>There is an urban legend which does the rounds every now and again about a
>typical small town which is woken up several mornings each week by an
>early train, usualy before 5am. The railway is said to cross the line
>twice within about half a mile, hence two rather loud blasts of the
>whistle. Having been woken up, the residents are often unable to get back
>to sleep. The town also has an unusually high birth rate.
>There are many versions of this story, but a lot of them say it was in a
>town in northern NSW. One story even claims the train was the "Kyogle
>Mail". Does anyone know of a location on the north coast line where this
>might have happened? it would be nice to be able to veryify an urban
>legend as being true.
>Cheers
>David
Certainly not Kyogle , as there arnt any level crossings in thr town , only 2
bridges, but Paterson has 2 level crossings , one at each end of the loop, one
has flashing red lights and the other a stop board, would be about the correct
distance apart and there are houses in the vicinity of both.
MD
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Maurie Daly
Department of Communications Lab.
Canberra
Australia
mauried@commslab.gov.au
ph 6 2791331
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