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One construction project was never completed: the railroad between Darwin and the south. It had been a political issue for years, construction started, then halted, and then started and halted again at various places and moments. From the south, the railroad reaches Alice Springs and is still in operation today. From Darwin, the railroad used to reach a bit further than Larrimah at some 500 kilometres. But further construction was abandoned and train services stopped in 1976. Nowadays, the tracks are overgrown and old railway stations stand as monuments of a lost battle of human civilization against the harsh elements of nature in the outback. (more on http://bora.dacom.co.kr/~boonstra/aus/page03.htm )
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