Bombala (was Re: NSW country rail lines upgrade)

[rossnal <rossnal@mail.teksupport.net.au>]

Are these the correct chain of events that occurred in regard to the Bombala
line:

1986- Abandoned beyond Cooma
1989/90-  Abandoned Queanbeyan to Cooma

Since then

soon after- restored by Michelago Tourist Railway- Queanbeyan to Michelago
1998/99 restored by Cooma Monaro Railway- Cooma to Bunyan
1999  restored for freight use Queanbeyan to Hume

Questions:

What is the line status between Michelago and Bunyan?
Are there significant costs associated with restoring this section?
How does the NSW rail authority start operating a line that they abandoned and
was restored by a tourist body?
Is the track still in place beyond Cooma?

Ross

David Bromage wrote:

> Dave Proctor (daproc@spambait.umpires.com) wrote:
> > > No it's not. Logs are being hauled by road from Bombala to Pt Kembla for
> > > export. If you reopen the line, you can tranship at Cooma.
>
> > Why not reopen all the way to Bombala then, and save trans-shipment costs?
> > Is the formation in good enough nick to do this? (Don't worry, I am enough
> > of a realist to know it will never happen - Bombala, that is).
>
> Cooma is doable because it's only been closed for a decade or so. Bombala
> has been closed for too long to be worth opening in the short term.
>
> It is possible (although not probable) that Bombala could be reopened some
> time after Cooma.
>
> Cheers
> David