"The Culcairn to Holbrook Railway"
By Bob Scrymgeour
Paperback cover 24 pages black/white photos
INTRODUCTION
Like most branch lines the Holbrook (or as it was then known Germantown) line had a vague start in life.
The first survey of such a line was made in 1883 and it was recorded that from that day onwards the proposal of construction of the line had frequently been brought under the notice of the Department of Public Works, by either deputations from the residents of the districts concerned, or by other means.
In 1981, at the insistence of Mr. Secretary Bruce Smith, the proposal was subjected to a thorough investigation by Mr. Stanley Alexander, one of the Examiners of Public Works proposals. However Mr. Alexander was not impressed and gave his opinion that construction of the line would not, within a "long time", produce an appreciable effect upon the pastoral or farming industries of the district. He added that traffic obtained from carriage of stores and general goods would be extremely limited.