A Railway in Suspense
There has been opened in Germany the first suspended passenger railway in the world. It is a mo[?] or single line railway, and is high enough to permit the train to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1903
335 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 17
Four Days on the Trams
A newspaper man recently put in four days and nights, with intervals for rest and refreshment, on the Sydney trams. His final paper was devoted to the all night service,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Iowa Train Held Up
THE Rock Island express was held up towards tho end of November about midnight, within the limits of the City of Davenport, Iowa, by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Election Disturbance. Road Metal Thrown
ON Monday evening a meeting, addressed by Mr. Thomas Ross in support of his candidature for the South Ward of the Waterloo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Losses
The gross earnings on the railways, last quarter shown decrease of £136,559, while there is an increase in the expenditure of £37,534…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Straw Roads
The farmers of Western America are trying the experiment of laying their roads with straw in order to improve them. Every autumn the highways become deep with dust, making travel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Retrenchment
AS usual, [?] there is a shortage of money in the treasury, and [?] is necessary, it is commenced on the roads. [?] retrenchment is still necessary, the road expenditure is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Underground Tram System in London
The London County Council, which has had the matter of traffic reform at heart for a number of years, is of opinion that the solution of the problem is to be found in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality
A man's body was found lying beside the railway line, near Hornsby. The deceased had apparently been run over by a train, but had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Railway Deviation
A PROCLAMATION appears in last Friday's Gazette notifying the Governor's intention to make a deviation in the Grafton-Casino railway line as provided for in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. Our Railway
A NUMBER of navvies commenced work at the Grafton Railway Station Yards last Tuesday morning preparing rails and sleepers and demolishing all the fences…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway accident. Injured Passengers Burned. LONDON
The Baltimore and Ohio express tram collided with a local passenger train at New Jersey. One hundred passengers were killed or injured. The wreckage caught fire, incinerating the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton-Casine Railway. Progress of the Work. an Interview with the Constructing Engineer
Work on the Grafton-Casino railway line having, during the week, reached an interesting stage, a representative of the "Examiner" sought an interview with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Extension
It is worth noting that it is expected to have the line from Lismore to Casino open about the end of March, mid to run an excursion on faster Monday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For Home and Household. Useful Jottings to Interest and Instruct. the Road to Victory
When you've set your head to do it, When your judgment says you're right, When your conscience gives it [?]unction, Then go on with all your might…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Victorian Railway Commissioner
A wire from Melbourne says if terms can be arranged no doubt Commissioner Kirkcaldie will get the position of Chief Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cars As a Railway Accessory
It is a wonder that we haven't associated with the railways where they cross mountains of picturesque beauty light off-shoots to curry observation cars as in Canada. As…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tableland-Coastal Railway
In view of the fact that the proposed railway from Glen Innes to Grafton has virtually been added to the list of "impossibles," it is desirable that the people of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision
In a collision between an engine and an out-going train at Murrurundi on Monday night both locomotives were derailed and three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lismore-Tweed Heads Railway
Mr. Leahy, the Queensland Minister for Works, who has just returned to Brisbane after a toue of New South Wales and Victoria, was questioned as…
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