N.S.W. Railway Retrenchment
The N.S.W. Railway Department has decided to reduce train services and curtail expenditure as the result of the serious decreased of traffic due to the war and the drought…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1915
8,077 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250
Railway Guard Killed
A sad fatallty occurred at Hawkesbury River on Friday , when a railway guard named George Quinn was killed instantly. He was guard on a goods train which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. Engine Derailed Near Hawkesbury. Crashed Into Goods Train
A collision took place early the morning between a light engine and a [?] between Hawk[?] the northern line…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Services. Altered Time-tables
Great Interest is being taken in the contemplated alterations in the railway passenger service. It is known that the traffic does not warrant a continuance of existing services, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Mistake. Destruction of a Bridge. Railway Disaster Follows. Amsterdam, Wednesday Night
The German blew up a bridge over the Hasselt Canal, but omitted to notify the railway authorities. The result was that a military food train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Footplate. Learning the Roads
A new regulation drafted by the Railway Department specifies the number of trips allowed to drivers who, travelling on engines, are required to learn tho roads to which they…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Smash. Collision in a Tunnel. Engine and Stock Train. Guard Injured
A fast travelling engine crashed into the rear of an empty stock train in the long tunnel between Cowan Creek and Boronia South Signal Box, on the northern line, in the very…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reduced Train Services. Country Protests. West Wyalong
At a largely-attended meening a strong protest against the proposal to reduce the number of passenger train services to three a week was made. It was decided to send a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brewarrina Agency. Carrying, Shearing, and Road Work
Phil Beck, A.W.U. Agent, writes: Since last report we have had some small showers pretty well all around the district, and I am informed that herbage is…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →War Fund Contributions Shrinkages in the Railway and Tramway Officers’ Fund
This is a delicate subject, but the matter has become the-subject of debate, and various opinions have been expressed as to the cause of it. That…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The N.s.w. Railway and Tramway Officers’ War Fund
The committee of the above fund have for some little time past had under consideration the question as to whether the existing division of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cars From New York
Captain brought the American and Australian Steamer Trafalgar to port this morning after an uneventful passage from New York The ship came by way of Panama Canal and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail and Tram. the Quarterly Report. Decrease in Receipts and Expenses
The quarterly report on the New South Wales railway and tramway services which was issued this afternoon shows that the revenue for the quarter has decreased by [?] from that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hawkesbury Railway Smash. Crash in a Tunnel. Vans Wrecked on Hawkesbury Line. Chief Commissioner's Statement. (Continued from page 1.)
The official report in connection with the railway smash states that an empty stock train running to Newcastle from Sydney was in the section between Cowan and the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Destroyed. Peculiar Adventure at Fairfield
A motor car belonging [?] was destroyed [?] remarkable manner on the Fairfield [?] this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.s.w. Railways. Cutting Down Services. Mail Trains Reduced. Branch Lines Suffer. a General Revision
A general alteration in the railway services of N.S.W. was officially announced this morning by Mr. Hodgson Superintendent of Lines, who made a statement to an "Evening News"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat. Stacked and Dispatched. Reports From Railway Stations
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Station Burgled
The railway premises at the [?] Station were visited early this morning by a burglar who smashed open the [?] into the office. The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gift of Motor Cycle Ambulance
A motor cycle ambulance was presented to the Army Medical Corpe at the Victoria Barracks on Wednesday. The gift was from the pharmacists of New South Wales as a part of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Workers and A.w.u
The Railway Workers and General Laborers' Union Conference at Sydney by 39 votes to 14 has decided to appoint delegates to confer with the A.W.U. to draft a…
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