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✓ Published: 14-May-2013
✓ Published: 14-May-2013
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In 1982 – 1983, the original narrow (3ft 6in) gauge Central Australia Railway to Alice Springs was dismantled after having been replaced with a new standard gauge track via a different route which was not so prone to such washaways and sand drifts which had plagued the old route. nWork of pulling up the old railway between Oodnadatta and Marree, the section shown in this video, commenced at Oodnadatta, and this video illustrates how this section was demolished. nThese pictures were taken about
In 1982 – 1983, the original narrow (3ft 6in) gauge Central Australia Railway to Alice Springs was dismantled after having been replaced with a new standard gauge track via a different route which was not so prone to such washaways and sand drifts which had plagued the old route. nWork of pulling up the old railway between Oodnadatta and Marree, the section shown in this video, commenced at Oodnadatta, and this video illustrates how this section was demolished. nThese pictures were taken about
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