Re: National Rail to Port of Brisbane

Mark Cauchi (Mark.Cauchi@med.monash.edu.au)
Tue, 07 Oct 1997 17:34:45 -0700

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Brendan Wessling wrote:
>
> This morning as I was driving past Dutton Park railway station I saw a
> goods train with two National Rail engines using the standard gauge line
> to the Port of Brisbane. Unfortunantly I could not stop in traffic.
>
> Does anyone know how long this has been happening and when the trains
> are timetabled to run? I would like to get some pictures before I move
> to Western Australia next year.

An NR test train was run to Fisherman Island on about the 2nd or 3rd of
September to check the outside rail and points etc. Trains have been
running on the sg from that day onwards.

Mark Cauchi

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