Re: Papua New Guinea Rail

[nrmadden@t130.aone.net.au (Neville MADDEN)]

In article 
<34BB43C5.63C7@ozemail.com.au>, Peter 
Ware <pware@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>peter berrett wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All
>> 
>> Has anyone seriously contenplated a railway line from Cairns to Port
>> Moresby?
>
>No - for the very good reason that PNG would be the world's worst place
>for railway construction. The same reason why the interior of the
>country was still a question mark on the maps until the 1930s. The
>mountain barriers were (and still largely are) impassable.
>
BTW There was a rail system I believe.  
Pre WW2 a rail track may have existed 
from the copper mines south east of Port 
Moresby into the town(?).  I seem to 
recall it was 2"0" gauge and only 4-5 
milkes long.