The only section of the line that is reasonable recognisable is Underpool station. Top, No.1 waits with a train in May 2004, while below, the station waits for a train in December 2007! The water didn't rise high enough to cover the track here, so even the loose logs are still lying where they were last used in November 2006. Unforunately, my job with AMRM doesn't leave me with much spare time, so it may be a while before trains are running again on the RVR.
The only section of the line that is reasonable recognisable is Underpool station. Top, No.1 waits with a train in May 2004, while below, the station waits for a train in December 2007! The water didn't rise high enough to cover the track here, so even the loose logs are still lying where they were last used in November 2006. Unforunately, my job with AMRM doesn't leave me with much spare time, so it may be a while before trains are running again on the RVR.
3rd May 2004
Rurr Valley Railway - services suspended!
Lambing Flat's photo site @ fotopic.net
Taken using a Canon PowerShot A300
Index | NextJune 2004 and No.1 has no touble traversing the intact 'Mt Lyell' bridge... in December 2007 the same journey may be a little more difficult... The bridge collapsed when the rushing water built up a wall of debris against it, the force of the water finally broke the bridge and pushed it out from under the track. Most of the 'bits' have been recovered from under the swimming pool, but I think it will be rebuilt in a more substancial form. The embankment leading around to Underpool station (inset) was also washed away.

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