Re: Interesting Workings at Brisbane - [Qld] Obviously

[royboy@DELETE_THIS.bit.net.au (Roy Wilke)]

On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 01:38:23 +1100, David Johnson
<trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>Roy Wilke wrote:

(snip about turning a garrett on the triangle at Thorneside)

>> Surely, it won't be necessary to turn a Beyer-Garratt? Isn't a BG just
>> a bloody big articulated tank engine, when all's said and done?
>
>Not knowing anything about the location, but are there run-round facilities at
>Cleveland, and if there are, would they be long enough to accomodate a Garratt?
>These may be reasons why the train needs to be turned.

Nope, there's none. From Manly to Cleveland is single-track, with
passing sidings at Lota, Thorneside (which also has a triangle and (I
think) one storage siding), and Wellington Point.

Cleveland is just two dead-end sidings with a platform in between and
a station building on the other side of the buffer stops.