Re: Darwin railway

[telljb@ozemail.com.au (< Tell >)]

"David & Jan Winter" <winterd@nospam-icenet.com.au>
wrote:
>Mr Lindstrom
>Your on BigPond so you're not from overseas.
>It seems odd to me that you can have an interest in the subject of rail and
>not know about the NAR (North Australian Railway). It's very much part of
>history, and there must be lots of material at your local ARHS for your
>particular state.
>
>It was part of the Commonwealth Railways, narrow (3'6") gauge, lightly laid,
>and ran to Larrimah. Tracks were installed to Birdum but traffic terminated
>at Larrimah for military reasons. When we drove through in '96, there was a
>light rail motor at Larrimah to run trips to Birdum. Some infrastructure was
>still visible at Katherine in '96 but they've had a BIG flood there since.
>
>Enjoy your history research.


I go along with that, in fact, may I recommend a book.

"The Never-Never Line", by JY(Jim)Harvey.
Hyland House Publishing
ISBN 0 947062 20 3

The complete history of this line, thoroughly
recommended.

Cheers
  
----Terry Burton