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"Redbank Range Railway Tunnel was opened in February 1867 and is the first railway tunnel to be used by the NSW Railways." from - www.paranormalaustralia.com/hauntings/tunnel.html

Yes, this railway tunnel is hAuNtEd !! More - www.theparanormalguide.net/apps/forums/topics/show/7523333

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I had trouble finding out exactly where this tunnel is. I think it is just north of the current rail tunnel, shown as a pale track on this GoogleSatellite photo - maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Picton+NSW&hl=en&ll=-34... .

I think the photo must be of the west end of the tunnel due to the locomotive's shadow on the right. It is confusing because the old original line of the railway was superseded in 1919. More here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picton_%E2%80%93_Mittagong_loop_rai...

beachcomber australia Yes this was taken from the western or country end of the tunnel.

highplains68 Thanks for the confirmation! With all the loops, twists and turns near Picton, it is difficult to see which is 'town' and 'country'.

The State Library of Victoria has a version of this image by William Hetzer dated 1866, ie this is before the tunnel's opening. Their copy includes the title -

Picton Tunnel Great Southern Railway
New South Wales, 1866

John Whitton Esqr. Engineer in Chief for Railways

See - handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/105685 (click on More Information for notes)

In it's winter mooring, the steamboat Albertina or the Sea Bird offering a better vantage point. A great view for a steamboat fan.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 1-2-3 NJ (post 1 image, leave 2 comments), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage New Jersey, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Ice Yacht (or Ice Boat) Tyro shows up in a couple of NY Times articles:
-17 January 1920
-13 December 1915--mentions that owner is Thomas Henry Grant.
-22 January 1918 NY Times mentions a collision between Gull and Tyro in a race at Red Bank, New Jersey. Given the adjacent photo of crowds on the ice is labeled "At Red Bank", it seems likely this is the site of these photos.

A recent reference mentions the Tyro, appears to be the same yacht--Fond Memories--January 2002. Remarkably, the correspondent, Robert Clark II, says (no date given) that:
My family still has the Tyro and we wait patiently for the ice to set up in the flats each year.

Thanks! We'll add the information in the source data and reload the description.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage New Jersey, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Yeah I was going to guess Red Bank as well - a lot of my research on my hometown a bit farther south of there in the New York Tribune microfilm files at the New York Public Library from 1914-1917 crossed paths with many such photos from Red Bank.