The Camden railway line was designed as a light railway and construction of the line started in 1881. The line opened on 10 March 1882 and ran between Campbelltown and Camden. It carried freight and passengers but was rarely busy. It was usually operated by either a Z13 class locomotive, a Z20 class locomotive or later a C30 class locomotive. Due to the steepness of the 1 in 19 grade (reported to be the steepest grade used by adhesion locomotives in Australia) between Campbelltown and Kenny Hill, the passengers would sometimes have to disembark from the train and walk alongside it, leaving their bags on board. The line closed on 1 January 1963.
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Route Length: 6 miles (9.7 kms)
Track pieces used: 981
Track length laid: 15.2 miles (24.4 kms)
Road pieces used: 644
Road length laid: 38.28 miles (61.2 kms)
If you want to look at some of the features(screenshots) of the line click here
If you would like to preview and keep the Route map for Version 1 then you can use Tim Booth's (now upgraded to V0.98) excellent trackviewing tool. This update allows the preview to be loaded and kept permanently installed without causing any MSTS errors.
Please:
i) Read the readme file first.
ii) Download Track Viewer (V0.98)
iii) Download the Camden Tramway Route Map Preview.
iv) Install the above components and open Trackview to view route.
Ruling gradient towards Campbelltown - 1 in 19
Ruling gradient towards Camden - 1 in 20
