Glen timber railway

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Traceable intermittently from Craven Village to a point 6 km east. The railway ran
along the alignment of the present Glen Road from a point 700 m east of the Glen
Road/Bucketts Way junction to 4 km from the junction, then run into the paddock to
the north where embankment and cutting can be seen clearly at 32° 9' 51.97" S.
151° 58' 24.37" E. The precise alignment along Glen Road is not evident. The section
along the road alignment is 300 m south of the proposed Stratford East Open Cut ,
while the nearest obvious earthworks on the railway are over 700 m to the east.


Further cuttings and earthworks are reported on private land
to the east.



Glen Timber Railway alignment.
The arrows indicate the start of the
embankment (to left) and end of the
cutting (to right). At 32° 9' 51.97"
S. 151° 58' 24.37" E.
Source: Michael Pearson 2011

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The Glen railway was built in 1918-19, and appears to have operated until 1933. The
rails and rolling stock were removed in the mid-1930s. The rail alignment leaving the
mill site at Craven and crossing the paddock to the east is obvious in aerial imagery
and on the ground. The section where the railway followed the present Glen Road
reserve is not readily identifiable. Earthworks and cuttings begin at 32° 9' 51.97" S.
151° 58' 24.37" E. and are reported to extend into the forest area to the east.