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Re: Tunnels

The Dombarton tunnel only goes in at most 100 metres and it has been locked
up since the project was mothballed.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au> wrote in message
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> Chris Stratton wrote:
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> > Chris Stratton <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au> wrote in message
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> > <snip>
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> > There is also the never used tunnel on the never built line from Gulgong
to
> > Maryvale.
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> There is also the tunnel on the never-completed Dumbarton-Maldon line - at
> around 4km long, it would have been the longest rail tunnel (AFAIK) in
> Australia.
> However, when I travelled from Moss Vale to Wollongong in 1993, I noticed
an
> excavator at the Dombarton end.
>
> John
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