These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.
Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport
82 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 2 of 5
"I heard no signal whistle, nor the sound of any approaching train. The train would not be in sight when I turned into Station Street. As soon as I came in sight of the gates I looked to see if they were open or closed, Both Gates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Whilst at Orange recently, Mr. C. Wooller brought under notice of Sir Joseph Carrothers the great good that would accrue to the Bine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reporting on the work of kerbing and guttering round the base of the Soldiers' Memorial Arch, Honour Avenne, for which a special grant of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In respect to a proposed scheme for making part of the old Blaxland Road tra[?]cabin, so as to connect with the Soldiers' Settlement, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Railway Commissioners have requested the Shire Council to notify them when electric current will be available for Faulconbridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the request of the Councillors of "B" and "C" Ridings, a special meeting of the Shire Council was held on Wednesday to consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One of those possibilities which at times flit across the minds of railway travellers in nightmare form actually happend early on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday last, an incident happened on the road to Jenolan Caves that culls for the attention of those who are officially responsible for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In connection with an application by the Blair Athol Coal and Timber Co., Mount Victoria, for permission to construct a connecting railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Last week we recorded that H. C. English, a booking clerk lately in the employ of the railway, was committed for trial for being 6/9 short…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The substitution of the level railway crossing at Katoomba by more modern and adequate means for negotiation by traffic is reasonably within the region of possibility. Little concerning the matter that is official or authentic is known…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A well-known Mountaineer recently bought a mo-car and, being a decent chap, made a resolve never to join the road-hogs. He had been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At Wednesday's meeting of the Shire Council, Engineer F. V. Wikner presented the following report which was unanimously adopted:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Shire Council, at last meeting, adopted a recommendation of the engineer to re-form a section of Gladstone Road, Leura, at an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At lust mauling of the Shire Council, during a discussion on the use of concrete for main roads construction, President P. Wilson said he had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Essendene bridge was built back in 1894 by the Public Works Department, at a cost of 624/4/6. Control was then vested in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Shire Council and the Blair Athol Coal Co. are focussing their attention on the best method of crossing the Great Western Road by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Engineer Hendernan is making great improvement on the stretch of the main Western Road from Essendene Hill to Medlow. The full road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What is known as the Essendone Bridge, on the Main Western Road, on the Western outskirts of katoomba, has caused Engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Approximately, £8000 is to be spent on permanent works, this year, in katoomba and Leura. Of this the allocations for the centres…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →