Re: Tunnels

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

Aidan Stanger wrote:

> Neil Waller <waller@iweb.net.au> wrote:

> > In SA the tunnels are (or were)

> > Sleeps Hill no 1 - Single track
> > Sleeps Hill no 2 - Single track

> > these were replaced by the current double track Sleeps Hill tunnel in
> > 1919 or thereabouts.

> Is that just because they were single track? Or was there some other
> reason?

> > Shepherds Hill (2 single track tunnels)

The two Sleeps Hill tunnels were on the one single line and had a steel
viaduct
between them.

John McCallum