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      jibbonpoint Chief Commissioner

    Location: Shoalhaven
    Try Tumblong?
    Posted: 08 Mar 2019 08:50

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      mikesyd Chief Commissioner

    Location: Lurking
    jibbonpoint is getting closer, but not close enough. A section just north of Tumblong is actually under the southbound lanes of the Hume Highway now.

    Lets narrow it down then, it's on either the Tumut/Batlow line (which Tumblong was on), or the Tumbarumba line.
    Posted: 08 Mar 2019 09:51
      jibbonpoint Chief Commissioner

    Location: Shoalhaven
    Tarcutta?
    Posted: 08 Mar 2019 10:59
      mikesyd Chief Commissioner

    Location: Lurking
    Tarcutta?
    jibbonpoint
    Yes, looking west from the former Hume Highway Level Crossing at Tarcutta (which is actually 2-3 km south of the town itself). The gantry crane at the former station site is still there on the eastern side (behind the camera).

    (This had been mentioned in response to another recent quiz, so I decided to stop and take a photo on my way back to Sydney).

    Staff to jibbonpoint.
    Posted: 08 Mar 2019 11:20

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      jibbonpoint Chief Commissioner

    Location: Shoalhaven
    Thanks Mikesyd. I shall present another from the Apple Isle in the morning.
    Posted: 08 Mar 2019 21:29
      jibbonpoint Chief Commissioner

    Location: Shoalhaven
    Try this. I expect it to be a little less challenging than my last. I need to get out more.

    https://flic.kr/p/24uaBuB
    Posted: 09 Mar 2019 08:40
      5915 Chief Commissioner

    Mt Lyell Highway crossing at Hayes (just west of New Norfolk).

    5915
    Posted: 09 Mar 2019 15:01
      mikesyd Chief Commissioner

    Location: Lurking
    A bit easier with rails still in place and not so long unused, leaves about 3 lines to investigate.

    Derwent Valley line beyond Hayes - unused thanks to PN action around 2005.

    Edit - Beaten to it!!
    Posted: 09 Mar 2019 15:04

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      jibbonpoint Chief Commissioner

    Location: Shoalhaven
    5915 has it. So go frit
    Posted: 09 Mar 2019 16:02
      5915 Chief Commissioner

    Was along that way a couple of years ago and this stuck in my mind.  A quick look at Google Earth sealed it.

    I am happy to defer to Delta 4 (mikesyd) as I have no photographs ready to post.  

    5915
    Posted: 09 Mar 2019 19:53
      Rodo Chief Commissioner

    Location: Southern Riverina
    Sorry I missed all that. I would have done rather well.
    Posted: 09 Mar 2019 20:35
      Dangersdan707 Chief Commissioner

    Location: On a Thing with Internet
    where is it?

    Posted: 09 Mar 2019 21:08

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      jibbonpoint Chief Commissioner

    Location: Shoalhaven
    Kilmore towards Lancefield?
    Posted: 09 Mar 2019 21:30
      Dangersdan707 Chief Commissioner

    Location: On a Thing with Internet
    Nope
    Posted: 10 Mar 2019 07:01
      mikesyd Chief Commissioner

    Location: Lurking
    It would have had to be 5'3" gauge though - and removed so as to prevent conversion to SG.

    Razz
    Posted: 10 Mar 2019 12:05
      Dangersdan707 Chief Commissioner

    Location: On a Thing with Internet
    Actually this line was always 3,6 and in a state that has never seen the benifits of broad gauge. So that is the first hint
    Posted: 10 Mar 2019 12:35
      mikesyd Chief Commissioner

    Location: Lurking
    Actually this line was always 3,6 and in a state that has never seen the benifits of broad gauge. So that is the first hint
    Dangersdan707
    You have betrayed yourself then. Razz

    So that narrows it down to WA, QLD, TAS and NT - and I doubt it's the latter.
    Posted: 10 Mar 2019 12:41
      Dangersdan707 Chief Commissioner

    Location: On a Thing with Internet
    Not Tas as Tasmania had a BG line from launceston
    Posted: 10 Mar 2019 14:07
      mikesyd Chief Commissioner

    Location: Lurking
    Not Tas as Tasmania had a BG line from Launceston
    Dangersdan707
    Yes, Tasmania didn't see the benefit of BG for long and added a 3rd (NG) rail to the then BG line from Launceston to Deloraine in 1885 when the Deloraine to Devonport line was built (as NG) and then removed the BG rail in 1888). BG lasted 17 years.
    Posted: 10 Mar 2019 15:35
      mikesyd Chief Commissioner

    Location: Lurking
    Back to the mystery, how about near Ernest Junction Qld?
    Posted: 10 Mar 2019 15:37
      Dangersdan707 Chief Commissioner

    Location: On a Thing with Internet
    Back to the mystery, how about near Ernest Junction Qld?
    mikesyd
    Not Ernest Junction is not in Queensland, gauge is correct though.
    Posted: 10 Mar 2019 15:42
      mikesyd Chief Commissioner

    Location: Lurking
    Off to the West we must go then.
    Posted: 10 Mar 2019 17:19
      Dangersdan707 Chief Commissioner

    Location: On a Thing with Internet
    Correct it is in Western Australia
    Posted: 10 Mar 2019 19:48
      Rodo Chief Commissioner

    Location: Southern Riverina
    The forest does look a bit like a jarrah forest.
    Not quite but near enough.  I will say it is that sawmill branch that went southwest from Forrestfield to Jarrahdale or some such place.
    Posted: 11 Mar 2019 08:13
      Dangersdan707 Chief Commissioner

    Location: On a Thing with Internet
    Not a Sawmill branch, this was part of the WAGR network. It's further from Perth that those 2 places
    Posted: 11 Mar 2019 10:58

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