Re: Bombala (was Re: NSW country rail lines upgrade)

[keithm@happy.dca.gov.au (Dave Malcolm)]

In article <3812A2BB.AD66E2A5@mail.teksupport.net.au> rossnal <rossnal@mail.teksupport.net.au> writes:
>From: rossnal <rossnal@mail.teksupport.net.au>
>Subject: Bombala (was Re: NSW country rail lines upgrade)
>Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 16:10:03 +1000

>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

1989 Bredbo to cooma
1990 Queanbeyan Bredbo ( I think)


>Since then

>soon after- restored by Michelago Tourist Railway- Queanbeyan to Michelago

Re opened 1993

>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?

Intact(ish)

>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?

It's still owned by RAC

>Is the track still in place beyond Cooma?

Should be

Dave Malcolm

>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