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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 "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

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…

Bridging the Hawkesbury River: Part 1

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:March 18, 2020
Post Category:History / Miscellaneous / Vintage Photographs and Photography

When the first railway bridge over the Hawkesbury River was opened on May 1, 1889, it completed the final link in a rail system that linked NSW with South Australia,…