Re: Scullys announcement

[Owen Clancy <clancy@caboolture.net.au>]

> Maurie Daly (mauried@commslab.gov.au) wrote:
> > Unfortunately , the Cooma Line is no longer intact , its been ripped
> > up over all the old Monaro Highway road crossings.
> > In some cases the road has been regraded in such a way as to make
> > restoration of the line difficult and extremely costly.
> > Seeing as the line hasnt been officially closed , I wonder how from a
> > legal perspective it can be ripped up.
> > There are also a number of bridges that would have to be replaced.
> > I suspect that all these works are well beyond the means of the ARHS.
>
> David Bromage wrote:

> RAC might be obliged to replace them if the line hasn't been closed by
> parliament.
>
> Cheers
> David

Maybe RTA would be liable to fix the track up if they bulldozed through it
off their own bat (although I doubt they did this; I guess they talked to
the RTA).

A few months ago Caboolture Council wanted to reconstruct a road across the
Caboolture Wamuran branch on the basis that the branch had been abandoned.
A pretty safe bet, you'd think, as pineapple trains stopped several months
ago, the line is overgrown, and QR has dumped a huge mound of dirt over the
perway at the end of the Caboolture yard sidings. Apparently a low budget
buffer stop.

The Council asked QR, who basically said "no, the line should be regarded
as operational". I haven't noted any operations over the mound of dirt yet,
but I'll post it if I see any.   :-)

owen Clancy