Re: VR map, who wants a copy?

[markbau1@aol.comQQQQyuk (MarkBau1)]

<<<<<Mark, what sort of selection criteria do you have for including or not
including stations/loops.?  Why I ask is I have read that during ww2, a
number of loops were opened between ballarat and ararat to aid the passage
of trains.  I do have a reference to them somewhere.  There were about 3
loops of this nature, I think they would have closed soon after the war.
Also, where did you get your reference regarding the Nowingi branchline. 
I am currently starting to research an article on the M class and was
looking for a bit of background on the Brunswick plaster mills line.>>>>>>>

Yes the wartime crossing loops have been giving me a bit of a headache so in
the meantime I've left them off. I think some were planned, some were built but
not used and some were of course built and used. It's a bit of a can of worms.

I think the Ararat centenary booklet details them.

Most Brunswick Plaster Mills info came from Chris Wurr who has researched it
pretty well. Like many obscure lines the "towards Millewa south" line was
poorly researched in the "old days" so a bit of misleading info has been
published over the years.

Who could ever forget Keith Turton's famous statement, "There never was any
station planned for the Dunkeld to Penshurst line"
even though earthworks for it are still visible to this day.

Regards
Mark.


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