Images/Photos

[Chris Harding]

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Paddle steamer, General Gordon, Hawkesbury River

Looks like he's on his mobile phone.

 

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Hornsby Railway Goods Yard - circa 1958

30 Class tank. Originally for suburban trains in Sydney. Still used on the Camden and Richmond lines into the 60s and 70s.
Some were converted to tender locos, and worked the branch lines all over the state. Very useful and powerful for their size.

 

[Chris Harding]

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Hornsby Railway Station

A round top "Pig". 36 Class. They were reboilered with Belpaire, square top boilers, from the 1950s.

This engine, 3642, is preserved in running order at the NSW Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere.

 

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Opening of the first Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge - May 1, 1889

C and D Class "high steppers" for express passenger trains. They needed the second locomotive for the grade on the Cowan Bank.

 

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Hornsby Signal Box - 1910

Lever operators had to use a cloth over the lever handles to keep them clean.

 

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Six 38 Class - three on each track. All five streamlined locos, and one non streamlined. The first Aboriginal driver on the system was driving one of these.

This was actually not a load test - the bridge had been well and truly tested. It was a publicity stunt for the media.

 

[Chris Harding]

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Tunneling for the second Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge - December 17, 1940

The old tunnel is still next to the new one, on the Brooklyn side of the river. It's used for equipment storage.

There was no tunnel on the Woy Woy side off the the original bridge. There is one off the current bridge because it had to be located where a tunnel was required. .

 

[Chris Harding]

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Hornsby Railway Station - circa WWI

Definitely WWI - that's a troop train.

 

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Hornsby Railway Station - circa 1930

Have close look at the train on the right. You can see the standard end platform car, and the rest are the same cars already converted for electric train operation. Note how they are wider than the end platform car, to match the wider electric trains .

I'm guessing the photo will be pre 1926, as these cars were ready before electrification and used with steam until 1926, when they were placed into electric service.

 

[Chris Harding]

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Hornsby Railway Station - 1956

35 Class "Nanny". Electrification only extended to Hornsby at this stage,
Telephone box on the platform, and the old weighing machine - your weight for one penny.

 

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Asquith Railway Station - 1982

The "Bulldogs" livery from the Shirley era.

 

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Lawrence Brooks was the oldest livivng ww2 us veteran he died on the 5th this year at112

 

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Railway Square, Sydney - 1935

 

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Carlingford Railway Station - 1958

 

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Firth Street, outside Arncliffe Railway Station.

 

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Sutherland Railway Station - 1977

 

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Preparing tickets, Cronulla Railway Station - December 15, 1939

 

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Pitt Street, Sydney - 1937

 

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King Street, Sydney - 1937

 

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The Silver City Comet, Central Railway Station - April, 1990