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Train smash at Murulla, NSW, September 13, 1926

Rail smashes: Murrurundi 1908 and Murulla 1926

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 23, 2020
Post category:History Miscellaneous Vintage Photographs and Photography
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Murrurundi: Good Friday 1908 It was Good Friday, April 17, 1908. At about 3.35am the Glen Innes train was just about to leave Murrurundi station, in the Upper Hunter Valley,…

The "old" and "new" Hawkesbury River railway bridges. The new bridge is on the right in the photo.

Bridging the Hawkesbury River: Part 2

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:March 21, 2020
Post category:History Vintage Photographs and Photography
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By 1937 it had become apparent that the first bridge over the Hawkesbury River, NSW – a key link in the rail connection between the state capital Sydney and the…

Young Brian Andrews, photographed by rail and mine enthusiast, the late Jim Webber.

Brian’s childhood polio helped feed his love of coalmines and railways

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 2, 2019
Post category:Greg Ray's Writing History Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Brian Robert Andrews was born in the midst of coal and steam near his father's workplace at West Wallsend Extended Colliery at Killingworth in 1948. His father was in charge…

The man who was Hanimex January 23, 2023
When the familiar becomes unfamiliar January 17, 2023
The water of remembrance January 12, 2023
My bleak predictions for the years ahead January 9, 2023
A pencil flashlight on the past December 31, 2022