Pandora's Perspective
Lithgow Zig Zag
For ODC Group 3 - zigzag
The Lithgow Zig Zag is an historic railway that lowered the Great Western Railway of NSW down the western escarpment of the Blue Mountains via a series of reversals, or 'Zig Zags'. Opened in 1869, the Zig Zag was a major civil engineering feat for its day, but steam locomotives had to work hard to climb its steep grades. In time the Zig Zag became an operational bottleneck, and it was replaced by a new railway route in 1910.
Lithgow Zig Zag
For ODC Group 3 - zigzag
The Lithgow Zig Zag is an historic railway that lowered the Great Western Railway of NSW down the western escarpment of the Blue Mountains via a series of reversals, or 'Zig Zags'. Opened in 1869, the Zig Zag was a major civil engineering feat for its day, but steam locomotives had to work hard to climb its steep grades. In time the Zig Zag became an operational bottleneck, and it was replaced by a new railway route in 1910.