faulcon1 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Tumut Station opened in 1903 and closed in 1984 and is further down the same line from Gundagai. It's the terminus. The photos are: The railway side of Tumut Station The former load bank In amongest the trees is the remains of the turntable. No iron horses come here anymore but real horses keep the grass down. A ground frame with platform The former station masters house A plague explaining the restoration of the station and who funded it The back of the station building. The red plastic fire hose reel cabinet, silver fuse/circuit breaker box and ground mounted air conditioner are modern additions The notice telling of the foot warmer bottle heater one of the few remaining in NSW The foot warming apparatus The goods shed. This structure may have been moved from Gilmore the junction of the Tumut and Batlow lines The platform line at Tumut now with the 4' paved to turn it into a walkway. People have tried to run trains in the 1999-2000 era but it failed due to lack of interest. Tumut is about halfway between Sydney and Melbourne. The Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme is centered on Tumut. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Tumut Station opened in 1903 and closed in 1984 ...... A plague explaining the restoration of the station and who funded it Is the first a result of the second? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted November 23, 2018 Author Share Posted November 23, 2018 Is the first a result of the second? Forgive me, I don't know what you mean. The whole line closed in 1984. A government decision that effected many railway stations and lines all over New South Wales. Rail freight transport is in serious decline in NSW and the trucking industry is in it's ascendancy with nearly all goods that once went by rail now go by road truck, mostly in what we call double "B" trucks. On the Sydney to Melbourne main line the line takes a snaking course which keeps speeds down. The Sydney Melbourne Motorway is a four lane road and in places a five lane road where you get three lanes in one direction for a steep hill. Double B trucks almost have the motorway to themselves in the night hours. Often branch lines failed due to low speeds. The track work was often of 'Pioneer Standards" using light rails and often just dirt for ballast. As roads became better and cars got faster the rural branch lines just couldn't compete. The Tumut branch line is just one such line. But many a branch line is still there gradually being taken over by nature and in years to come large steel girder bridges will be demolished due to the effects of time, weather and no maintenance. Some lines are only seasonal being used for wheat trains where locos are branch line types running at very slow speeds due to lack of permanent way upkeep. The government's decision to close the lines wasn't called a defeat, but a strategic withdrawal. The same thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Forgive me, I don't know what you mean. Plague = Plaque ? Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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