Special Feature- Special Railway Station 1.

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Good morning,

Today is Thursday the 20-06-2019.

This write up is about the 1919 Broken Hill Railway Station

Yesterday, the 19th of June, 2019, a story was printed in the Barrier Truth Newspaper about the Station to help the Proposal to Save the building, if possible.

Many Thanks to Emily McInerney for putting the Story in the Paper.

More information at this link about the Railways in Broken Hill from the Early Days, very interesting reading I might add.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Hill 

Here's some photos taken in 2016.






Here's some more info,

https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/broken-hill-nsw

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/allozrail/the-first-nsw-broken-hill-railways-station-t1176.html 

More Photos and info to follow soon. 

The 1919 Railway Station was opened in July on the 15th day of the month.

Water trains from this Station Precinct were the main trains running until the line opened in 1927 when an Express train to Sydney service was started. This service started in November 1927, and, the consist included a Dining car AB 90.

In 1937 the Silver City Comet started a service to Parkes and ran till the late 80's. 

 Here is a Photo of the Silver City Comet at the Sulphide Street Station Complex.
More Photos and Info coming soon.

Today is Friday the 21st of June, 2019.

More info about the Station,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Hill-railway-line 

The 1919 Broken Hill Railway Station was completed 2 weeks after the Macksville Railway Station, as, both were built of the same Cement Slab construction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Hill_railway_station 

Have a Great Day everybody.


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