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Tsubame800
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:30 pm
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There area about 3 threads i can think of relating to this.. One shows the transfer which is in the NSW thread. One is in the Locomotive and Rollingtock thread and the last one is in preservation i think..
It's regarding the new rail heritage center being built at Thilmere.
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ghostlocohunter
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:44 pm
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Hows the hauntings down at the RTM ?
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ghostlocohunter
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:47 pm
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i haven't heard anything yet about the RTM's rolling stock/Locomotives
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drwaddles
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:49 am
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| NSWRTM123 wrote: | | There supposed to be one of the old tunnels on the old Mittagong-Joadja line where people have reported hearing the sounds of of steam engines through the tunnel. |
Where are the old tunnels on this line? I didn't think there were any.
People who talk out their asre usually have bad breath.
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Syd3642
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:17 pm
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| drwaddles wrote: | | NSWRTM123 wrote: | | There supposed to be one of the old tunnels on the old Mittagong-Joadja line where people have reported hearing the sounds of of steam engines through the tunnel. |
Where are the old tunnels on this line? I didn't think there were any. |
There is one tunnel Drwaddle on the line. The tunnel is half way from the entrance of the Railtrail from the old Hume highway.
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drwaddles
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:32 pm
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I didn't think the Joadja Line was a rail trail - are you sure you are not thinking of the Box Vale Colliery branch? That's the one that heads north from Old Hume Hwy to a cliff above the Nattai River and is a rail trail with one tunnel on it.
People who talk out their asre usually have bad breath.
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Syd3642
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:22 pm
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| drwaddles wrote: | | I didn't think the Joadja Line was a rail trail - are you sure you are not thinking of the Box Vale Colliery branch? That's the one that heads north from Old Hume Hwy to a cliff above the Nattai River and is a rail trail with one tunnel on it. |
Oh, you are right.
My god , I keep on thinking the Joadgi line is the Box Vale Colliery branch for some reason 
Getting back, I too don't think it had any tunnels between Mittagong and Joadji....but i'm not really sure.
I think 'NSWRTM123' either made up the whole story or he's refering to the Box Vale Colliery.
Also Drwaddle did any steam go up the Box Vale Colliery??
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drwaddles
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:02 pm
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I think so but am really not sure. I don't have C.C. Singleton's book with me at the moment.
I thought NSWRTM123 might be confused too but was very curious at the prospect of tunnels on the Joadja branch.
People who talk out their asre usually have bad breath.
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:57 pm
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hi all, one time i was at zig zag railway by myself on a monday night and i was in the safe working room (seeing if there was any different general orders) and i herd a noise like some ones shoveling coal in to the fire box of the betty(1072) this went on for about a half hour on and off i yelled out the door to see if some ones there. therewas no answer i just thought to my self im just hearing things when i had finished which was about 5 - 10 min later just out of curisity see if any ones around so i went arount to betty(1072) i saw a white flash of light go out of the other side of the loco me being me i hoped on the loco opened the fire box door and there was no fire but fresh coal there it was so weird
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NSWRTM123
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:25 pm
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The only narrow gauge railway I know of in the Mittagong region was the Joadja branch.
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tezza
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:31 pm
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| NSWRTM123 wrote: | | The only narrow gauge railway I know of in the Mittagong region was the Joadja branch. |
there was a narrow guage 3'6 incline tramway that ran up to Mt Gibralter to the quaries there. they use some rolling stock from the Joadja Tramway after it closed .it is heavily overgrown and hard to find unless u know where to look
The Joadja Tramway had no tunnels and was lightly built and followed the land contours like a roller coater . i eventually walked the 18 mile line over a few months ... there is an interesting dry stone embankment with culvet about 2 miles from the end . will get foto one day .
there is another tunnel that is on the Mt alexander incline tramway near Mittagong Township . It dates from around 1849 and was used to haul coal from the Nataii River coal mines to the Fitzroy iron works
The Box Vale walking Track about 4km has the tunnel near the end
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