Railway Quadruplioation
No fewer than 15 tenders were received by the Railway Commissioners for the quadraplication of the suburban railway between Croydon and Strathfield. Among this total…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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Railway Holiday Arrangements
The Railway Commissioners have prepared a programme of excursion another arrangements for the approaching holidays, the number of extra trains being largely…
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THE Railway Commissioners have accepted the tender of Mr. D. Proudfoot for the conversion of the Lapstone Zigzag into a deviation on the main Western Railway. The…
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THE traffic on the railway during the past few days has been very heavy, and the exodus of visitors from Sydney to the country has been unusually great. As far as our local station is concerned there…
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AN accident of a rather serious nature occurred at about half-past 5 on Tuesday morning at the railway station at St. Mary's. The goods train which arrived at about 5…
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THE returns have now been received by the railway commissioners regarding the passenger traffic on the railways during the Easter period, and they compare very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Railway on the Tops of Trees
In Sonoma County, California, there exists an original and successful piece of railway engineering and building, which is certainly wonderful. In the upper part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Accident. Narrow Escape of the Paper Express. A Catastrophe Averted
A REMARKABLE narrow escape of what might have been a terrible railway disaster happened to the Paper Express train between Bowral and Burradoo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Time Table. Trains From Bowrat to Sydney
3.3 a.m.—Daily (Sundays excepted). 7.12 a.m.—Mondays only. 9.26 a.m.—Daily (Sundays and Mondays excepted) 9.22 a.m.—Mondays only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Electric Motor's Work
THE New York Sun thus speaks of elcetric power, in which the work of the motor is summed up as follows:—"In some cities, so far has the use of electric motors gone,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Robbery at the Bundanoon Railway Station
SOME consternation was caused in Bundanoon on Sunday evening, when it was discovered by the night officer that a robbery had taken place on the railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Visit of the Railway Commissioners
THE Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Eddy and Oliver, accompanied by Mr. D. Kirkcaldie, chief traffic manager; Mr. Angus, engineer for existing lines; Mr. Parry, outdoor superintendent; and Mr…
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IT certainly seems as if we are never to have the same amount of comforts in connection with the Bowral Railway Station as those who reside in other parts of the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Cqllision at the Eveleigh Tunnel. An Engine-Driver
The approaches to the Eveleigh tunnel were on Thursday evening the scene of a terrible collision resulting in the death of an engine-driver named Robert Bertram…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Employes and the Commissioners
LAST weck a deputation waited upon the colonial treasurer (Mr. McMillan) to bring under his notice the non-recognition by the railway commissioners of the status of the…
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London, Jane 15.—By the collapse of a bridge at Basle, in Switzerland, a train war precipitated Into the river. Sixty passeugers were killed, and 200 were injured…
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With regard to Messrs. M'Gowan and Manuell, two of the candidates for Redfern, it appears that they have held positions a employes in the locomotive branch of the…
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Two boys named John and Robert Davis and a man named Frederick Vallis were charged with offences under the Criminal Law Act, the boys stealing oatmeal and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Train Fired At.—Narrow Escape of Passengers
ON Wednesday night a train from Colac to Geelong was fired at while passing through East Colac. Six persons who were in a compartment at the time appear to have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Tricycle Condemned
AT the inquest on the remains of William Barton, a fettler, who was run over by a special train last week near Wallerawang, the ganger in charge of the section swore that it was dangerous to use the…
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