Re: Lines never opened

[John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au>]

IIRC they actually dug out the cutting - out of quite hard rock -
during freeway construction, and then filled it in again with soil.
When railway construction began all they would need to do was remove
the soft dirt - hahaha.

JD

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 07:47:48 +1000, "Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>
wrote:

>No Craig they actually did exploritary digging at the Down end of the goods
>yard, digging a cutting (I assume to go under the Freeway, or maybe to find
>foundations for a bridge?), it was only about 100 yards long, its since been
>filled in.
>
>Bob.
>
>Craig Haber <albatross@harnessnet.com.au> wrote in message
>37F36390.EF631774@harnessnet.com.au">news:37F36390.EF631774@harnessnet.com.au...
>> G'day,
>>
>> Exnarc wrote:
>>
>> > Doncaster (never built but work started at Victoria Park).
>>
>> A query - what work was done at Victoria Park?  I think this got a mention
>on
>> this group a while back, and I wondered about it then too....
>> I recall when flicking through old VicRail staff mags I found an article
>where
>> the line was deviated at the down end across an embankment while the
>Eastern
>> Freeway bridges were built.  Has this been confused with work on the
>proposed
>> Doncaster line, or a was something different done in the quest to built to
>> Doncaster?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> CH.
>> --
>> Craig Haber
>> albatross@harnessnet.com.au
>> http://www.harnessnet.com.au/ch/
>> Proofread carefully to see if you any words out
>>
>>
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