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Glow worm express

You wont find it on any timetable, and there's no tickets to this station, but if you should happen upon this train line, i recommend you take the trip.

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Filename:img_c16964a.jpg
Album name:Wizard / Tunnels
Rating (23 votes):7777777777
Keywords:glow_worms / Down! / train
State:NSW
Filesize:3478 KiB
Date added:Oct 15, 2008
Dimensions:3072 x 2048 pixels
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URL:http://urbantwilight.net/displayimage.php?pid=1016
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Explorer_wow155   [Nov 17, 2008 at 07:59 PM]
amazing. where is it
Explorer_Researcher   [Nov 26, 2008 at 11:06 AM]
is this near Sydney???
josh_116   [Dec 29, 2008 at 06:02 PM]
Looks like a cool place, any hints to a location?
Wizard   [Dec 30, 2008 at 03:19 AM]
It's part of a disused passanger train line out waterfall way (Sydney).
Explorer_AJR   [Mar 03, 2009 at 01:02 AM]
Wow, cool. Great composition. How long was the exposure? Must have drained your battery a bit lol.
Explorer_Thomski   [Apr 01, 2009 at 07:35 PM]
Nice pic mate. never seen it look that good . aint been there for a long time . Top site!!
Wizard   [Apr 02, 2009 at 07:05 PM]
Cheers Thomski.
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Explorer_notsaying   [Jun 21, 2009 at 07:20 PM]
pretty sure this is the old helensburg train tunnel
sledgy   [Jun 23, 2009 at 08:13 PM]
Wizard you seem to know a fair bit about the history of these sites. How do you get your info?
Explorer_Speci   [Aug 18, 2010 at 03:06 AM]
What is actually at the end? Both times I've been here it was raining in the previous days and the water was quite deep a few hundred metres in... Never been able to see the end
Explorer_sammy   [Sep 22, 2010 at 05:28 PM]
I was in this tunnel on the weekend. It's located right near helensburgh station, walk past a yellow house through the scrub, theres about 30 meters of old platform on your right, and straight ahead is the entrance to the tunnel. you cant see it from the road. walk about 50m in and you begin to see glow worms. the further you go in, the more you see because of the darkness. keep in mind that the sand turns to water about 100m in nd ifyou go any further you would need either a canoe.
trainman   [Jan 31, 2011 at 03:04 PM]
It is actually called Metropolitan Tunnel. You can't get to the end. The other end is bricked up, and the use the tunnel as a water storage reservoir to douse an undergound fire at Metropolitan colliery.
Explorer_Danny~   [Oct 27, 2012 at 07:39 PM]
Love going to helensburgh at midnight~ might plan to go again soon
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