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Re: Wangaratta - Whitfield (was Mt Gambier network - thoughts)

Subject: Re: Wangaratta - Whitfield (was Mt Gambier network - thoughts)
From: "Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 18:30:18 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited.
References: <rfsu3.285$lF2.11645@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net> <37BA5D37.5A023586@omni.com.au> <37BBFE11.54BDA9B6@camtech.net.au> <37BE11C2.3AD12160@cdi.com.au>

John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au> wrote in message
37BE11C2.3AD12160@cdi.com.au">news:37BE11C2.3AD12160@cdi.com.au...
>
> The Wangaratta-Whitfield line was closed in the mid-1950's, while the
standard
> gauge came through in 1962.
> Some sleepers from the narrow gauge line are still visible in the bitumen
at the
> bus stop just outside Wangaratta station.
>
> John

According to 'Speed Limit 20' 13A hauled the last goods from Wangaratta to
Moyhu and return on 6th October 1953. The last regular train was the postal
motor on Saturday 10th October 1953. The line was officially closed on 12th
October 1953.
--
Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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References:
- Mt Gambier network - thoughts
  - From: "fg" <andrei@axs.com.au>
- Re: Mt Gambier network - thoughts
  - From: David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au>
- Re: Mt Gambier network - thoughts
  - From: Jackson Harding <jaxsonjo@camtech.net.au>
- Re: Mt Gambier network - thoughts
  - From: John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au>

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