Australian Railway History Magazine November 2017 Zurück Ausgabe

Our feature article by Rod Milne covers the opening of the North Coast Line to Kempsey on 28 November 1917 with the centenary of this event celebrated on 27 November this year. The account gives a brief overview of how the railway shaped the industry and commerce of the Macleay district and gives Rod’s account of the diesel era between the 1960s and 1980s when Alco-powered diesel-electric locomotives dominated freight traffic at Kempsey.
Short articles on the 1916 Tasmanian Campania Accident, Railway Laundry services in NSW and Reflections of NSWGR TF Class Locomotives, together with an Explorer item on 1939 QR Bundamba Accident and a book review round off the issue.