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first employed, the large bank between Emu Plains and 

 Lapstone Junction being constructed at the low cost of 

 1/8J per cubic yard. 



In 1912 the new double line between Flemington and 

 •Glebe Island, designed to relieve the main suburban lines of 

 goods traffic, was commenced, and was completed on 29th 

 May, 1916. The goods line leaves the suburban lines on 

 the up side at Lidcombe, junctions with the Abattoirs' 

 railway and the Northern line connections near Flemington, 

 passes beneath the main lines, and connects with the Banks- 

 town Railway near Campsie Station, runs parallel with 

 that line to a point between Hurlstone Park and Wardell 

 Road, where it branches off to the north, and passes under 

 the main suburban line at the Lewisham Viaduct, and 

 thence through Leichhardt to Glebe Island. At Wardell 

 Road connections are provided, and the goods lines extended 

 to junction with the South Coast line near Tempe Station. 

 Between Flemington and Campsie a large area of land has 

 been taken and extensive marshalling yards provided, also 

 provision for housing all goods locomotives, with the neces- 

 sary coaling and watering arrangements. On this work 

 steam navvies have been largely used, 1,250,000 cubic yards 

 of material, mostly hard shale and rock, having been exca- 

 vated and disposed of for l/9d per cubic yard. 



On the Southern line duplication work has been pushed 

 ahead, that between Marulan and Cullerin being com- 

 menced on each side of Goulburn in 1913; the crossings of 

 the Wollondilly River, Boxer's Creek, and Mulwaree Ponds 

 Viaduct consist of fifty feet semi-arches in brickwork. That 

 portion between Bowral and Harden is now complete, and 

 the work of cutting out the remaining length of single line 

 between Picton and Bowral is well in hand. 



On the South Coast, duplication work has also been in 

 hand. The section — Waterfall to Otford — has been opened 



