{"id":9836,"date":"2019-09-16T18:50:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T08:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/?p=9836"},"modified":"2023-09-15T08:59:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T22:59:10","slug":"american-suburban-a-railway-love-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story","title":{"rendered":"American Suburban: a railway love story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wayne Dempsey\u2019s dream, as a young man, was to work on the\nrailways. Specifically, he wanted a job at the Eveleigh carriage workshops at\nRedfern. \u201cI haunted the place, as a boy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Wayne on one of the American Suburbans in 1962, the year he started his job at the carriage works.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He distinctly remembers the day in 1962 when \u2013 aged 18 – he turned up to apply for a job there. \u201cThe deputy manager told me all about the place then asked me what I was interested in,\u201d Wayne recalled. \u201cI told him I wanted to work on the wooden cars, so he took me to see where they used to overhaul American car sets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
An old photo of the first American-style car built at Redfern, NSW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The all-timber \u201cAmerican suburban\u201d cars became a lifelong\npassion for Wayne, now aged 74, and he almost cries when he talks about how many\nof these lightweight, reliable and incredibly durable carriages were smashed\nand burned by the rail authorities in the 1970s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wayne\u2019s first job was on the traversers. One traverser was\nup near Redfern and the other was down at the lower section. \u201cWe had a capstan\nand a hook that we used to put under the carriage to pull it out and put it\ninto the correct road for whatever work was being done on it. Later on we had a\nbloke with a tractor and he used to do most of that work for us,\u201d Wayne said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Some of Newcastle’s fleet of ancient American Suburbans in the 1970s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next, he got a job as a carriage-builder\u2019s assistant at D2,\nwhere most of the Newcastle cars came in for their regular overhauls. This\nappealed to Wayne because the Newcastle rolling stock tended to be very old.\nSome of the cars had been there, he said, since 1890. \u201cThis was 1966 and they\nwere as good as bloody gold,\u201d he said. \u201cWe had 388 American Suburban cars and they\nwere the backbone of the fleet\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Interior of an overhauled 1897 carriage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wayne said the first of the American Suburbans in NSW came\nout in the late 1800s from Jackson and Sharp in the USA. A number of different\ntypes were imported from different makes and tried before the favoured design\nwas chosen. From then on, the carriage works built and maintained hundreds such\ncars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has albums full of photos, and he can tell the stories of many of the cars, from their origins to their demise. \u201cThe bogies were timber too: we were belting them along at 70 miles per hour and never had a problem,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • \"\"
    Inside the carriage works at Eveleigh.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
  • \"\"
    Restoring the canopy of a Newcastle car damaged in a collision.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
  • \"\"
    Inside the carriage works at Eveleigh. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Wayne proudly recalled the time when the workshop men\nrealised the virtues of Masonite as an external cladding, giving it such a glossy\nfinish that most people assumed it was metal. \u201cSome salvage men bought a heap\nof the cars thinking they were getting their money back in scrap metal,\u201d he\nsaid. \u201cI believe they wept when they realised the truth. There was hardly any\nmetal in them anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"
    Wayne with one of his photo albums.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    In 1973 NSW railway authorities started the mass destruction of the American Suburbans when new managers declared that the elderly carriages were not a good look for a modern railway system. \u201cDidn\u2019t matter how good they were, they just had to go. We were burning cars that had just been overhauled. We had some had been in traffic for 80-odd years,\u201d he said. Indeed, some venerable specimens remained on the tracks well into the 1970s, running to and from such destinations as Maitland and Toronto. Wayne retired in 1999. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • \"\"<\/figure><\/li>
    • \"\"
      Destruction of some of the all-timber cars at Port Waratah, Newcastle, in 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Some of the American Suburbans can still be found here and there, in collections and museums. But the elements and disasters \u2013 like bushfires \u2013 have taken a terrible toll. Wayne\u2019s greatest wish is that the State Government would realise the heritage value in more of the old cars and put more effort into restoring and preserving them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \"\"
      An 1880s-vintage sleeping car in NSW in its heyday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      As a case in point he mentions a sleeping car imported from the USA in the 1880s, recently seen sitting behind Broadmeadow yards in Newcastle with its roof caved in. “It breaks my heart to see the decay,” he said. “It’s such an unnecessary terrible waste.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • \"\"
        1880s-vintage imported sleeping car decaying at Broadmeadow. Photo by Pete Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
      • \"\"
        1880s-vintage imported sleeping car decaying at Broadmeadow. Photo by Pete Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
      • \"\"
        1880s-vintage imported sleeping car decaying at Broadmeadow. Photo by Pete Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
      • \"\"
        1880s-vintage imported sleeping car decaying at Broadmeadow. Photo by Pete Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
      • \"\"
        1880s-vintage imported sleeping car decaying at Broadmeadow. Photo by Pete Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Wayne Dempsey\u2019s dream, as a young man, was to work on the railways. Specifically, he wanted a job at the Eveleigh carriage workshops at Redfern. \u201cI haunted the place, as a boy,\u201d he said. He distinctly remembers the day in 1962 when \u2013 aged 18 – he turned up to apply for a job there. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"right-sidebar","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"ocs-gregs-blog","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"on","ocean_header_style":"custom","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"13702","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"on","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"off","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[498,5041],"tags":[1568,532,1570,1567,1566,1572],"yoast_head":"\nAmerican Suburban: a railway love story - Photo Time Tunnel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"American Suburban railway cars in NSW Australia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"American Suburban: a railway love story - Photo Time Tunnel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"American Suburban railway cars in NSW Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Photo Time Tunnel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/phototimetunnel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-16T08:50:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-14T22:59:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1963.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Greg Ray\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Greg Ray\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Greg Ray\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bfd25496f62c954483e4fa9b695260c4\"},\"headline\":\"American Suburban: a railway love story\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-16T08:50:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-14T22:59:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story\"},\"wordCount\":806,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1963.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"American Suburban rail cars\",\"Broadmeadow\",\"Eveleigh carriage works\",\"heritage\",\"NSW Railways\",\"railway\"],\"articleSection\":[\"History\",\"Land transport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story\",\"name\":\"American Suburban: a railway love story - Photo Time Tunnel\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1963.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-16T08:50:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-14T22:59:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"American Suburban railway cars in NSW Australia\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1963.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1963.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Wayne Dempsey in a derelict American Suburban sleeping car at Broadmeadow, NSW. Photo by Pete Smith\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"American Suburban: a railway love story\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/\",\"name\":\"Photo Time Tunnel\",\"description\":\"Greg and Sylvia Ray\u2019s historical photo archive and blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Photo Time Tunnel\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/photo-time-tunnel-logo-revised-660px-min.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/photo-time-tunnel-logo-revised-660px-min.png\",\"width\":669,\"height\":249,\"caption\":\"Photo Time Tunnel\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/phototimetunnel\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/phototimetunnel\/?hl=en\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bfd25496f62c954483e4fa9b695260c4\",\"name\":\"Greg Ray\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b92f424a3b8690680dbb9e465152b36?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b92f424a3b8690680dbb9e465152b36?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Greg Ray\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/author\/greg\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"American Suburban: a railway love story - Photo Time Tunnel","description":"American Suburban railway cars in NSW Australia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"American Suburban: a railway love story - Photo Time Tunnel","og_description":"American Suburban railway cars in NSW Australia","og_url":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story","og_site_name":"Photo Time Tunnel","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/phototimetunnel\/","article_published_time":"2019-09-16T08:50:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-14T22:59:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1963.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Greg Ray","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Greg Ray","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story"},"author":{"name":"Greg Ray","@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bfd25496f62c954483e4fa9b695260c4"},"headline":"American Suburban: a railway love story","datePublished":"2019-09-16T08:50:42+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-14T22:59:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story"},"wordCount":806,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1963.jpg","keywords":["American Suburban rail cars","Broadmeadow","Eveleigh carriage works","heritage","NSW Railways","railway"],"articleSection":["History","Land transport"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story","url":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story","name":"American Suburban: a railway love story - Photo Time Tunnel","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1963.jpg","datePublished":"2019-09-16T08:50:42+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-14T22:59:10+00:00","description":"American Suburban railway cars in NSW Australia","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1963.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1963.jpg","width":900,"height":600,"caption":"Wayne Dempsey in a derelict American Suburban sleeping car at Broadmeadow, NSW. Photo by Pete Smith"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/american-suburban-a-railway-love-story#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"American Suburban: a railway love story"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/","name":"Photo Time Tunnel","description":"Greg and Sylvia Ray\u2019s historical photo archive and blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#organization","name":"Photo Time Tunnel","url":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/photo-time-tunnel-logo-revised-660px-min.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/photo-time-tunnel-logo-revised-660px-min.png","width":669,"height":249,"caption":"Photo Time Tunnel"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/phototimetunnel\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/phototimetunnel\/?hl=en"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bfd25496f62c954483e4fa9b695260c4","name":"Greg Ray","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b92f424a3b8690680dbb9e465152b36?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b92f424a3b8690680dbb9e465152b36?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Greg Ray"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/author\/greg"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32005,"href":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836\/revisions\/32005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}