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Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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"Sick" Engines Worry Train Passengers

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 2

Following last week's train smash at Blaxland, regular train passengers to and from the Blue Mountains have…

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Huge Profits Expected From Motor Races

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 2

The establishment of a circuit for motor tracing in Katoomba would attract as many as 60,000 spectators…

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Road Safety

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 6

The danger caused by children [?]iding tricycles on the roadway has been brought to the notice of the…

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Railway Sleepers

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 1

Following criticism in a leading Sydney newspaper concerning the condition of sleepers on the railway line…

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Burst Water Main Delays Train

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 12

A railway water main, which buret near Wentworth Falls last Friday morning, delayed the…

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Railways May Save £1 14 Million

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 1

New South Wales railways may save £1 14 million yearly when the…

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Move to Save Bridge

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 1

The Blue Mountains City Council is to make immediate representation to the Public Works Department…

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