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Council. In 1946, it was added to the Trust that administered Hassan's Walls, the trust opened Top Road to road traffic in 1949. In 1964, it added the picnic shelter under number 1 Viaduct, naming it in recognition of H K Cockerton Place. Cockerton served as a trustee for 17 years, instigating the development of the reserve, in 1969, the
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Railway has a variety of four-wheeled and eight-wheeled freight, fire fighting, and works vehicles. These include fuel and water tank cars, hopper wagons, flat wagons and covered and louvered vans. These vehicles have been sourced from NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Northern Territory, and
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On 24 July 2020, diesel locomotive 1004 became the first locomotive to travel from Bottom Points
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In 1967, as the end of steam operation in New South Wales approached, a group of steam enthusiasts headed by Ian
Thornton were keen to establish an operating steam museum. The Lithgow Zig Zag was chosen as a suitable site based on its accessibility by day-trippers from Sydney, its scenery, abundant
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The main railway corridor of the Great Zig Zag
Railway forms part of a Reserve administered by Government, it is administered by a trust made up of volunteers. The area was proclaimed a public reserve in 1881 which was one of the first public reserves in NSW, originally supervised by Blaxland Shire
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The steep gradients and need to reverse trains proved to be a serious bottleneck to traffic on the line, and there were several accidents with runaway trains at the reversing points. Attempts were made to mitigate this by realigning the track and relocating and extending the reversing stations, but
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December 2019, the Zig Zag Railway was hit by the Gospers Mountain bushfire. The station buildings and most of the rolling stock survived with the exception of a few already vandalised carriages. The toilet block, storage areas, communications hut, signalling equipment, water and power
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Prior to the suspension of services in 2012, the Zig Zag
Railways was unique in New South Wales being the only heritage operator to run every day except Christmas Day. On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays railmotors were operated. Every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday a steam
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During the early 1970s, four ex-NSWR sleeping cars were located at the Bottom Points of the Zig Zag to provide stationary sleeping accommodation, meal and ablution facilities for its volunteer train crews and workers. Unfortunately, these were all destroyed by the 2013 fires.
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Lithgow Switchback Railway Co-op Limited was formed and this became the Zig Zag Railway Co-operative Limited in 1974. At this time, the Commissioner for Railways only made heritage locomotives and rolling stock available to the officially sponsored
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the problems continued. As early as 1885, plans for alleviating the Zig Zag problem involved the construction of a 2 mi (3.2 km) long tunnel. This was said to provide little gain for the cost proposed. In 1908, work began on the
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September 2020 and June and November 2021, slowing the progress of work on the railway. Additionally, the railway has been repeatedly affected by weather events, such as storms in January and March 2022. The line reopened on 27 May 2023.
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a full year to recover from the State Mine Fire. Heavy rain then caused subsequent damage to an embankment near the western end of the Clarence tunnel, the platform area at Top Points, and to the run around loop track at Bottom Points.
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and high numbers of passenger trips. The ITSR gave Zig Zag Co-operative additional time to develop a safety improvement plan in order to comply with the Act, that took effect for all heritage railway operators from 1 January 2007.
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On 1 April 2011, an incident occurred resulting in a collision between a maintenance vehicle and a two-car rail motor, between Clarence and Top Points stations. Travelling in opposite directions and carrying one passenger (in the
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of NSW but ultimately not used when 15 Evans side door compartment carriages were purchased from Queensland Railways in 1986 went into service instead. Subsequently additional carriages were purchased from the
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and then subsequently by torrential rain. Repairs and trials of restored rail vehicles and track commenced in August 2016 and it was planned to re-commence limited heritage operations in 2019, until the
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The railway celebrated its reopening and 154th anniversary on 21 October 2023 with a tape-cutting ceremony, pre-booked steam train rides, local performances, displays, heritage buses and market stalls.
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locomotive with train would operate with Sunday having a two train timetable. Special events included
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further delayed restoration. Heritage train services resumed on 27 May 2023.
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Much the same view more than a century later, not long before the
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and viaducts numbers 2 & 3, and Bottom Road still part of the
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of 1:42 (~2.38%) on three inclines known as the Top Road (above
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Iconic Zig Zag steam railway celebrates birthday in style
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5159:History of the Blue Mountains (New South Wales)
3735:Blue Mountains historic Zig Zag Railway reopens
3181:. The area stood in for mountainous regions in
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5174:Tourist railways in New South Wales
3875:Sallis, Roger (1979). "Chapter 5".
3752:Grand Re-Opening of Zig-Zag Railway
3500:Zig Zag Railway postpones reopening
2513:and on 29 October 1988, through to
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3704:Bastow, Ciara (24 July 2020).
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2558:2013 bushfire and storm damage
2449:. Thus the line was relaid to
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3843:Bayley, William Alan (1980).
3241:Conquering the Blue Mountains
3062:Stored, awaiting restoration
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3347:issue 25 March 1976 page 404
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5024:Western Sydney Freight Line
4297:Lithgow Correctional Centre
4234:Wallerawang railway station
4209:Marrangaroo railway viaduct
3773:Bluemountainsgazette.com.au
3344:Continental Railway Journal
3214:NSW State Heritage Register
3147:Public Transport Commission
2537:Accreditation and collision
2532:Closure and bushfire damage
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273:Zig Zag Railway Cooperative
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5120:33.4717583°S 150.1942222°E
5057:Glenreagh Mountain Railway
5052:Byron Bay Railroad Company
4888:North West & Bankstown
3299:The Lithgow ZigZag Railway
3268:Black Smoke Blue Mountains
3158:Freight and works vehicles
2878:Stored, awaiting overhaul
2848:Stored, awaiting overhaul
2457:) narrow gauge as used in
412:Badly damaged by bushfires
396:Badly damaged by bushfires
305:7 kilometres (4.3 mi)
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3849:. Austrail Publications.
3478:Update on Zig Zag Railway
3135:South Australian Railways
3112:QR 2000 class rail motor
3091:QR 2000 class rail motor
3075:QR 2000 class rail motor
3059:QR 2000 class rail motor
2992:Mines engine, powered by
2976:Emu Bay Railway 10 Class
2914:Stored at Bottom Points.
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5125:-33.4717583; 150.1942222
3594:30 December 2014 at the
3341:Lithgow Zig Zag Railway
3139:Broken Hill railway line
2951:Emu Bay Railway 10 class
2824:Green (Previously Blue)
2657:The collection includes
2455:3 ft 6 in
601:Revival and preservation
439:www.zigzagrailway.com.au
315:3 ft 6 in
4859:Southern Sydney Freight
4553:Troy Junction-Merrygoen
4373:South Coast (Illawarra)
4214:Rydal rail underbridges
4169:Eskbank railway station
4164:Bowenfels rail viaducts
3846:Blue Mountains Railways
3505:19 October 2013 at the
3483:19 October 2013 at the
3356:Zig Zag Railway On Top
3266:Bentley, James (1988).
2620:Zig Zag railway station
5169:Railways with Zig Zags
5062:Lachlan Valley Railway
5002:Western Sydney Airport
4854:Sydney Freight Network
4533:South Maitland Railway
4224:Tarana railway station
3953:City of Lithgow topics
3563:Blue Mountains Gazette
3332:December 1975 page 173
3317:September 1972 page 28
3314:Railway Transportation
3143:end platform carriages
2564:October 2013 bushfires
646:Lithgow Zig Zag routes
613:
592:Lithgow Valley Reserve
225:(contractor for NSWGR)
5077:Richmond Vale Railway
4714:Richmond Vale Railway
4518:Picton-Mittagong loop
4433:Binnaway-Werris Creek
4229:Ten Tunnels Deviation
4219:Rydal railway station
4189:Lithgow power station
4174:Lithgow Blast Furnace
4095:Hartley historic site
3908:at Wikimedia Commons
3828:. Methuen Australia.
3615:Sydney Morning Herald
3531:Sydney Morning Herald
3399:Rail Safety Act, 2002
3042:2000 class rail motor
2041:Mileage 92.1 Junction
1791:Ten Tunnels Deviation
1184:Ten Tunnels Deviation
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586:Ten Tunnels Deviation
201:Commercial operations
4538:Stockinbingal-Parkes
4528:Sandy Hollow-Gulgong
4411:Country branch lines
3681:. 24 December 2019.
3362:August 1987 page 260
3081:Stored at Clarence.
2902:4‑8‑2+2‑8‑4 Garratt
2439:Lithgow City Council
356:Preservation history
265:Preserved operations
56:improve this article
5116: /
4960:Royal National Park
4906:Epping to Chatswood
4558:Unanderra-Moss Vale
4513:Parkes to Narromine
4438:Blayney-Demondrille
4199:Lithgow Underbridge
4083:Tourist attractions
3566:. 20 January 2015.
3524:Holliday, Rebekah.
3220:. 30 September 1997
3125:Passenger carriages
2754:City of Rockhampton
2644:Queensland Railways
2612:Day Out with Thomas
2128:No. 1 Viaduct Halt
2034:Bottom Points Depot
492:2019–2020 bushfires
388:Operation suspended
3756:Artsoutwest.org.au
3187:Chosongul (Hangul)
3152:Beaudesert Railway
2928:Number & Name
2921:Diesel locomotives
2672:Number & Name
2632:Bells Line of Road
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610:Top Points station
544:2013 NSW bushfires
487:2013 NSW bushfires
327:Commercial history
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3856:978-0-909597-23-8
3835:978-0-454-00278-2
3488:Transport for NSW
3250:978-1-876568-30-6
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496:COVID-19 pandemic
468:Main Western line
450:is an Australian
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5067:NSW Rail Museum
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4204:Lithgow Zig Zag
4152:Heritage places
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4128:Capertee Valley
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3759:21 October 2023
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3596:Wayback Machine
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2834:Stormin' Normin
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2797:Out of service
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3742:27 May 2023
3739:News.com.au
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3183:North Korea
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4358:Main lines
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3193:References
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