.
Canberra
Australia
mauried@commslab.gov.au
ph 6 2791331
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