These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.
Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
5,500 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250
Sir,--In your issue of December 27 I notice "L.J.B.'s" reply to Mr. Carson Wood, and his questioning whether electricity as a power was equal to the driving of our tramway cars up…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SINGLETON, Friday--Some excitement has been caused among the railway community here by several of the men being ordered off to Murrurundi and the statement that others are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Friday.--In accordance with a resolution passed by the House of Assembly last session a Royal Commission has been appointed to inquire into, and report upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With a view to proving the necessity or otherwise of the extension of the Hornsby line to the deep waters of Port Jackson, the Minister of Works has decided to connect by means of a…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →This line, which was opened for traffic on January 1, commences at Horneby Junction at a point 20 miles 68 chains 10 links from Sydney, on the Homebush-Waratah (Strathfield-Hamilton),…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Following the example of the London Board of Trade, the Queensland Railway Commissioners have determined that in all inquiries connected with the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →As a result of the recent application to the Railway Commissioners by a depoutation representing the growers' Union for certain improvements…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Like a set scene from a pantomime, or a veritable "Midsummer Night's Dream," was the view from the grand stand at these grounds on Saturday evening, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—My fellow countryman, your correspondent, "Travelled Cornstalk," must, I think, be a very simple man, or else he has travelled for so long to see how bridges are made in other countries that he has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COWRA, Saturday Night.--An accident occurred very early this morning near Holmwood to the midnight train. Some of the carriages were thrown off the line. The driver and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The mixed tram on Saturday night was four hours and a half late through running off the line between Woodstock and Corowa. No fatal accidents are reported…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About 11 o'clock this morning a dreadful accident happened on the Belmore-road, close to the tramway workshops. Three little, fellows were hanging on behind a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I think the time has arrived for me to refute some of the serious reflections which have from time to time been cast upon me, the latest in your journal being the paragraph of yesterday, which states that, "some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brisbane, Monday.-The floods in North Queensland hare done terrific damage. Thirty-six inches of rain have fallen in Herbert River District since Christmas Eve. The Lands Office…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—At the Oakleigh railway station on the Gippsland line, an accident occurred at an early hour on Sunday morning. A goods train from Warragul rushed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 4.—The London Gap Stokers, at present on strike, have notified to the directors of the South Metropolitan Gas Co. their willingness to resume work,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—[?]n page 4 of the railway time-table for the current[?]onth I find special rates quoted to encourage tourist[?]to various various places of interest on the Southe [?]and Western lines. These tickets are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An accident occurred at the Oakleigh railway station on the Gippsland line early this morning. A goods train from Warragul came into collision with another train standing near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sit,—I note [?]e remarks of your correspondent, D. Henry, re this[?]nuch-talked-of subject. It seems to me that the G[?]rnment have displayed in this matter an incapacity [?]at is pitiable in the eyes of practical…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The train due here at 3.30 a.m. from Harden met with an accident near Holmwood station. The engine, with carriages and brake-van, ran off the rails. A special train from Bathurst passed through here at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →