Re: Old railway allignment now a road?

["Gary Marshall" <gazmar@acay.com.au>]

Stephen,

I may be able to shed some light on your questions.

The current railway alignment was opened 7/5/1916.

At the Illalong Creek end, where the roadway turns to cross the railway
line, the original alignment continued straight on then turned right to link
up with the present alignment just before crossing Illalong Creek.

Hope this answers your questions.

Gary

stephen <stephen@midac.splat.spam.com.au> wrote in message
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> In years gone by I travelled the Harden/Yass road many times, but not
> for quite a while now.
>
> Travelling east from Binalong to Bowning (as I recall it) the road
> bridge crosses the railway at Illalong Creek. There then appears to be
> old railway embankment on the right side of the road. The road then
> appears to run along the old alignment through a series of cuttings
> and thence onto a high embankment. At the end of the high embankment
> the road swings to the right and the rail alignment appears to go
> virtually straight ahead.
>
> I have 2 questions which used to occur to me almost each time I
> travelled the road:
>
> 1. When was the railway re-aligned to its present alignment?
>
> 2. At the Illalong Creek end of the old alignment I have never been
> able to work out where the railway went next and/or how it rejoined
> the present alignment.
>
> Can anyone shed light on this for me?
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephen