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Rail smash at Ardglen, NSW, July 9, 1926

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:October 11, 2020
Post category:History Vintage Photographs and Photography

Steam trains and long tunnels are a dangerous combination, especially when not enough attention has been paid to ventilation, and when safe breathing apparatus hasn’t been provided to the train…

Wayne Dempsey in a derelict American Suburban sleeping car at Broadmeadow, NSW. Photo by Pete Smith

American Suburban: a railway love story

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:September 16, 2019
Post category:History
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Wayne Dempsey’s dream, as a young man, was to work on the railways. Specifically, he wanted a job at the Eveleigh carriage workshops at Redfern. “I haunted the place, as…

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