Australian Railway History Magazine

🚂THE DECEMBER ARH ISSUE OUT NOW IN DIGITAL AND PRINT🚂
This December we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Queensland’s North Coast Line.
The completion of the Daradgee Bridge in October 1924 meant that the north and south of Queensland railways were now finally combined to form the North Coast Line. The line was officially opened on Monday the 8 December 1924 by Queensland Premier Edward Theodore amongst a crowd of 6000, that had arrived by special trains from Townsville, Charters Towers, Cairns and the Atherton Tableland to witness the opening ceremony. This amazing achievement parallels the opening of the Trans Australian railway and the completion of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia’s engineering development.
Frank Hussey writes on leaving the New South Wales Government Railways and Sydney in September 1968 (see ARH, April 2022) and starting the next stage of his railway career at the Victorian Railways as a trainee engineman at the South Dynon Locomotive Depot. South Dynon was the VR’s largest loco depot in the state and provided locos and crews for the Melbourne area.
We also complete our article by Geoff Lillico on Circular Quay station as the Sydney Ferries move out move out to make way for construction at the birthplace of European settlement and the part played by J J C Bradfield.

All this and more in our DECEMBER issue!
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