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Interior Central Railway station concourse, Sydney

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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  • Highranger said:
    Such an abomination has replaced that time board, the pot plants and moulded chairs are classics aren't they?
  • Albert Alcoceba said:
    By the time this photo was taken the departures board had already outlived it's usefulness and lacked the flexibility required by the timetable as testified by the numerous supplementary metal signs that had to be used. This was mainly due to the decrease in long distance country trains and the vast increase in shorter distance commuter intercity trains.
  • Highranger said:
    Albert Alcoceba From memory on the Southern Highlands line the only thing that changed was the clock at the top, the destinations remained unchanged. Might have been different on other lines I suppose.
    In any case it was a lovely bit of old world. I'm glad they preserved in in the Powerhouse Museum.
  • Highranger said:
    Albert Alcoceba Those metal signs on the floor look like someone isn't coping very well as you say.
  • Albert Alcoceba said:
    Highranger What used to happen is that columns for country and less frequent trains would be "borrowed" for thenumerous North, West and Illawarra Interurbans. Because the columns didn't have the correct destinations on the flip over slats, the supplementary metal signs were hung up on those less frequently used columns.

An Austin parcels tractor transporting luggage at Central Railway Station, Sydney (NSW)

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • beachcomber australia said:
    Ha! It is a later model to the other Austin Parcels Tractor -
  • grahamH said:
    Note also the 79cl diesel, a GE 44 ton shunter. These were supplied in 1943 from the US in the LendLease program.

Sydney Station construction

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection