Military Motor Waggons. Recent Aldershot Trials
During December the authorities at Aldershot have been, testing military motor waggons over the hilly districts surrounding that famous…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
6,550 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250
Fire on an Electric Railway at Liverpool
The sketch shows the disastrous fire which recently occurred on the Liverpool Overhead (Electric) Railway. As a train was about to draw up at the Dingle terminus, which is an underground station approached by a long tunnel, the passengers were greatly startled by a loud explosion and dazzling electric flash from the fuse-box in the rear compartment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Parramatta District. a Tram for Rookwood
At the last meeting of the Rookwood Council Alderman Dandon referred to the fact that the Minister for Works had been granting the boon of tram communication to different localities, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Baulkham Hills Tram
The people of Parramatta and the district are anxious to see the tram running from the town to the Hills district, and, with a view to facilitating the matter, the council of the Castle Hill Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tour of the Minister for Works. Welcome at Cooma. Mount Kosciusko. Proposed Railway Connection. Remarks by the Minister. Cooma
Mr. O'Sullivan, Minister for Works, accompanied by the Hon. A. H. Barlow, M.L.C., Queensland (formerly Minister for Lands), Messrs. John Norton and Hollis, Ms.L.A., Mr. H. J. Thadden, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Country News. Tour of the Railway Commissioners. Lismore
The Railway Commissioners during their visit on Wednesday were interviewed by deputations of the Municipal Council and the Chamber of Commerce, who strongly [?] the railway from Casino to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Railway Fatality[?] Katoomba
A fatal accident occurred on the railway line one and a half mile this side of Wentworth Falls to-day. Frederick S. E. Holt, of Wyalong-street, Burwood, after locking up a cottage on the north side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our Railways. How They Have Grown. How They Are Worked and the Men Who Work Them. Xi. Railway Men. Their Life and Work
The term "railway men" has a wide scope. It includes the Commissioner and the fettler, the traffic manager and the porter, the scientific man who designs engines and the cleaner who cleans…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatal Tram Accident
At an early hour this morning a man named Patrick Claney, aged 65, died at Sydney Hospital from the effects of a tram accident. He was admitted to the institution yesterday afternoon, but…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our Railways
The series of special articles on "Our Railways" appearing in our columns during the past few weeks is concluded to-day. These eleven papers taken together present a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Fatality
Patrick Clancy, 65 years of age, lately residing in Sussex-street, was knocked down by an electric tram yesterday evening. He was taken to the Sydney Hospital in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Railways. to the Editor
Sir, -- Your correspondent in Saturday's Issue draws attention to a very vexatious and glaring fault on the part of railway officials in allowing second-class passengers to travel first-class…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Balmain Tram Extension Along Darling-street. to the Editor
Sir. -- In your issue of Wednesday, December 25th, it was announced that this work would be put in hand "within the next month." It would appear that this is only official bluff, as up to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Trams and Crowded Thoroughfares
The dangerous practice of running trams at a high rate of speed in the crowded portion of Darling-street. Balmain. on Saturday nights was drawn attention to at the last meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Mosman Tram. to the Editor
Sir, -- May I ask you to ventilate a considerable grievance in the matter of tramway management in this suburb. Formerly we had four cars to meet the 8.35 a.m. boat for Sydney. This…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Shore Tramways. Further Extensions Wanted
The Commissioners for Railways are being requested by the Willoughby Council to run a regular half-hourly service on the Willoughbyroad route, and to attach weather blinds to the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →North Shore Railway Line. Unsatisfactory Sunday Service
Recent improvements in connection with the North Shore railway line are noticed in the annual report of the Mayor of Willoughby. The most noticeable of these, he considers, is the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Killed by a Tram
An elderly man named Patrick Clancy, 65 years of age, lately residing in Sussex-street, was knocked down by an electric tram yesterday afternoon. He was taken to the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Minister for Works at Kosciusko. Two Railways Projected
COOMA, Friday. -- The State Minister for Works (Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan), with a Parliamentary party consisting of Messrs. Hollis, Norton, and Miller, accompanied by Mr. Barlow, M.L.C., of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →St. Peters and Lady Robinson's Beach. Proposed Tramway Construction
There appears a probability of tramway communication being established between St. Peters and Lady Robinson's Beach, via Cook's River. The present proposal is to build a line as far as…
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