Cootamundra and Junee.

Finally, we have Wi-Fi again! After NorthStar, we head to the cotton town of Narrabri to stay for the night and recharge for the trip to Cootamundra tomorrow. Cootamundra is a busy regional town that serves the surrounding wheat and sheep farms and also has a decent size rail yard to store and switch grain trains. Due to the line branching off to the north and the main heading south, there is a large "Wye" at the edge of town and due to this, in the early days of busy passenger traffic, Coota' has two stations! Only the main one in town is operating, but "West Cootamundra" is a grand structure and sits idle , hopefully waiting to be restored to its former glory some day!
As for train action, I managed to catch a grain train being switched out and a northbound freight passing through .

From Coota' it's a short 50km drive to the railway township of Junee, where I catch up with some dear friends and visit the "Bethungra Spiral", a loop similar to the famous "Tehachapi" in southern California.
Hooroo for now!
Gregg.