Re: Isolated Rail Lines

[David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au>]

CJBrady wrote:
> 
> Looking at an Atlas of Oz. recently prior to planning a trip to
> the Normanton and Croydon line in northern Queensland

It was to have been connected to Cairns via Forsayth, but Croydon ran
out of gold about the time the railway arrived.

> I noticed
> that there are other isolated rail lines in other parts of the
> country. Specifically was in marked in the north east of Queensland - on
> the coast - a long way north of Kurumba and Cairns. Does anyone
> know anything about this. Was it a line for a coal mine or
> whatever?

It runs from a bauxite mine to the port at Weipa. Operated by Comalco.

There was another isolated narrow gauge line somewhere in the vicinity
of Cooktown. Can anybody remember where it ran?

Cheers
David