Disaster to an Express Train
An express train, running from Verona to Munich, was buried by the fall of an avalach[?] in the Tyrol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1903
473 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 24
Excursion Train Stuck up in a Tunnel. The Danger of Lapstone Hill
THE passenger train from Sydney on the 31st reached Bathurst two hours behind time, the cause being a mishap to on excursion train for the mountaine which was running in advance of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Railway Men. Sydney
The Victorian Cabinet hare decided to give short working time to the railway men in preference to dismissing them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Railway Disaster. Collision in Canada
AN appalling railway d[?]aster is reported from Canada. On Christmas Day and express crowded with excursionist, was returning homeward over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Retrenchment in the Railway Service
THE Railway Commissioners have been forced to arrangement to dispense with the service of some 500 casual hands. This measure of economy will not in any way affect the efficiency…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil as Fuel for Railways. Too Costly at Present
IN the course of a report just issued on the possibility of utilising oil as fuel for locomotives on the Victorian railways, the Chief Mechanical Engineer, while admitting that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Victorian Railways. No Dismissals
No men will be retired from the Victorian Railway Department at present, an alternative scheme, viz., to shorten the weekly hours of of employment of all hands, having been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our State Railways. The Recent Dismissals
THE retrenchment scheme being carried into offect by the Railway Commissioners has created some commotion in political circles. It will be remembered that recently an eight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway and Progress Association
A MEETING of the Committee of the Dubbo Railway and Progress Association will be beld on Tuesday evening next at the Town Hall, when important…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Stuck up in a Tunnel
The passenger train from Sydney on Wednesday reached Orange two hoars behind time, the cause being a mishap to an excursion train for the mountains, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Werris Creek Railway
A SEMI-OFFICIAL paragraph in the Sydney press r[?] the Public Works Committee says:-- The Wellington to Werris Crock railway inquiry is awaiting the completion of surveys now being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Proposals. Sydney
The Ministers for Lands and Works have left for Melbourne to consult the Victorian Minister with reference to some railway proposals. Mr. O'Sullivan may…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Receipts. Sydney
On Boxing and New Year's Day receipts on Sydney trams amounted to £3000, nearly a million passengers being carried…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident. Melbourne
While passing through Korumbarrah (Victoria) station on Saturday, an open carriage door struck a pointsman on the head, and in coueequeuce of his letting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident. Sydney
A railway accident occurred on the South Coast line this morning. Immediately after emerging from the cutting near Thirroul Station the driver…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Matters
A semi-official paragraph in the Sydney press re the Public Works Committee says:—"The Wellington to Werris Creek railway inquiry is awaiting the completion of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ford's Bridge. (From our own correspondent.)
On Saturday, 3rd inst., at the Police Court, Ford's Bridge, before Messrs. W. J. A. Davis and O. A. D'Apice, Ja.P., Alfred Burns summoned J. K. Mooro, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cheap Railways
It is safe to say that a lamentable want of energy and also foresight, has been exhibited by past governments of every State, in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Marconi System on Railways. Its Success Established
WIRELESS telegraphy as a means of safety in the operation of trains is among the possibilities of the future on the Grand Trunk system of Canada, (states a telegram from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways Across the Murray. Federal Lines
THE inter-State conference of Cabinet Ministers and railway officials held at Melbourne to consider the matter of extending the Victorian railways across the…
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