Australian Trivia Only

[Greynomad]

Baaarp!
Incorrect. Try again, T1.

[T1 Terry]

Yeah, relised it was built by NSW Rail to join into the existing rail network, that was why I couldn't find where it ended

[BruceS]

In 1849, the Sydney Railway Company started building the first railway track in New South Wales between Sydney and Parramatta—a distance of 22 km. The project ran into financial difficulty and was taken over by the New South Wales colonial government. The line opened on 26 September 1855.

What was your cryptic bit Ray?
Steam powered line as in steam train?
Never seen a steam powered line before!!!

[T1 Terry]

In 1849, the Sydney Railway Company started building the first railway track in New South Wales between Sydney and Parramatta—a distance of 22 km. The project ran into financial difficulty and was taken over by the New South Wales colonial government. The line opened on 26 September 1855.

What was your cryptic bit Ray?
Steam powered line as in steam train?
Never seen a steam powered line before!!!

It could have been a drift line that carted ore carts out and returned them down a mine. With the right incline it could be a steam powered winch used to move the train out of the mine so it would be considered the train ran up the line as well as down so would be running up hill as well as down hill.
The part of the question I don't quite understand is the proposed terminate, surely the train service terminated at both ends? To run back down the line was a new service run.

[Greynomad]

Railway.jpeg

Railway 2.jpeg

The catch is that there were TWO terminals (termini?):
Bathurst & Goulburn


Hmmm. For some reason the actual text isn't expanding when clicked.

Anyway, the Sydney Railway Company is correct. The year was 1848.
SRC was taken over by NSWGR before it could open the Bathurst & Goulburn lines, due to "financial difficulties". Read into that what you will...
NSWGR ran its first steam train from Sydney to Parramatta (now Granville) Station in 1855.

YOUR TURN, BRUCE...

[BruceS]

A bit of trivia about Broken Hill.
How far (deep?) underground is the main mine?
How long is the mine? (length)

[Greynomad]

Bruce,
Which do you regard as the 'main' mine at BH?
Name pliz?

[BruceS]

It's known as the "Line of Lode" but I think it's more recently known as South Broken Hill Mine?
We used to have a next door neighbor who spent years of his early working life down the mine.

[supersparky]

I will take a stab at 6km of tunnel and about I km deep, only because that is what is supposed to be the length/depth of the Extended Long Tunnel gold mine at Walhalla Vic.

[BruceS]

Plus a bit & plus a bit David...