--- InTramsDownUnder@..., Mal Rowe <brill21e@...> wrote:
>

> Liam Brundle wrote:

>

> > Work continues on Railway Square with the John Holland backhoe [until it

> > had to go to 'Backhoe Hospital' with a hydraulic leak], one of the

> > forklifts lending a hand with shifting rails.

>

> Looks to me like the mainline is being dug up!

> Can you fill in details of what's happening for us distant admirers of STM?

>


The mainline track past the Waiting Shed was one of the first laid over 20 years ago in soil and grass, and as such the wood sleepers have rotted away underground and the gauge widened to the point where a less-than-walking-pace restriction was applied and a few near-derailments [and the direct cancellation of 'Trams After Dark' for safety reasons], the section was closed and major work started. The eventual plan is to concrete that area off and top it with bitumen.

In the meantime trams to Waratah Loop [Sutherland] are run over Cross Street with the wandering lead while National Park trams run from the platform.