For several years, the section between Kandos and Gulgong was used only for a monthly heritage train service, subject to heavy speed restrictions.

[9] Rail traffic on the Gwabegar Line was subsequently suspended north of Airly Colliery to Gulgong, however charter services were able to operate conditionally as far as Kandos and sometimes Rylstone.

[10] On 24 October 2017 the NSW State Government announced that $1.1 million would be provided to reinstate an 8 km section of the Line between Kandos and Rylstone, enabling the Kandos Museum, Lachlan Valley Railway and Lithgow State Mines Railway to run tourist trains in the section.

[20] Grain was formerly shipped from silos at locations such as Gwabegar, Baradine, and Bugaldie, on the now closed section of line north of Binnaway.

Passenger services from Lithgow to Gulgong via Mudgee were operated with 620/720 rail cars, then DEB sets until their replacement with coaches in the early 1980s.