Re: Lines never opened

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

The proposed ng extension from Whitfield to Tolmie is mentioned in Downs
'Speed limit 20'.  AFAIK, connection from Tatong and from Mansfield was
also considered.  I recall that somebody has published a facsimile of the
standing committee's deliberations on this topic.

-- 
Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Phil Carter <carterp@deakin.edu.au> wrote in article
<37F2D85D.DFFF14B1@deakin.edu.au>...
[lines authorised, but never constructed]
> Kanagulk to Edenhope
> Port Fairy to Yambuk
> Tolmie 
> Frankston Cemetery
> Unlike the others, the Act authorizing the construction of the Tolmie
> line doesn't specify where the line should run. It simply lists the
> districts it should serve. One can assume it would have been a narrow
> gauge extension of the Whitfield line. As I understand it the line to
> Whitfield didn't need to be narrow gauge but the expectation was that it
> would be continued into the hills beyond Whitfield where a narrow gauge
> would be needed.
> Roderick Smith wrote:
> > As at 30.6.1929, the lines in Victoria which had been authorised, but
on
> > which construction had not started, were:
> > Casterton - Nangeela
> > Mildura - Gol Gol
> > La La Siding - Big Pat's Creek
> > Orbost - Brodribb