Re: [VIC] Sale-Hillside

[Paul Blair <pblair@pcug.org.au>]

About 7km west. I put in a set of flashing lights there about 30 years
ago - where the highway crosses the line was known as the Hillside
crossing, altho the "official" Hillside was a few km further west
again..

Paul Blair


On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 19:27:00 +1100, Jennifer Richmond
<richmond@melbpc.org.au> wrote:

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>
>Nicholas Hurley wrote:
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>> This article was on  the front page of the Bairnsdale Advertiser today
>> (15/11/99).
>
>lots of snipping later...
>
>> problem for the line", he said. Mr Cracknell said that there had been a
>> "wash away" on the line between Hillside and Bairnsdale and this would need
>> to be repaired before trains could again come right into town.
>> "However, repair of this situation is not major work," he said.
>> If a freight service is recommenced between Sale and Hillside, there is a
>> strong possibility, if demand arises, that the freight service be extended
>> to Bairnsdale.
>
>I was born in Bairnsdale and have never heard of the town Hillside. How far out
>of Bairnsdale is it?

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Paul Blair
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