Re: Kajabbi Branch

["John McCandless" <johnmc@topend.com.au>]

 > John McCandless wrote in message
> >When were you in Cloncurry?
>
>
> June 10, this year.  Thanks for your information.  I was quite surprised
by
> the amount of deterioration of the former railway formation.  From what I
> could determine a stub of the Kajabbi branch forms Cloncurry yard.  There
> were plenty of freight wagons and the yards seems to have quiet a bit of
> rail action still.

Yep, the former Kajabbi branch now terminate at about 2.5 km, about
a 100 metres shy of the Cloncurry river.  The Cloncurry river bridge
(known throughout it's life as the Dobbyn Bridge) is now occupied by
a causeway for the western half of the heavy vehicle bypass.
The bridge burnt down under mysterious circumstances about 2 years
before closure, (along with 2 other bridge fires on the branch during
the same week )  ;-)

I goofed with the closing date.  It was Jan 01, 1994, not 1995.

The Kajabbi spur is still used for cattle traffic, and about halfway along
is a loading point for copper ore from nearby mines.  Yeah, it's pretty busy
for a small country town.

If you ever go through Cloncurry again, i'm in charge of the Q-Link
rail freight depot, pop in and say hi.  You may appreciate that there
aren't a lot of rail enthusiasts out my way, especially ones who work
in the railway. ;-)   The same goes for anyone actually.... (why do I
think I will regret saying that.....?)

John Mc

Never play leapfrog with a Unicorn

Cloncurry Qld Au.