Re: bombala line

["Notagunzel" <notagunzel@bigfoot.com>]

David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> That's still better than the Forsayth line. As recently as 1992, much of
> it beyond Almaden was laid with 45lb rail on half round sleepers put in as
> a wartime economy!

Still lots of featherweight rail, but the curves have been 1 in 4 steel
resleepered.

It's only got a tiddly little RM running on it now, but the crew recently
reckoned that the track is in better condition now than when the Mixed was
running.

Was it 45lb or 42 lb rail????

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Mr Notagunzel.
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