Re: The Baby Train
David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
16 Jun 1997 01:32:08 GMT
Neill Turner (sci-npt@jcu.edu.au) wrote:
>Where i Heard this Myth was about Williamsford in South Western Tasmania,
>the 2 foot guage NE Dundas Tramway would start shunting at 5am and it
>would wake people up, it not being the time to get up, there was time for
>other passtimes. This myth accounted for the very high birth rate of the
>town.
This rings a bell! I now recall hearing Patsy Adam-Smith telling a similar
story, although she said it was Queenstown, home of the Mt Lyell Railway.
Cheers
David