Railways Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

The 1926 Aberdeen rail smash and the heroine who saved a tenor

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:October 12, 2020
Post category:History Vintage Photographs and Photography

It was June 10, 1926, and the Brisbane Limited train was on its way from Sydney to the Queensland capital with 143 passengers aboard. Among the passengers was a member…

Off the rails at Woodville Junction: a vintage photo essay on a railway mishap

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:September 5, 2020
Post category:Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography

As a newspaper reporter, I often had the experience of spending time covering a story, only to have it never appear in print or, even worse perhaps, see it cut…

The great Newcastle railway debate of 1856

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 8, 2020
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia

WHEN the newly formed NSW Railway Commission proposed in 1856 to extend the Newcastle railway line from Honeysuckle Point to the city’s east, many of the town’s inhabitants were horrified.…