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Cuttings in New South Wales Various lengths of rail line through a hill formation are known to be the best cutting ever.

The longest cutting is

The highest (altitude) cutting is Black Mountain

The deepest used to be the Big Hill cutting along the Picton loop line north of Hill Top until one of the 11 tunnels on the Dargan's deviation bypass near Lithgow needed blowing.

The longest hand hewn cutting is north of Ben Lomond.^[1]^[2]

Remains of dis-used cuttings[edit]

Lapstone - leading to the old tunnel

and above the tunnel, there is cutting west of the sewrage works.

Blaxland siding built in a cutting.

Woodford has two cuttings to the east.

Lawson has a new overbridge, the cutting has been filled in.

Bullaburra is still seeable.

Leura

Katoomba , shell corner sidings - west near marked tree

Blackheath - past the weigh station

Cawley

Helensburgh.

References[edit]

^ "Ben Lomond". NSW for everyone. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
^ "Ben Lomond". Guyra Shire Council. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

External links[edit]

[1] "Ben Lomond". NSW for everyone. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

[2] "Ben Lomond". Guyra Shire Council. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

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