Abermain | 2004 | The view looking up the Down Main side of the platform. The one-time Abermain Colliery sidings were located among the trees on the right. |
Abermain | 2004 | The remains of an old gangers shed on the colliery side of the station. |
Abermain | 2004 | The base of the jib crane which served the goods siding at the down end of the station. |
Abermain | 2004 | The location of the one-time goods shed at Abermain. |
Abermain | 2004 | All that remains of the junction and start of the Abermain Railway Branch can be seen as a faint track through the undergrowth directly adjacent to the jib crane. |
Abermain | 2004 | The general vicinity of the junction for the Abermain Railway. |
Adamstown | 2003 | The view looking north towards Broadmeadow. Boradmeadow Yard is visible in the left distance. The partly lifted track in the left foreground is the former Down Relief line. |
Adamstown | 2003 | The remains of the Down Relief line. The former branch to Belmont branched off beyond the station and climbed the hill in the middle distance. |
Adamstown | 2003 | The view looking north. The remains of the Down Relief line are in the centre, with Broadmeadow Yard in the distance. |
Adamstown | 2003 | The remains of the Belmont line not far from the one-time junction with the Main North. The tracks are visible as they cross Park Ave. |
Adamstown | 2003 | The view looking south. |
Adamstown | 2003 | Adamstown signalbox, at the down end of the station. Now used by a model railway club. |
Albert | 2005 | The view looking north towards the loading bank. |
Albert | 2005 | The view looking north along the silo siding. The station was located on the right hand side of the photograph. |
Albert | 2005 | A closer view of the goods loading bank. |
Albert | 2005 | The gantry crane is still present at the southern end of the siding. |
Albert | 2005 | The view looking south from the northern end of the yard. |
Albert | 2005 | A close-up of the points levers at the northern end of the siding. |
Albert | 2005 | The view looking south along towards the one-time station location, which was on the left in the middle distance. |
Albert | 2005 | A landmark signal on the outskirts of the location. |
ANL Terminal | 2004 | The view looking into the ANL terminal sidings. |
ANL Terminal | 2004 | Another view of the sidings and containers. |
ANL Terminal | 2004 | The ANL terminal sidings, dwarfed by container stacks. |
Auscott | 2004 | 4892 heading towards Nevertire on the Warren branch line near the Auscott siding. |
Awaba | 2003 | The view looking north along the platforms. |
Awaba | 2003 | Looking north from the Awaba foot-bridge. |
Awaba | 2003 | Behind the up platform is the former branch to the Awaba State Mine and the Wangi Power Station. |
Awaba | 2003 | Looking down the path as you leave the station you cross the former Wangi Power Station branch. |
Awaba | 2003 | The view looking north at Awaba. The line on the right is the former branch to Wangi Power Station. |
Baan Baa | 2003 | The view looking north from the station to the silo siding. The former goods and loop sidings were located on the left side of the main line. |
Ballimore | 2004 | The dead end siding at Ballimore looking towards Dubbo, with the main line on the right. |
Ballimore | 2004 | The view looking looking east, away from Dubbo. |
Ballimore | 2004 | The view of the goods ramp, looking east. |
Belford | 2003 | The pair of short platforms which make up Belford station. |
Belford | 2003 | A close-up of one of the platforms. |
Bellbird Colliery | 2004 | The memorial to the Bellbird Mine disaster of 1923. |
Bellbird Colliery | 2004 | The main line in the vicinity of the Bellbird Colliery, looking north. |
Bellbird Colliery | 2004 | Preserved supports for the pit-top decking. |
Bellbird Colliery | 2004 | The view looking up the line. In the distance can be seen the bridge which once carried the Kalingo railway over the branch at this point. It now serves a fire trail. |
Ben Lomond | 2003 | Ben Lomond station building, looking from the non-rail side. |
BHP Steelworks | 2004 | A preserved coal wagon from the John Darling Colliery. |
BHP Steelworks | 2004 | A preserved BHP shunter near the entrance to the steelworks. |
Blackalls Park | 2003 | The view looking along the platform towards Toronto. |
Blackalls Park | 2003 | A sign on the platform, advertising its use as a station from 1912 to 1991. |
Bogan Gate | 2005 | The view looking east towards Parkes. |
Bogan Gate | 2005 | The view looking west past the station. |
Bogan Gate | 2005 | The junction of the branch to Tottenham, at the western end of the yard. |
Bogan River Tank | 2003 | The location of Bogan River Tank, the foundations of which are to the left of the tree. |
Bogan River Tank | 2003 | A close-up view of the tank's foundations. |
Bogan River Tank | 2003 | About 100m south of the tank is the low bridge over the Bogan River. It is still in relatively good condition. |
Bogan River Tank | 2003 | View over the Bogan River looking back towards Byrock, about 100m back from the Bogan River Tank. |
Boorindal | 2003 | The remains of the point lever at the up end of the siding. |
Boorindal | 2003 | The remains of the main line and siding. |
Boorindal | 2005 | The view looking across the yard showing a level crossing and loading bank. |
Boorindal | 2005 | A closer view of the loading tank, looking towards Nyngan. |
Boorindal | 2005 | The remains of a small loading platform on the siding. |
Boorindal | 2005 | The dam which served as the reservoir for a water tank. The line is visible on the far left distance. |
Boorindal | 2005 | The view looking towards Nyngan with the water tank remains on the left of the track. |
Boorindal | 2005 | The view looking towards Bourke with the water tank remains on the right of the track. |
Boorindal | 2005 | A close-up of Boorindal Tank remains taken looking down from the line. |
Boppy Mountain | 2003 | The vandalised Countrylink bus stop at Boppy Mountain. |
Boppy Mountain | 2003 | No trace remains of the one-time station at Boppy Mountain. |
Bourke | 2003 | The old cattle yards about 4 kms south of Bourke. The shot is taken facing in the direction of Nyngan. |
Bourke | 2003 | The cattle yards looking in the direction of Bourke. |
Bourke | 2003 | The view from near the sale yards looking back in the direction on Nyngan. |
Bourke | 2003 | The view looking along the platform in the direction of the end of the line. |
Bourke | 2003 | The station is now a tourist station, although the original sign is still mounted outside. |
Bourke | 2003 | The line into Bourke just after you cross the levee bank into town. The outer home is about 100 back out of sight. The beginning of the old yard started about 100m ahead. |
Bourke | 2003 | A crossing near the southern entrance to the Bourke Yard. |
Bourke | 2003 | The goods platform on the northern side of Bourke Yard. The area is now used by a trucking company and most of the yard has been cleared. View looking south towards Nyngan. |
Bourke | 2003 | The signal at the start of the Bourke Yard. View looking towards the end of the line, about 400m metres west. |
Bourke | 2003 | Piles of cleared railway debris at the southern end of Bourke Yard. |
Bourke | 2003 | The view looking towards the end of the line. The station is on the right in the background. |
Bourke | 2003 | The junction for the abbatoir siding is at the 819km post. |
Bourke | 2003 | The abbatoir branch siding off the Main Western line just south of Bourke. The view is looking towards Nyngan. |
Bourke | 2003 | The view of the abbatoir siding looking towards Bourke. |
Bourke | 2003 | A view looking towards Bourke into the partially lifted abbatoir siding. |
Bourke | 2003 | Looking towards Nyngan at the abbatoir siding. |
Bourke | 2003 | Where the abbatoir branch line ran alongside the small cool room platform, the track is now lifted. This view is looking towards Nyngan. |
Bourke | 2003 | The weeds now grow in irregular formation from where the line has been lifted. A small platform on this office building also serviced the train as it passed through the abbatoir. |
Bourke | 2003 | Evidence of the old abbatoir line in the concrete slab. |
Bourke | 2006 | The view looking in the direction of Nyngan, from just south of Bourke. Mount Oxley is visible in the distance. |
Branxton | 2003 | The point where the one-time branch to Ayrfield No 3 Colliery left the main line. |
Branxton | 2003 | A sign on the platform informing that the station is now maintained by the nearby Rothbury Riot Railway and Steam Museum, and that it has been classified by the National Trust. |
Branxton | 2003 | The view from Branxton looking north. The branch in the left distance is the one-time branch to the Ayrfield Colliery. The former goods siding branches off on the right. |
Branxton | 2003 | The view from the up platform looking north. An empty down coal train is disappearing in the distance. |
Branxton | 2003 | The view from the footbridge looking towards Newcastle. |
Branxton | 2003 | A closer view of the down refuge loop (foreground) which becomes the Ayrfield Colliery branch in the distance. |
Brewarrina | 2003 | The view of the remains of the yard. The old goods platform is on the left with the jib crane on the right. A lot of the tracks have been lifted and it looks like the site is undergoing development of sorts. |
Broadmeadow | 2003 | The view looking north along platforms 1 and 2. |
Broadmeadow | 2003 | The view looking south along platforms 1 and 2. |
Broadmeadow | 2003 | The view from platform 3, looking north towards Woodville Junction. |
Broadmeadow | 2003 | Wagons and 48 clss locos sit idle in the yard. |
Broadmeadow | 2003 | The view looking south into Broadmeadow Yard. |
Bugilbone | 2003 | The hand-painted sign on the loading bank face. |
Bugilbone | 2003 | The view looking west towards Walgett. The siding has been lifted. |
Burren | 2003 | The view looking east towards Narrabri. |
Byrock | 2003 | This is information board situated at the Byrock railway station, or as the sign says "Bye-Rock". |
Byrock | 2003 | The remains of the station and yard, looking down the line towards Bourke. |
Byrock | 2003 | The remains of the turntable pit. |
Byrock | 2003 | Remains of building foundations in the yard. This is probably the engine shed. |
Byrock | 2003 | A view of the yard. The branch to Brewarrina is on the left, with the main line on the right. The two object on either side may be kerosene powered track indicators. |
Byrock | 2003 | The elevated water tank in the remains of the yard, looking towards Nyngan. |
Byrock | 2005 | A late afternoon view of Byrock looking towards Bourke. |
Byrock | 2005 | A view looking across at the platform, water tank and information board shelter. |
Caledonia | 2004 | The gutted interior of the signal box, which was a replacement of the original structure. |
Caledonia | 2004 | The remains of a water column. |
Camellia | 2004 | The view looking north along the platform. |
Camellia | 2004 | The view south from the end of the platform. The Sandown junction is the line on the left in the distance. |
Camellia | 2004 | The tiny station at Camellia looking south towards Rosehill. |
Caringbah | 2003 | A night shot looking along the platform towards Central. The tunnel mouth ahead is the bridge where The Kingsway crosses the line. |
Carlingford | 2004 | The end of the line. No trace remains of the one-time main line and siding which were beyond this track. |
Carlingford | 2004 | The view looking along the platform back up the line. |
Carlingford | 2004 | The view looking along the platform to the end of the line. Carlingford. Oct 2004. |
Carrington Yard | 2003 | The view of Carrington Yard, looking directly towards Newcastle. |
Carrington Yard | 2003 | Empty wheat wagons sit in Carrington Yard. |
Central | 2003 | Looking down the tunnel on platform 25. |
Central | 2003 | The view looking towards the buffers along platforms 1 and 2. |
Central | 2003 | NR15 sits near the Indian Pacific MOTORAIL rolling stock. |
Charlton | 2003 | Flood damage to line just to the south of Charlton. This damage was caused by the 1990 floods, rather than those of 1974 which resulted in the closure of the branch. |
Charlton | 2003 | The up end of the siding, looking in the direction of Brewarrina. |
Charlton | 2003 | The crumbling remains of the platform on the loop siding. |
Charlton | 2003 | This is a wool loading platform for the shearing sheds that were serviced by the rail line in that time. The view is looking toward Brewarrina. |
Charlton | 2003 | The view from the down end of the siding, looking back towards Byrock. |
Civic | 2004 | The tiny Civic signalbox which controlled the Merewether Street level crossing next to the station. This is now monitored remotely via closed circuit cameras from the CTC at Broadmeadow. |
Civic | 2004 | A night shot of Civic looking in the direction of Newcastle. |
Civic | 2004 | The view along the platforms looking towards Newcastle. |
Clyde | 2004 | A night shot of Clyde, looking in the direction of Sydney. |
Clyde | 2004 | The Australian Cement sidings, located just off the Carlingford branch at Clyde. |
Cobar | 2003 | The old turntable, looking towards the station in the down direction. |
Cobar | 2003 | The view looking east towards the remains of the yard. |
Cobar | 2003 | The view looking east from the dock siding. The turntable is visible on the left, with the goods siding branching off in the middle. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | The remains of an old bridge just to the north of the location, looking north towards Tarcoon. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | The view looking south, just to the north of Compton Downs. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | The view looking back up the line of the end of the loop siding. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | The name of the nearby property which gave its name to the station. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | The view looking north towards the down end of the loop siding. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | The view looking towards Brewarrina at the down end of the loop siding. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | Only the base of this building at the northern end of the yard remains of and structures. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | The remains of the wooden-faced goods loading platform. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | The remains of the passenger platform and station building, some 30 years after closure. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | The remains of the one-time station building at Compton Downs. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | The view looking south of the main and loop lines. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | Apart from shrubs and tree, the yard area has remains relatively clear. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | Time has seen this points lever become part of the vegetation after 30 years of neglect. |
Compton Downs | 2004 | The view looking north at the up end of the loop siding. |
Condobolin | 2005 | The view looking east towards Parkes. |
Condobolin | 2005 | The view looking west along the platform. |
Cooks River | 2004 | The Botany Goods line just past the entrance to the Cooks River Goods Yard. |
Cooks River | 2004 | After passing under the Princes Highway, a freight train heads towards the yard. |
Cooks River | 2004 | The entrance to the yard, looking north. |
Coolabah | 2003 | The remains at Coolabah. |
Coolabah | 2003 | The view of Coolabah siding, looking west towards Bourke. |
Curban | 2003 | The location of Curban, now dominated by the silo and grain siding. |
Derriwong | 2005 | The view looking east towards Sydney. The main line is on the left, with the loop siding on the right. |
Derriwong | 2005 | The view looking west towards Broken Hill. |
Dora Creek | 2003 | Dora Creek Station overlooking the nearby waterway. |
Dora Creek | 2003 | Dora Creek looking north. |
Dundas | 2004 | The road-side view of Dundas station. |
Dundas | 2004 | The view looking south along the platform towards Clyde. |
Dundas | 2004 | The view looking north along the single platform towards Carlingford. |
Dunedoo | 2003 | The view looking down the line towards Merrygoen. |
Dunedoo | 2003 | Dunnedoo looking back towards the station from the west. |
Dunedoo | 2004 | An NR locomotove heads an ore train through the station. |
Dwyers | 2003 | Only a small concrete structure marks the location of Dwyers. |
Dwyers | 2003 | A close up of what appears to be a concrete tank at Dwyers. |
East Maitland | 2003 | A 2 car Endeavour set heads west through the station. |
Egelabra | 2002 | A view of the siding at Egelabra. |
Euabalong West | 2005 | The signal box is now vandalised and dilapidated. |
Euabalong West | 2005 | The signalling telephones have been removed. |
Euabalong West | 2005 | A wooden box is still mounted on the signal box wall. |
Euabalong West | 2005 | The lever frame remains, with the name plates removed. |
Euabalong West | 2005 | The chalkboard used to keep a tally of grain on hand. The last entry is dated 1988. |
Euabalong West | 2005 | The view looking east towards Sydney. |
Euabalong West | 2005 | A close-up of the decorated loading bank face. |
Euabalong West | 2005 | The loading bank has been decorated by the locals. |
Euabalong West | 2005 | A removed lever frame sits in the old truck loading dock. |
Euabalong West | 2005 | Grafitti. |
Euabalong West | 2005 | Grafitti. |
Fassifern | 2003 | The back of Toronto Branch line platform. |
Fassifern | 2003 | The main complex at Fassifern Station. |
Findlay Siding | 2006 | The remains of a culvert at the former siding location. |
Findlay Siding | 2006 | The remains of a culvert adjacent to the main road. |
Florida | 2003 | No trace remains of the one-time station. |
Gelco | 2004 | The view of the Ampol siding at Baker Street, looking towards the end of the siding. |
Gelco | 2004 | The view looking down over the up end of the Gelco sidings. |
Gelco | 2004 | Where ther Ampol siding crossed Baker Street, the tracks are still present in the road. This is looking back up the line. |
Gelco | 2004 | Branching off the Gelco sidings was the one-time Total Oil Siding, later known as the Ampol Siding. This is the view looking back towards the junction, where the line crosses Ocean Street. |
Gelco | 2004 | Various safeworking equipment including signal BY3, the driver's emergency pushbutton for the same, and a telephone. The Botany relay and traffic room is in the background. This is at the up end of the Gelco sidings. |
Gelco | 2004 | A close-up of the well-graffittied Botany relay room. |
Gelco | 2004 | The location where the Ampol siding crosses Ocean Street, just after branching off the main line. |
Gelco | 2004 | The down end of the Gelco sidings. The white building is the Kelloggs factory, which is served by a number of short sidings. |
Gelco | 2004 | The view looking down the line towards the Gelco sidings. |
Gilgandra | 2003 | The remains of the fertilizer shed. |
Gilgandra | 2003 | The elevated platform serving the ground frame in the yard. |
Girilambone | 2003 | Age and vandals have worn the main building despite attempts to keep them out. |
Girilambone | 2003 | The interior of part of the station building. |
Girilambone | 2003 | More derelict station buildings. |
Girilambone | 2003 | The 666.5km post in the yard, looking towards Nyngan. |
Girilambone | 2003 | More derelict yard structures. |
Girilambone | 2003 | The view along the platform looking towards Nyngan. |
Girilambone | 2003 | The view of the yard, looking in the direction of Nyngan. |
Girilambone | 2003 | By 2003, no attempt appears to have been made to preserve the station. |
Girilambone | 2004 | The western line between Girilambone and coolabah. Damage done during the floods of 1990 which closed the line. |
Girilambone | 2004 | Flood damage to the western line near Girilambone. |
Girilambone | 2004 | The remains of a short culvert near Girilambone. |
Glen Innes | 2003 | The view to the north of Glen Innes, looking towards Tenterfield. |
Glenariff | 2003 | The line at Glenariff, looking back towards Nyngan. |
Glenariff | 2003 | The view looking north towards Bourke. The line has been cut to cater for the road to the nearby property of the same name. |
Glenariff | 2004 | The old platform sign is now on the property of same name. |
Glenariff | 2004 | The view looking back towards Nyngan. |
Glenariff | 2004 | The 725km post is still in good condition. The one-time station was located 50m beyond this post. |
Gobondery | 2005 | The view looking north towards Tottenham. The one-time station was on the right of the main line (just out of frame). |
Gobondery | 2005 | Only the signpost remains of the station. |
Goninans Works | 2003 | The approach of siding to Goninan's premises. The branch to the left is a one-time line to Waratah Colliery. |
Goninans Works | 2003 | The gate where Goninan's Siding enters the main premises. |
Gravesend | unknown | The view looking along the line past the grain silo, in the direction of Moree. |
Greta | 2004 | The view of platform 1, looking west. |
Greta | 2004 | The small passenger shelter on the up platform. |
Greta | 2004 | The view looking west which clearly shows the old low-level platforms and the newer ones. The one-time line serving the Whitburn and Leconfield Collieries branched off in the distance to the right. |
Greta | 2004 | The station has been restored, but the platform is partially fenced off. |
Greta | 2004 | 8224 at the head of a load coal train dwarfs the station building. |
Greta | 2004 | The fenced-off older part ofthe up platform is dwarfed by the passing coal hoppers. |
Greta | 2004 | The station buildings on the fenced off section have been boarded up. |
Greta | 2004 | The view of the down platform, showing the modern raised section. |
Greta | 2004 | The road-side view of the station building. |
Gungal | 2004 | A kilometre post in the vicinity of the one-time Gungal station. |
Gungal | 2004 | The mound which may be the only remains of the station. |
Gungal | 2004 | The view looking down the line towards Merriwa. |
Gungal | 2004 | The view looking up the line towards Sandy Hollow. |
Guyra | 2003 | Guyra Station has a farm machinery museum attached to it now. |
Hawkesbury River | 2004 | The southern approach to the station, which is visible in the top left corner. |
Hawkesbury River | 2004 | The view looking north along the platform. At the end of the embankment in in the distance, the track enter the Long Island Tunnel. |
Hawkesbury River | 2004 | Looking south over the station, with the township of Brooklyn behind it. |
Hawkesbury River | 2004 | The view looking south along platform 1. |
Hawkesbury River | 2004 | The picturesque outlook from the station over the Hawkesbury River. |
Hermidale | 2003 | The old goods ramp, looking in the direction of Nyngan, |
Hexham | 2003 | Hexham box, hidden behind shrubs looking towards Newcastle. |
Hexham | 2003 | The view from the island platform looking down the coal roads towards Maitland. |
Hexham | 2003 | The view down the Hexham Straight towards Maitland. |
High Street | 2003 | Diesel railcars 631+??? sit at High Street in this view from the footbridge looking towards Maitland. |
Hilldale | 2004 | The short platform at Hilldale, looking towards Maitland. |
Hillston | 2003 | Hillston Yard looking south. |
Hillston | 2003 | The signal at the entrance to Hillston yard. |
Hillston | 2003 | A view of Hillston yard looking towards Roto. |
Hillston | 2003 | Hillston staff hut. |
Islington Junction | 2003 | Islington Signal Box. |
Ivanhoe | 2005 | The view looking across to the station in a westerly direction. |
Ivanhoe | 2005 | The platform with its nameboard still present. |
Ivanhoe | 2005 | The sgnal box at the western end of the station. |
Ivanhoe | 2005 | A view of the well-preserved station and signal box buildings. |
Ivanhoe | 2005 | The jib crane sits idles, opposite the station. |
Ivanhoe | 2005 | The elevated water tank. |
Ivanhoe | 2005 | A westbound freighter with double-stacked containers passes through the station. |
Jct (Byrock) | 2003 | The line to Brewarinna (on the right) just after the junction at Byrock. |
Jct (Byrock) | 2003 | The line to Brewarinna (on the right) just after the junction at Byrock. |
Jct (Byrock) | 2003 | The view looking back towards Byrock, with the branch line on the left. |
Jct (Byrock) | 2003 | The view looking back towards Byrock, with the branch line on the left. |
Jct (Byrock) | 2003 | The remains of the branch line curving away as it enters private property. |
Jct (Byrock) | 2003 | The remains of the branch line curving away as it enters private property. |
Jct (Camellia) | 2004 | The view looking towards the road-side entrace to the station. The level crossing in the foreground is the goods branch to Sandown. |
Kadungle | 2005 | The view looking south towards Bogan Gate. The one-time station was on the right hand side in the distance. |
Kadungle | 2005 | A close-up of the silo, with the station's signpost sitting opposite. |
Kiacatoo | 2005 | The view looking east towards Parkes. |
Kooragang Island | 2003 | Old disused wagons in one of the industrial sidings on Kooragang. |
Kooragang Island | 2003 | The Blue Circle siding as it approaches the cement works. |
Kooragang Island | 2003 | A derelict 45 class locomotive rests on one of the many disused industrial sidings. |
Kooragang Island | 2003 | A side-one view of the disused 42102 and some cement wagons in the Blue Circle cement works. |
Kooragang Island | 2003 | 42102 sits idle in the Blue Circle cement works. |
Kooragang Island | 2003 | A view of the Blue Circle Cement Works private siding. |
Kotara | 2003 | Kotara island platform looking towards Newcastle. |
Kurri Road | 2004 | The remains of Kurri Road platform, looking towards Stanford Methyr. |
Kurri Road | 2004 | A closer view of the down-side platform. |
Kurri Road | 2004 | The formation as is passes through the location of Kurri Road. |
Kurri Road | 2004 | The remains of the platform, almost hidden in the undergrowth. |
Lithgow | 2003 | Lithgow Yard. |
Lochinvar | 2004 | The view looking west of the two short modern passenger platforms. |
Lochinvar | 2004 | A close-up of the shed containing the equipment controlling the adjacent level crossing. |
Lowlands | 2003 | All that remains at Lowlands. This view is looking towards Hillston. |
Manns Tank | 2005 | The concrete pads that served as the base of the one-time tank. |
Manns Tank | 2005 | The view looking down the line towards Bourke. |
Manns Tank | 2005 | The view looking back up the line towards Nyngan. |
Manns Tank | 2005 | The water source for the Manns Tank. The line is visible in the left background. |
Marooma | 2003 | No trace remains of the one-time station at Marooma. This is the view looking towards Nyngan. |
Marooma | 2003 | The view of the line looking towards Bourke. |
Mascot | 2004 | The view looking up the line towards the city. |
Matakana | 2003 | The western end of the loop siding at Matakana. |
Matakana | 2003 | The view from the platform looking east towards Euabalong West. |
Matakana | 2003 | The spartan platform at Matakana, with what appears to be a gangers shed behind. |
Matakana | 2008 | Telephone and emergency equipment mounted outside one of the huts at the location. |
Mendooran | 2003 | Mendooran looking towards Troy Junction. |
Merah North | 2003 | The view looking along the wheat siding towards Narrabri. |
Merah North | 2003 | The view looking down the wheat siding towards Walgett. |
Merah North | 2003 | The crossover from the main line on the right to the loop siding. This is taken looking towards Narrabri. |
Merah North | 2003 | The A frame and staff hut. |
Merah North | 2003 | A close-up of the A frame. It has been relocated from the main platform. |
Merah North | 2003 | The view looking along the former station platform in the direction of Narrabri. |
Merriwagga | 2008 | The station sign board has been preserved moved to a nearby location. |
Merriwagga | 2008 | A plaque describing the preservation of the station name board. |
Merriwagga | 2008 | The view looking north towards the silo complex. |
Merrygoen | 2003 | The view looking along the platform in the direction of Binnaway. The line on the left is the cross-country line from Dubbo, that on the right is from Sydney. |
Merrygoen | 2003 | The view looking down the yard in the direction of Binnaway. The station is in the distance behind a tree. |
Merrygoen | 2003 | The short raised platform holding the ground frame controlling the yard. |
Merrygoen | 2003 | The landmark signal on the approach to Merrygoen yard. |
Merrygoen | 2003 | A pair of elevated water tanks. |
Merrygoen | 2003 | A view of the interior of the signal box. |
Merrygoen | 2003 | The view of the junction between the cross-country line to Dubbo (on the left) and the line to Wallerawang and Sydney (on the right). |
Merrygoen | 2003 | A close-up of the ground frame in the yard. |
Merrygoen | 2005 | The view looking towards the junction, with a set of 3 NR locos waiting in the siding. |
Merrywinebone | 2004 | The view looking south from Merrywinebone. The siding in the distance in the Namoi Cotton Co-op siding. |
Merrywinebone | 2004 | The massive silo at Merrywinebone which is now the end of the branch line. |
Merrywinebone | 2004 | The Merrywinebone staff hut. |
Merrywinebone | 2004 | The view looking towards the stop block which marks the current end of the line. |
Meryula | 2003 | The only sign of this one-time location is the nearby property of the same name. |
Metford | 2004 | The stark footbridge and lifts serving the comparatively new station of Metford. |
Metford | 2004 | The view of the island platform looking west towards Newcastle, with the Coal Roads on the far left. |
Miandetta | 2003 | The water tank is all that remains of the one-time crossing station. |
Morandoo | 2003 | The entrance to the former BHP steelworks. |
Morandoo | 2003 | A shunting loco sits inside the former BHP site. |
Morandoo | 2003 | An old FreightCorp brake van sites between some open V-Line wagons. |
Morandoo | 2003 | Three NR locos site idle in the yard. |
Morandoo | 2003 | BHP junction looking back into Morandoo yard. |
Mount Hope | 2003 | Not much remains at Mount Hope. This piece of track in the area that was the end of the line. |
Mount Hope | 2003 | Pieces of track and demolished buildings are all that remains at the ruins at Mount Hope. |
Mount Hope | 2003 | More ruins. |
Mullengudgery | 2003 | The station sign board has been moved and now identifies a local property. |
Muronbung | 2003 | Only the grain silos and loop remain of the crossing station at Muronbong. |
Narromine | 2002 | The turntable has been preserved but is no longer in use. |
Narromine | 2003 | National Rail locos BL 27 and BL33 in SteelLink livery sit in the Narromine yard. |
Neath | 2003 | Neath platform. |
Neath | 2004 | The remains of the Down Main are still embedded in the road, just to the south of the station. |
Neilrex | 2003 | The view of the silos at Neilrex, looking back towards Merrygoen. |
Nevertire | 2003 | A line of wagons sit in wait in front of the silos. |
Newcastle | 2003 | The view looking along platform 1, with an inter-urban set waiting to leave. |
Newcastle | 2003 | The view looking down the line towards Woodville Junction. |
Newcastle | 2003 | Newcastle Signal Box, located to the north of the station. |
Nyngan | 2003 | Nyngan station looking back in the direction of Dubbo. The station building is now a museum. |
Nyngan | 2003 | The view of yard beyond the station, looking west. The one-time junction of the Main West and Cobar branch was about 2km further along. |
Nyngan | 2003 | Wheat hoppers being filled at the wheat silo. |
Nyngan Junction | 2003 | Some pieces of rail are all the remain of the track in the vicinity of the junction. The Cobar branch runs along the levee bank in the right background. |
Nyngan Junction | 2003 | The level crossing where the Cobar branch curves around towards Cobar. The telegraphs are where the main west would have continued on had the junction not been removed after the 1989 floods. |
Occidental Mine | 2003 | Pieces of track close to the Occidental Mine remains. |
Occidental Mine | 2003 | Occidental Mine. All track has been lifted in the vicinity. |
Ootha | 2005 | The view looking east towards Parkes. |
Ootha | 2005 | The view looking west towards roken Hill. |
Padstow | 2003 | Padstow, looking towards the airport/city. |
Parkes | 2003 | Locomotive 42210 and various wagons sit idle in the yard. |
Parramatta Road Crossing | 2004 | The level crossing looking east down Parramatta Road. |
Parramatta Road Crossing | 2004 | A close-up of the signal box which controls the level crossing. |
Paterson | 2004 | The road-side view of the station building at Patterson. |
Peak Hill | 2003 | All that remains of the station is the staff hut and lever frame platform. |
Peak Junction | 2003 | Peak Junction on The Peak Branch line. The Cobar Branch line is in the background. |
Peak Junction | 2003 | The scarce remains of The Peak Branch as it crosses the road after Peak Junction and heads towards Wades Siding. Wades Siding is now built over by engineering and mining business. |
Pokataroo | 2003 | The view looking towards the end of the line at the terminus station of Pokataroo. |
Pokataroo | 2002 | The base of the jib crane. |
Pokataroo | 2004 | The remaining tracks at Pokataroo are well and truly overgrown. |
Pokataroo | 2004 | The buffer stop at the end of the line, which never reached Collarenebri. |
Pokataroo | 2004 | The view from behind the stop block looking towards Merrywinebone. |
Pokataroo | 2004 | A small bridge not far from Pokataroo. |
Pokataroo | 2007 | The remains of a fixed signal in the overgrown yard. |
Pokataroo | 2007 | The remains of the job crane. |
Pokataroo | 2007 | The view looking along the loading bank. |
Poolamacca | 2006 | A sign on the adjacent property bearing the same name. |
Poolamacca | 2006 | The old line bed is the raised section in the right foreground. This is the view looking back down towards Broken Hill. |
Poolamacca | 2006 | Even after 80 odd years you can still see where the line was. This is the view looking towards Tarrawingee. |
Rankins Springs | 2008 | The view looking from the remains of the station towards the grain silos. |
Rankins Springs | 2008 | A sempahore signal on a lattice post is still present in the yard. |
Raspberry Colliery | 2003 | A section of the rail has been preserved outside Marathon Stadium. |
Raspberry Colliery | 2003 | The remains of the branch line, embedded in the road where it crosses Vista Parade, Kotara South. The cycle track adjacent roughly follows the line as it heads towards the Scholey Street Junction. |
Raspberry Colliery | 2003 | The concrete supports in the stormwater channel are where the branch line crossed over adjacent to Griffiths Road Broadmeadow. |
Raspberry Colliery | 2003 | The location of the colliery is now marked by this sign, near Kirkdale Drive, Charlestown. |
Raspberry Colliery | 2003 | The reserve which now marks the location of the one-time Raspberry Colliery. |
Revesby | 2003 | Revesby, looking towards East Hills. |
Rosehill | 2004 | The view looking north along the platform towards Carlingford. |
Rosehill | 2004 | The view looking south along the platform towards Clyde. Note the length of platform 1, and the signals mounted mid-platform. |
Rosehill | 2004 | The view looking across to platform 1, with the racecourse stands in the background. |
Roto | 2003 | Roto 'yard', looking towards Matakana. |
Roto | 2003 | The south junction of Roto triangle, looking directly towards the Broken Hill line about 300m away. |
Roto | 2003 | The south junction of Roto triangle, looking towards Hillston. |
Roto | 2003 | Roto East Junction. |
Roto | 2003 | The west junction of Roto triangle was lifted in 1987. |
Roto | 2003 | The location of the one-time east triangle junction. |
Roto | 2003 | The remains of the south-east leg of the triangle, looking towards Hillston. |
Roto | 2003 | Container flats and the water tank, in a view looking towards Broken Hill. |
Roto | 2003 | A derelict building at Roto. |
Roto | 2003 | An old water gin sits appropriately next to the elevated water tank, looking towards Broken Hill. |
Roto | 2003 | A closer view of the abandoned water gin. |
Roto | 2003 | The remains of a water tank. |
Rowena | 2004 | The 682 km post just south of Rowena, looking north. |
Rowena | 2004 | The overgrown goods bank, and silos. |
Rowena | 2004 | Another overgrown loading bank at Rowena. |
Rowena | 2004 | Silos at Rowena, looking north. |
Rydalmere | 2004 | The northern end of the relocated Rydalmere station. Note the use of wooden supports for the overhead. |
Sandgate | 2003 | A fully loaded coal train waits for the road on a rainy afternoon at Sandgate. |
Sandgate | 2003 | The locked gates at the entrance to Toll's Siding. |
Sandgate | 2003 | A fully loaded coal train waits for the road on a rainy afternoon at Sandgate. |
Sandgate | 2003 | An EL class loco sits next to stacked containers in the Toll Siding. |
Sandgate | 2003 | A busy day at Sandgate! An empty coal train heads back to the colliery, an up Endeavour railset has paused at the station, and a freight train headed by JL401 sits in Toll's Siding. |
Sandgate | 2003 | Empty and loaded coal trains pass each other on the coal roads. |
Sandgate | 2003 | A train headed by JL401/JL403/JL404/??? in different liveries, works Toll's Siding. |
Sandgate | 2003 | A southbound XPT and freight trains pass through Sandgate. |
Sandgate | 2004 | A great night-time shot of the station, looking down the line. |
Sandgate | 2004 | A close-up of the remote points equipment controlling the entrance to Tolls siding. |
Sandgate | 2004 | A night view of the illuminated station sign. |
Sandgate Cemetery | 2003 | The rails are just visible through the grasss as the line curves towards the station. |
Sandgate Cemetery | 2003 | The rails are still evident as the line curves towards the junction at Sandgate station. |
Sandgate Cemetery | 2003 | The platform and the B lever frame which controlled the up end of the loop siding. |
Sandgate Cemetery | 2003 | The view of the platform looking towards the end of the line. The remains of the run-around siding are also visible through the grass. |
Sandgate Cemetery | 2004 | A road sign indicates the one-time use of the branch line. |
Sandgate Cemetery | 2003 | The approach to the junction. The line in the right foreground is Tolls Siding. |
Sandown | 2004 | The Shell sidings which branch off the line at the intersection of Grand Ave and Durham Ave. |
Sandown | 2004 | A shutdown X53 loco sits outside the Shell refinery. |
Sandown | 2004 | Looking down Grand Ave from the Shell sidings. |
Sandown | 2004 | Looking at the location of Sandown today. |
Sandy Hollow | 2003 | The remains of the line heading north towards Merriwa. |
Sandy Hollow | 2003 | The view looking towards the former station location and the junction of the branch line. |
Singleton | 2004 | The view looking along the platform towards Maitland. |
Singleton | 2004 | The road-side view of the station. |
Singleton | 2004 | |
Singleton | 2004 | The view looking north along the platform. |
Stanford Merthyr | 2004 | The view looking towards the one-time location of Stanford Merthyr Colliery. No trace remains today. |
Stanford Merthyr | 2004 | The Station Hotel still stands opposite the location of the one-time passenger platform. |
Summervale | 2003 | Little remains at the one-time staff crossing station of Summervale. |
Summervale | 2003 | Another view of the remains. |
Sutherland | 2003 | The view from a Tangara set, looking along the platform. |
Sydenham | 2004 | An up Millenium train approaches Sydenham platform 1. |
Sydenham | 2004 | The busy track-work to the south of the station. The main Illawarra lines extend to the middle distance, with the tracks on the right leading to the Bankstown line and the Meeks Road servicing centre. The bridge over the top carries the Botany Goods Line. |
Sydenham | 2004 | The somewhat unusual roadside entrance to the station. |
Tarcoon | 2003 | The remains of the yard at Tarcoon, facing in the direction of Brewarrina. The platform on the left is the loading platform. |
Tarcoon | 2003 | Remains of the partially-lifted siding. |
Tarcoon | 2003 | The up end of the lifted siding. |
Tarcoon | 2003 | The remains of the station, looking north towards Brewarrina. |
Tarcoon | 2005 | Not much left of the old branch line. What hasnt been lifted is getting fenced off or taken over by Mother Nature. This photograph is between Compton Downs and Tarcoon. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The vicinity of the end of the line, looking back towards Broken Hill. The area is extensively flood damaged. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The view of the station remains, looking towards Broken Hill. The passenger platform is on the right. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The remains of the former passenger platform. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | A close up of the remains of the goods platform. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The base of a structure near the entrance to the yard. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | A bridge support just south of Tarrawingee. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | 1The last large bridge before you enter Tarrawingee Yard. This is the view looking towards Broken Hill. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The entrance to the yard just after it crosses over the road into the yard. This is looking into the yard. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The view at the entrance to the main part of the yard. It is still strewn with debris after all this time. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The base of one of several structures in the yard. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The remains of a water tank in the yard. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The view looking towards the platforms. There appears to be formations of at least three track at this point. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The base of a structure in the yard, looking towards end of the line. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The view looking towards the goods platform and the end of the line. |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The goods platform (left) and passenger platform (right). |
Tarrawingee | 2006 | The unusual construction of the goods platform. |
Tarrion | 2003 | The old station sign now at entrance to property of same name. |
Telarah | 2004 | The view looking north from Telarah Street of the sidings. Telarah station is in the far distance. |
Telarah | 2004 | A closer view of the sidings. The line to the left leads to a pair of perway sidings. |
Telarah | 2004 | The view looking south from the northern end of the yard. NR83 waits opposite the station for the afternoon XPT to cross over before it can head north on to the single-track line. |
Telarah | 2004 | The view of Telarah station from the vicinity of the perway sidings. |
Telarah | 2004 | The northern end of the triangle loop which connects to the Main North heading west. |
Telopea | 2004 | The view looking north along the platform. |
Telopea | 2004 | The pedestrian crossing at the southern end of the station. There are comparatively few pedestrian crossings in the Sydney metropolitan area. |
Telopea | 2004 | The view looking north, showing the lightness of the infrastructure. |
The Troffs | 2005 | The view looking back up the line in the direction of Tottenham. |
Thornton | 2003 | The view looking back towards Newcastle. |
Tikkara | 2003 | The Tikkara station board has been moved to a nearby location. |
Tottenham | 2005 | The entrance to the yard, looking south. |
Tottenham | 2005 | The view looking south along the heavily rationalised yard. |
Tottenham | 2005 | A wheat train headed by a pair of 48 class locos is sitting in the Wheat Siding. This is the view looking north. The siding leading off the the right leads to the turntable. |
Tottenham | 2005 | The Emergency Equipment Hut in the yard. |
Tottenham | 2005 | The view looking north towards the silos. The one-time loop siding between the existing tracks has been removed. |
Trangie | 2004 | 8144 heads a wheat train, in this view looking towards Nyngan. |
Trangie | 2003 | The view looking across towards the station, in the direction of Bourke. |
Tullamore | 2005 | The view looking north along the silo siding. |
Tullamore | 2005 | The remains of the station, complete with lever frame and nameboard. |
Tullamore | 2005 | The view looking towards the southern end of the silo siding. |
Tullamore | 2005 | A derail and indicator at the southern end of the yard. |
Tullamore | 2005 | A close-up of a points indicator on a derail in the yard. |
Tullamore | 2005 | The view looking north showing (from left to right) the main line, loop line and goods siding. The gantry crane and goods siding were associated with a partly-lifted goods siding. |
Tullamore | 2005 | The view looking north from the southern entrance to the yard. |
Tullamore | 2005 | The view looking north towards Tottenham. |
Tullamore | 2005 | The view looking north along the silo siding. |
Tullamore | 2005 | The view looking south along the goods siding, |
Tullamore | 2005 | The view looking south along the loop line. |
Tullamore | 2005 | The view looking south across towards the goods loading bank. |
Tullamore | 2005 | A pair of dead end sidings in the yard. |
Tullamore | 2005 | The gantry crane and goods shed. |
Ulan Coal Loader | 2004 | Ulan coal mine and Loader. |
Ulan Junction | 2004 | The view looking towards the coal loader. The line in the foreground is the main line between Sandy Hollow and Gulgong, with the other tracks forming the balloon loop. |
Ulan Junction | 2004 | The view looking towards the coal loader. The line in the foreground is the main line between Sandy Hollow and Gulgong, with the other tracks forming the balloon loop. |
Ulan Junction | 2004 | The hut controlling the Ulan Mine entrance level crossing. |
Ulan Junction | 2004 | The hut controlling the Ulan Mine entrance level crossing. |
Ulan Junction | 2004 | The view looking west along the line from mine entrace level crossing. |
Ulan Junction | 2004 | The view looking west along the line from mine entrace level crossing. |
Victoria Street | 2004 | 8203 heads a loaded coal train past the station, in this view looking towards Maitland. |
Victoria Street | 2004 | The view looking up the line towards Newcastle at the tail end of a loaded coal train. |
Walgett | 2003 | The view of the yard remains, looking back up in the direction of the wheat terminal which is now the terminus of the branch. |
Walgett | 2003 | The view looking along the painted goods loading bank away form the terminus. |
Walgett Wheat Terminal | 2003 | The view looking towards the wheat terminal. |
Walgett Wheat Terminal | 2003 | The stop block which marks the end fo the line. The final 4km to Walgett is no longer in use. |
Wallsend | 2003 | The location of the one-time Wallsend Station near the end of the branch. Note the Terminus Hotel in the background. |
Wallsend | 2003 | Replicas of the gates which once guarded the crossing of Nelson Street. The track continued on a short distance further to Wallsend Colliery. |
Wangi Power Station | 2003 | Wangi Power Station. |
Warabrook | 2003 | The view looking west towards Warabrook, where the coal roads dive under the main lines. Hanbury Junction signal box is visible in the middle distance. |
Wave Hill | 2003 | The somewhat oddly-maintained platform at Wave Hill. |
Wave Hill | 2005 | The station is now fenced off and locked. The line and original platform are where 2nd telegraph pole is. |
Wee Waa | 2005 | The view from the down end of the yard looking towards the silos and station. |
Weston | 2003 | The signal box has been destroyed by fire. |
Weston | 2003 | The steps up to the now burnt out box. |
Weston | 2003 | The disconnected rodding and debris from the fire. |
Weston | 2004 | Another view of the lever frame. |
Weston | 2004 | The view looking up the line at the station. The truncated line is the former Up Main, with the Down Main on the right. |
Weston | 2004 | Another view looking up the line. The puddle on the left marks the location of a recently-demolished shed. |
Weston | 2003 | The view along Weston platform, looking towards Cessnock. |
Weston | 2003 | The approach to Weston signal box, looking towards Maitland. |
Whitburn Colliery | 2004 | This is the thick scrub bordering the area around Anvil Creek where the colliery line crossed. No trace remains of the rail line that once traversed this creek. |
Whitburn Colliery | 2004 | All that remains at Whitburn Colliery itself. |
Whitburn Colliery | 2004 | The view from the site of Whitburn Colliery across to the colliery office, now used as Greta Workers Club. |
Whitburn Colliery | 2004 | More remains of the colliery looking through the scrub to where the colliery stood. No track remnants could be located. |
Whitburn Colliery | 2004 | Remains from Whitburn Colliery on the small hill adjacent to Anvil Creek. |
Whitburn Colliery | 2004 | The remains of the air chimney and the fan house at Whitburn Colliery. |
Wickham | 2004 | A night shot of the level crossing at the Newcastle end of the station. |
Wickham | 2004 | Wickham Signal Box. |
Wickham | 2004 | Another view of Wickham signal box. |
Wilga Tank | 2005 | The view looking along the track towards Bourke. The reservoir in the distance served the one-time watering facility. |
Wilga Tank | 2005 | The view looking back towards Nyngan. |
Wilga Tank | 2005 | The reservoir servicing the former water tank. |
Wilga Tank | 2005 | The remains of the base of the water tank. |
Wilga Tank | 2005 | A closer-up of the decaying brick foundations. |
Wilga Tank | 2005 | The general area around Wilga Tank. This view is looking south. The rise in the ground is the line, now covered in growth. |
Wiragulla | 2004 | The short modern platform at Wirragulla. |
Wiragulla | 2004 | Wirragulla platform, looking back towards Maitland. |
Woodville Junction | 2003 | Woodville Junction signal box, hidden under the Donald Street Bridge at Hamilton. The actual junction is about 300-400 metres to the right of the signal box. |
Woodville Junction | 2003 | Woodville Junction signal box, hidden under the Donald Street Bridge at Hamilton. The actual junction is about 300-400 metres to the right of the signal box. |
Wyee | 2003 | The loader adjacent to the Cement Siding. |
Wyee | 2003 | A view of the cement siding at the northern end of the station. |
Wyee | 2003 | The view looking south along the station from the footbridge. |
Wyee | 2003 | Another view of the cement siding. |
Wyee | 2003 | Down side of Wyee Station looking towards Sydney. |
Wyuna Downs | 2004 | The level-crossing warning sign, faded by temperatures reaching over 50C, near Wyuna Downs. |
Wyuna Downs | 2004 | The level-crossing sign, warning of trains long after the last one went by. |
Wyuna Downs | 2005 | The track around Wyuna Downs is mostly lifted, and has been re-used by locals. |
Yanco Glen | 2006 | The supports for a large culvert very near where the original platform would have been. |
Yanco Glen | 2006 | Culvert remains near where the original platform would have been. |
Yanco Glen | 2006 | Some old bridge supports in a creek adjacent to Yanco Glen. |
Yanco Glen | 2006 | A side-on view of the supports where the track crossed a creek. |
Yanco Glen | 2006 | Barely visible marking paint on a bridge support. |
Yanco Glen | 2006 | Old dog spikes are still in the track bed. Where the car and roadsigns are in the background is where the line crossed the road and continued on towards Tarrawingee. |
Yarrabandai | 2005 | The view looking east towards Parkes. From left to right, the tracks are te dead end silo siding, the loop siding and the main line. |
Yarrabandai | 2005 | The view looking west. |
Yarrabandai | 2005 | The goods loading bank, which was served by the now-lifted goods siding. |
Yarrabandai | 2005 | The view looking east along the Up Siding shows a derailer at the down end. |
Yarrabandai | 2005 | A close-up of the derailer on the Up Siding. |
Yarrabandai | 2005 | The Emergency Equipment Box at Yarrabandai. |
Yethera | 2005 | The view looking south from the northern end of the grain siding. |
Yethera | 2005 | The view looking north. |