Re: 42106 & Northern Rivers Railroad

[L & D <daisyw@ozemail.com.au>]

They are going to build the Chinderah to Yelgum bypass for the pacific hwy to
bypass Murwillumbah and the Burringbah range it's a pity they can't incorporate
a realignment of the rail line to coincide with this. This would be approx. 20
km from Coolangatta and as far as bridging the tweed river there is also the
Terranora Creek.
 If the rail line followed the existing Tweed Bypass the only major physical
obstruction would be between the Tweed river and the Tweed Heads bypass in the
area of Sextons Hill in Banora Point.

Sometimes when the weathers right we can all dream on

Davo

David Bromage wrote:

> 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