The Lapstone Zig Zag was a zig zag railway built between Emu Plains and Blaxland stations on the Main Western line of New South Wales in Australia. Lennox Bridge 1833. viaducts.From Robert Lee's book, there were 7 viaducts in the contract The viaduct was the largest in Australia, being 388 feet long and 120 ft high with 5 spans of 55 ft and 2 of 20 ft.Construction commenced in 1863. point, indicating distances. The road was built during World War II, on part on the railway old track bed. An historic abandoned viaduct and zig zag on part of the first railway line constructed over the Blue Mountains. I found it really interesting, because it gave great views over the west Sydney region, good insight into the geology of the edge of the Blue Mountains, and great bush. Alternately, follow the stairs up the old zig-zag railway at top points and Lucasville Platform. The zig zag line operated between 1869 and 1910, to overcome an otherwise insurmountable climb and descent on the western side of the Blue Mountains. I really recommend this trail, though the zig zag section is more for walking than riding, because of the difficulty in getting to it from the carparks. A journey on the Zig Zag Railway through the remarkable Blue Mountains' scenery, offers views of grand sandstone viaducts, accompanied by the chuffing steam locomotive.

Lucasville Station was completed in 1877 on the extension section of Top Road. From here a pathway descends below the stone arches and then ascends to Elizabeth lookout. Once the westbound train had crossed Knapsack Viaduct, it entered the Bottom Road of the ZigZag. The Reserve is listed on the Register of the National Estate, the NSW State Heritage Register and the Register of the National Trust. Lapstone Viaduct and Zig Zag Lapstone Viaduct and Zig Zag - Trail Description. Knapsack Viaduct is signposted from the Motorway (aka the Great Western Highway) on the Emu Plains exit. Both of the lines of the Top Road extension are clearly legible.The line of track (now without rails) goes through well executed rock cuttings on the standard walk along Top Road from Knapsack Street and Skarratt Park. A friend of his, Solomon Tredwell, had in 1859 started the construction of half a ZigZag (with a reversing line and stone viaducts) at The single track contributed to a fatal accident at In 1890 signal boxes were built at both Lower and Upper Points of the Zig Zag, this was to replace the operation of pointsmen using hand levers.Commissioner of Railways, E. M. Eddy, decided that the ZigZag should be replaced by the By 1910, the line as a whole was being duplicated (made into Construction of the Knapsack Gully Viaduct started in March 1863 by contractor W. Watkins, who also completed the stone piers of the Victoria Bridge at Penrith. construction on either side of the Blue Mountains and on the In early 1990s the Reserve was transferred to the care of the Zig Zag Railway Co-op Ltd. The Lithgow Zig Zag is a heritage-listed former zig zag railway line built near Lithgow on the Great Western Line of New South Wales in Australia. It was in this area that the train stopped before it reversed direction to climb Middle Road. From the Oxford English Dictionary: "An elevated structure, There were points where the Middle Road cut backwards and sharply upwards to form the middle stroke of the Z. The idea on which Whitton built came from the Indian railways. The Lapstone Zig Zag [2] was a zig zag railway built near Lapstone on the Main Western line of New South Wales in Australia between 1863 and 1865, to overcome an otherwise insurmountable climb up the eastern side of the Blue Mountains. There are nine semi-circular arches 1 metre (2 ft) thick. From the car park near the junction of the old highway and the historic Mitchells Pass, a footpath follows the former railway and highway route to the viaduct. Ltd. as an unpaid volunteer staffed heritage railway in October 1975, using the alignment of the Lithgow Zig Zag line that formed part of the Main Western line between 1869 and 1910. The Lithgow Zig Zag is a heritage-listed former zig zag railway line built near Lithgow on the Great Western Line of New South Wales in Australia.The zig zag line operated between 1869 and 1910, to overcome an otherwise insurmountable climb and descent on the western side of the Blue Mountains.It was designed by John Whitton and built from 1863 to 1869 by Patrick Higgins as contractor. point, indicating distances. In 1886 the line of the Top Road extension was remodelled with a new parallel, more steeply sloped line to the west. The zig zag closed in 1892 when the Main Western line was diverted via the The contract to build this railway from Penrith as far as Valley Heights, which included building the Knapsack Viaduct and the Lapstone ZigZag, was awarded to William Watkins in March 1863 but was completed eighteen months behind schedule in December 1865.

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