The following is a set of photographs of scenes near the Glowworm tunnel near Newnes.
Larger versions of each photograph can be accessed by clicking on the
photograph concerned. (The size of the larger photo is given in brackets at the end of the
description.)
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| A train passes under the cliffs heading towards Newnes (46k). |
Shay locomotive #3 stops to take water from a dam just before the tunnel.
Wise passengers would leave the train here and walk up the gorge to rejoin the train on
the other side of the tunnel. Remains of this small dam can still be seen today (39k).
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| The northern (or Newnes) end of the Glow-worm tunnel is on a bend of the lower
gorge of what is now called Tunnel Creek (30k). |
View down gorge from Glowworm tunnel (28k). |
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| This is the lower, or Newnes, end of the Glowworm Tunnel. Tunnel Creek comes in
from the right and has now scoured out the railway formation at this point (22k). |
This is the view looking out of the mouth of the Glow-worm tunnel, looking into
Tunnel Creek gorge, as you head towards Newnes.(33k). |
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A section of dry-stone walling to stabilise a cutting on the descent
to the floor of the Wolgan Valley.
This is passed on the walk from Newnes to the Glow-worm tunnel (37k). |