The Dorrigo Branch lies on the north coast of NSW and branches off the North Coast Line at Glenreagh then climbs to the Dorrigo Plateau. The Dorrigo area was settled in the early 1900's by pastoralists and tree fellers. The line climbs 664 metres over a length of 69km. Construction It was early August 1914 that construction officially commenced and because of the first world war, a lack of finance and then a dispute with the contractor - progress floundered. The contract was