Wednesday, September 07, 2011

The sad story of the Dorrigo to Glenreagh Railway 1 - ghost railway

In the next few posts I want to say a little about the sad and sorry story of the Dorrigo to Glenreagh railway line. This is a case where a New England Government could have and probably would have taken a more pro-active approach simply because the line would have been more important, not just a minor line in a distant part of New South Wales.

To introduce the posts, this you tube video is simply called Ghost Railway:

 

3 comments:

Greg said...

How can this be allowed to happen?

Mark said...

In a nutshell, all lines MUST terminate at Sydney with very limited access to existing or potential seaports to take away the Sydney monopoly in NSW. This philosophy stifled trade and progress. Now imagine if all of these closed(or planned)country railways were still open. Dreams are free I guess....

Jim Belshaw said...

Agreed, Mark. Greg, all will be revealed!