Re: 42106 & Northern Rivers Railroad

[dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)]

Barry Campbell (campblbm@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
>The Qld government is currently looking at extending the narrow gauge line
>to Coolangatta and the projected location would allow an extension to or
>from the south. The main problems are 1   Bridgeing the various arms of the
>Tweed River on high level bridges and 2  The break of gauge from the NSW
>standard to the Qld narrow. Besides, there is an airport at Coolangatta and
>this picks up most of the non car traffic.

I don't see a break of gauge at Coolangatta being a problem. The majority
of the traffic would be to/from the Gold Coast. There wouldn't be a lot of
traffic through to Brisbane. 

Cheers
David