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Now at Dorrigo, in pieces.
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There's a story to this fire.
The Henry Parkes government was under scrutiny over land deals and routes chosen by the NSW railways, which seemed to go through properties owned by Parkes and his benefactors.
Parkes ordered all relevant documents for the inquiry to be stored in the basement of the Garden Palace. Just before the inquiry was due to commence, the Garden Palace was destroyed in the biggest conflagration that Sydney had seen. All materials stored in the basement were lost.
The Sydney Morning Herald pointed the finger at Premier Parkes, but no proof was found.
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One of the few remaining Martello towers in the world.
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In colonial days, visiting warships had to moor here, so that Sydney was outside the range of their early cannon. It was a "neutral bay" for visitors.
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3265 was painted maroon, and carried the name "Hunter" for the Northern Commercial Limited Express - later known as the Newcastle Flyer.
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aka "Heartbreak Hill" for the Sydney Bondi run.
Flying boat base in the background.
I remember watching the trams and flying boats here, when I was a kid. The tram is on its way to Watsons Bay.
The tram depot was in Rushcutters Bay - it later became a tenpin bowling alley.
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I often got a cab ride on the Camden line. It was a real "I think I can" train, sometimes making a couple of runs to get up the grade with a loaded van of milk from the Nepean Dairy company.
Good hamburgers at the milkbar by the station.
If only Narellan and Camden still had their railway.
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Top points. Zig Zag.
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Maruya granite for the pylons.
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Trams for Cabarita, Mortlake and Ashfield had to pass under the railway bridges.
When the suburban lines were widened to six tracks, an extra bridge was built on the southern side of Burwood station.
To allow clearance for trams, the new bridge is higher than the other two.
This meant raising the height of the tracks and the new platforms on the "local" line. It is why there is one platform at Burwood that is higher on one side than the other.
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The carriage is a CCA car. In the one car there was first and second class smoking, first and second class non-smoking, and a guard's compartment.
This was a great trip. The crews were friendly, and a cab ride was always allowed.
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Funnels of one of the "sisters", Dee Why or Curl Curl, at the wharf. You can identify them by their offset funnels - one in the middle and the other to the side of it.
Circular Quay station finally under construction.
The girders from the Hawkesbury River railway bridge construction site, which were used for travelling cranes at Long Island, will be transported here and incorporated into the new station.
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Bebarfalds Corner.
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Deep fried ice cream.
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Lavendar Bay station entrance is next to the coupled E Sets.
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A Bucyrus excavator.
I used to take tours through the tunnels that "sweep round to the left".
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That is JJC Bradfield in the foreground.
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Fort Macquarie was actually a fort then. Before it became a tram depot, and the Opera House.