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Locomotive No.1 in the Agricultural Hall, 1884, now on display in the Powerhouse Museum.
Reproduced courtesy of Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
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NSW Railway buffet carriage of the late 1940s.
Reproduced courtesy of Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
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Locomotive 6029 at Forbes, NSW.
Photo: RailCorp
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Morning tea on the Caves Express, a service for holidaymakers to the Blue Mountains from 1929 to 1942.
Reproduced courtesy of Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
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Arrival of the first train at Parramatta in 1855.
Reproduced courtesy of Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
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Signal box at Junee North. Large signal boxes like this one have all but disappeared.
Photo courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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The original Sydney terminus railway station near Redfern (sketch probably dates from around 1855).
Courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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Loco 3830 on its first run to Melbourne on the new standard gauge track between Albury and Melbourne, 1962.
Photo: © P.Dunbar, courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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Official train to open the electrification to Campbelltown, May 1968. The train included two of the first double decker Tulloch cars.
Courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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The first XPT at Chatswood on its 1981 publicity tour.
Photo: © John Hoyle, courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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Last steam train for the Camden branch line, New Year's Day, 1963.
Photo: NSWGR, courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource C
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The newly air-conditioned Sydney Terminal (Central) Booking Hall in 1964.
Photo courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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An eight-car single deck train (popularly know as a "Red Rattler") approaching Milsons Point Station.
Photo courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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The air-conditioned Silver City Comet at Ivanhoe in 1981 on its way across arid terrain to Broken Hill.
Photo: © Stephen Orraway, courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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A typical railway refreshment room set up for arrival of the next train.
Photo courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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Railway signalman ready to exchange a "section staff" with a driver of an approaching train.
Photo courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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Fettlers resting after pushing their trolley uphill from Hawkesbury River towards Cowan.
Photo courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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Sydney to Parramatta train at the 1875 Sydney Station, located near Redfern.
Photo: © Matthews Collection, c1875.
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Official opening of St James Station, December 1926.
Photo: RailCorp
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An eight-car single deck suburban electric train (popularly know as a "Red Rattler") in January 1992 at Redfern.
Courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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The official train for the opening of the Eastern Suburbs Railway at Bondi Junction, 1979.
Photo: PTC, courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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Loco 3801 with the Bicentennial Train, one of the steam events marking Australia's bicentennial celebrations in 1988.
Photo: RailCorp
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Construction of Town Hall Station, Sydney.
Photo: RailCorp
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Rail Pay Car no.1 near Gosford signal box in 1939 on its way to pay railway employees to the north.
Courtesy of ARHS (NSW) Railway Resource Centre.
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