Private Railways
There have always been niches for private railways in most colonies, such as:
- timber - private timber lines have occurred in most forested areas of Australia since the late 19th century
- mining – private iron mining railways alone now account for most Australian rail freight by tonnage, but private coal railways have been important since the early years of coal mining in the mid 19th century
- quarrying
- major factory sites, such as steel works
- temporary lines at construction sites
- agriculture, especially the sugar industry
Read more about this topic: History Of Rail Transport In Australia
Famous quotes containing the words private and/or railways:
“In private life he was good-natured, chearful, social; inelegant in his manners, loose in his morals. He had a coarse, strong wit, which he was too free of for a man in his station, as it is always inconsistent with dignity. He was very able as a minister, but without a certain elevation of mind necessary for great good, or great mischief.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.”
—H.G. (Herbert George)