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Rails across Australia
2007
 
An Up Coal train is bound for Port Waratah and the loader at Carrington, the smaller of the two loaders at Newcastle.
Wed 3rd Jan 2007
Sandgate NSW 28 Dec 2006
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2006
 
NR13 rolls along at the head of 1WP2 near Junee on Sunday 10 September 2006.
Sun 10th Sep 2006
South 2006
Veteran 'bulldog' unit GM27 leads Alco 4471 at the head of local freight service T176 on the Goods Line at Hurlstone Park on 17 May 2006.
Fri 11th Aug 2006
Sydney in 2006
A view of the Down platform from the southern end of the Up platform. The footbridge was closed for some years but it has been restored to service.
Sun 2nd Apr 2006
Yass Junction
 
The sun is setting at Raglan, near Bathurst, on 24 April 2006. The station was last attended on a regular basis in 1988, but the closure of the signal box saw the removal of the remaining personnel. Now surrounded by a security fence and facing an uncertain future, the station still stands.
Mon 24th Apr 2006
Infrastructure around NSW in 2006
NR112 and NR55 (the latter in the TrailerRail colour scheme) approach Gloucester with 3BM2 on 14 March 2006.
Tue 14th Mar 2006 to Wed 15th Mar 2006
NSW North Coast railway line 2006
Empty cotton containers are heading for Narrabri behind aging Alco units on 19 February 2006.
Sun 19th Feb 2006
Branxton 19 February 2006
 
The train working telephone, train control phone and train register
Sat 29th Apr 2006
Queanbeyan signal box
The intersection of Latrobe and Spencer Sts is a busy junction and sees constant tram movements throughout the day.
Tue 11th Jul 2006
Melbourne trams and trains
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2005
 

Sat 23rd Jul 2005 to Sun 24th Jul 2005
July 2005
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1986
 
Opened in 1878, Lithgow Yard signal box is the oldest signal box still in use in NSW. It has even survived the electrification of the line from Sydney to Lithgow.
Wed 1st Jan 1986 to Sun 31st Dec 1989
NSW railway infrastructure 1986 - 1989
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1985
 
The exterior of the signal box.
Sun 4th Aug 1985
Demondrille North signal box August 1985
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1984
 
The derelict and vandalised building on the Down platform at Tarro in August 1984 no longer stands. Today's passengers must make do with a 'bus shelter' style of building. Note the gap in the platform face that indicates the relative location of the former signal box.
Fri 10th Aug 1984 to Tue 14th Aug 1984
Hunter Valley in 1984
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1981
 
The closed signal box at Snowy Junction, a few km north of Cooma, was still standing many years after it had ceased to operate.
Thu 1st Jan 1981 to Wed 1st Jan 1986
NSW railway infrastructure in the early 1980s
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1980
 
A single decker set races through the suburban station of Summer Hill on the
Wed 9th Jul 1980
Scenes around Sydney - the early 1980s
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