I worked on bridges. I was always shaking. I didn't like heights! The risk was crocodiles...
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I worked on bridges. I was always shaking. I didn't like heights! The risk was crocodiles and bridges. They had people in cages that
go down and check the piles in the water. It was saltwater, it's very... I think it erodes timber
or something, you know, very quick. But while the tracks were
being refurbished, the roads were becoming more and more
prevalent. By the late 1980s, trains had stopped being lucrative
and much of the Tablelands railway network was closed. A page was turned
go down and check the piles in the water. It was saltwater, it's very... I think it erodes timber
or something, you know, very quick. But while the tracks were
being refurbished, the roads were becoming more and more
prevalent. By the late 1980s, trains had stopped being lucrative
and much of the Tablelands railway network was closed. A page was turned
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I worked on bridges.
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I was always shaking.
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I didn't like heights!
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The risk was crocodiles and bridges.
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They had people in cages that
go down and check the piles
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in the water.
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It was saltwater, it's very...
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I think it erodes timber
or something,
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you know, very quick.
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But while the tracks were
being refurbished, the roads
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were becoming more and more
prevalent.
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By the late 1980s,
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trains had stopped being lucrative
and much of the Tablelands
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railway network was closed.
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A page was turned.
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Movie Summary
Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.
