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31st Oct Update.

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Afternoon/Evening, Here's an Update of the Newsletter/Blog Page I am currently working on. It is the ninth Newsletter, produced every 2 months, released on the 21st of the month and has 13 Stations featured and some Special Feature stories. I am a humble person, been taking heritage railway station photographs since 2001. I publish my Photos for the Benefit of others who are not so fortunate, to be able to travel around the country to visit these places. This Photograph was taken at the Queanbeyan Railway Station on the 15th of September 2013. XPT at the Taree Railway Station. Photo taken in 2019. Spirit of the Outback leaving the Barcaldine Railway Station in Outback Queensland. Glen Innes Railway Station. Photo taken, Dec Jan 2011/2012. CB1 Railcar at the Port Dock museum in Port Adelaide South Australia. Photo taken in April 2006. Traralgon Railway Station, Victoria. Photo taken in January 2014. We were travelling between Bairnsdale and Kilmore in ...

Special Feature-Special Railway Station.

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Good afternoon, Here's a collection of Photos of the Queanbeyan Railway Station, taken on the 15th of September 2013. I hope you enjoy them. More Photos to follow soon.

Lake Bathurst, NSW.

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Afternoon, Another story, which I am hoping to get lots of info for as I have lost the photos I took when I visited the cafe which had a lot of Historical gear on display. The Former Railway Station Platform at Lake Bathurst. Photo taken by grahamec, sourced from Wikipedia. Photo taken by Goldfish in 2005. Photo sourced from the NSWRail.net site. We visited Lake Bathurst on Saturday the 22nd of November 2014. We stopped at the Cafe for scones and Jam and cream, Yummy. The Historical stuff included a steam boiler, and a Railway building and Gate, and was on display for all to see. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bathurst_(New_South_Wales) Information about the Railway Station is in the link above. Good morning, Yesterday I found my Photos I took in 2014. Today is Sunday the 23 of February, 2020. The Photo above is Part of the Branch line. Photo taken in the Mid 90's. Photo from Lindsay Richmonds Collection, and, used with pe...

Dalby Railway Station, QLD.

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Morning, Here is a write up about the Dalby Railway station. The Station opened on the 16th of April 1868. Dalby was declared a Township in 1854. The Dalby Herald Newspaper published it's first edition in 1865. The above photo was taken in July 2013 by TravellerQLD, sourced from Wikipedia. More Info and photos to follow. Branch Lines. Dalby had branch lines going to the following places, Dalby to Jandowae, opened in1914. Dalby to Bell, opened in 1906. Dalby to Glenmorgan, opened in 1911 to 1931. Today is 23/11/2019, doing a bit of an update on this story. Visited this Station on the 25th of September 2014, we were travelling from Chinchilla to Toowoomba, with a weeks stay at Dalby. Here's some photos I took. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalby_railway_station

Morven Railway Station QLD.

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Good Morning, Today is Thursday the 31st of October, 2019. Here is a write up about the Morven Railway Station, situated on the line to Charleville, QLD. Unfortunately my Photos I took at this Station are Lost at the moment. The Railway arrived in Morven on the 1st of march 1887. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morven_railway_station Morven is about 90 kilometres from Charleville. The above Photo was taken by TravellerQLD sourced from Wikipedia. More Photos and info coming soon. The Photo above has been sourced from Wikpedia. Came fro the Queensland Heritage Register and the photo was taken in 1994. This Bridge is about 25 kilometres west of Morven. The Inlander train runs past this Station, twice a week. We visited Morven in July 2015 and had a look at the Kerosine tin Hut that was on display and took photos of it. outbackqueensland.com.au/town/morven Photo taken in 1933, of the Morven Station Platform. Photo sourced from the Queenslander.

Newsletter update 27th Oct.

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Good afternoon, Today is Sunday the 27th of October, 2019. This is an update of my Newsletter, to let you know what I have been up to over the last few days. A project I am helping with in South Australia has been fortunate to get TV coverage in the past Week. More info at this link, youtube.com/watch?v=SgBQ7DFQhdM&t=4s I have been working on completing the story about the Broken Hill Railway Line, ahrsinews.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-broken-hill-railway-line-special.html 48 Class Locomotives at Cootamundra. Another 48 class Loco at the Tamworth Railway station. The 2 Photos above shows the view of the Railway line at the Tintinara Railway Station in South Australia. An outside view of the window you can see out of when you are inside the Building at Tintinara. The last 3 Photos were taken at the Mannahill Railway Station in May 2004, which is on the line between broken Hill and Peterborough. Landsborough Railway Station, taken in September 2...

Update 24 Oct 2019.

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Good Afternoon, This is an Update for the "Number 1 Newsletter for Heritage Railway Stations in Australia" This Newsletter/Blog Page is viewed by thousands of people around the world. Because it started out as an experiment, I never expected it to be viewed by so many people. Kilmore East Railway Station in Victoria. Photo taken in January 2015. Glenreagh Railway Station, located on the North Coast line in New South Wales. Coonamble Railway Station, located North West of Dubbo in New South Wales. AHRSI, Australian Heritage Railway Stations and Infrastructure. The "Premier Newsletter" for Heritage Railway Stations around Australia. https://ahrsinews.blogspot.com/ A Close up Photo of the Glenreagh Railway Station. Another Photo taken at the Kilmore East Railway Station, located 60 kilometres north of Melbourne. So far I have started 7 stories of Heritage Railway Stations with another 6 to go to complete this Newsletter. I have created o...