transport Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

Accident involving a bus and train at Toronto, August 1944.

Accidents, prangs and crashes: Part 3

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 18, 2020
Post Category:History / Newcastle, NSW, Australia / Vintage Photographs and Photography

. As a career fireman, transport collector Ken Magor naturally accumulated many photographs of accidents and disasters. Here are some more tales of vehicular tragedy and misadventure from our Ken…

Ken Magor, fireman, transport enthusiast and compulsive collector

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:March 12, 2020
Post Category:History / Miscellaneous / Newcastle, NSW, Australia / Vintage Photographs and Photography

Ken Magor was a passionate Newcastle-based collector of transport and fire brigade memorabilia who, at the time of his death in 1993, had amassed about 250,000 photographic negatives, in addition…

Travelling Through Time, dedicated to our Dads

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:December 3, 2019
Post Category:Greg Ray's Writing / History / Newcastle, NSW, Australia / Vintage Photographs and Photography

Our 10th book, Travelling Through Time, will always be associated in our minds with sad endings and joyous beginnings. That's because for much of 2018 as we worked on the…