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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
4,267 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 214
Those who have had the selection of the books which form the library of the new Railway Institute in Sydney have evinced considerable tact and judgment in their choice of the respective volumes,…
Continued on Trove, page 699 →He weren't no saint--them engineers Is all pretty much alike ; One wife in Natchez-under-the-Hill, And another one here in Pike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In approaching the perplexing question of how and where to spend the Easter holidays the first step towards solution will frequently be found in the time-tables published for the Government railways…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last week the Railway Commissioners accepted the tender of Mr. David Proudfoot, at £43,096, for the conversion of the Lapstone Zigzag line into a deviation on the main Western…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →The holiday season, so far, has passed very quietly in Liverpool; and otwithstanding the multitudes that have nocked by rail to the encampment ground at Campbelltown, the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PENRITH, Saturday.—A fatal accident occurred on the railway at Penrith on Friday evening. On the arrival of the express train from Sydney something was noticed to drop from the engine,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At about 1 o'clock yesterday morning Ralph Jones, night watchman at the Geelong railway station, was crossing the line, but was overtaken by an engine drawing a heavy goods train, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--I would like to draw the attention of the tramway authorities, through the medium of your journal, to the necessity for an alteration in the running of the evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--I have read the leader in your issue of March 18 animadverting upon the almost unanimous vote of the Public Works Committee approving of the proposal submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--At the meeting that was held on Tuesday evening last, at Mortlake, to urge the construction of a tramway from Mortlake to Burwood station, the chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unless the Railway Commissioners or those immediately under them in the Traffic Department arrange matters to-day in connection with the running of trains to and from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The question of connecting Sydney with the Barrier by railway, which is now before the Public Works Committee, differs in a very important…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir, -- I was glad to see the two letters in your issue of this morning with reference to the running of the trains on the Illawarra line, but I would, like to draw attention to a far more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BARCALDINE, Friday Night. -- Heavy rain set in again to-day and still continues. The troops are suffering considerable discomfort, which they cheerfully endure. The Mount Morgan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The demands made upon the resources of the railway and tramway department yesterday were very great, but notwithstanding this the exigencies of the occasion were fully met, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Department was kept busily at work from early morning to a late hour last night meeting the heavy demands which the passenger traffic in both branches of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—On February 24 last my things were sent away from Sydney through Permewan, Wright, and Co., directed to Umaralla Platform, Cooma line. Oh February 25 I got a wire from the above…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An alarming accident occurred on the railway this morning, which happily did not involve any loss of life, although several persons received injuries which narrowly escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Special arrangements had been made for the conveyance of holiday-makers to the numerous favoured rural resorts within easy distance of the metropolis. The traffic on the Southern line was very heavy as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The tramway traffic yesterday, though heavy was not equal to that on some of the holidays in the past, still the staff had hard work to cope with the demands made on it. From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. specials were run to the…
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