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Moss Vale Railway Refreshment Room - interior showing counter and dining tables

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    It's 14:22 - ready for the afternoon tea rush. I wonder if the fresh flowers on the tables happened every day ?!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Special To Day. [sic] Lamb's Fry & Bacon [yum!] Curry & Rice Scrambled Eggs On Toast Kidney Saute with Bacon Pork Sausages & Mashed Potatoes ... ...
  • Highranger said:
    Ironed table cloths
  • blantyre2009 said:
    What a shame this sort of thing is not available today. Just like the enclosed waiting rooms with the fire for those cold mornings....
  • Andrew Phelps said:
    We can't have nice things any more because people have no respect for private or public property.

Railway refreshment room - Harden

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • Roderick Smith - retired rnveditor said:
    This refreshment room and the one at Yass Jn had been closed before 1957. Harden was the operational junction for the cross-country line via the important towns Young and Cowra, so the room would have been useful for those changing train. From Sydney, rooms were spaced about 1-1.5 h apart. Moss Vale: an important breakfast and supper stop for Melbourne trains until 1962, when the advent of through sg resulted in new trains, with onboard refreshments. Moss Vale was closed. Goulburn: People changing, and the through minor Canberra service (the major had onboard refreshments). Later it was a supper stop for holiday-extra Melbourne trains, and an occasional breakfast stop. Yass Jn: so minor that it was closed early on. Harden: likewise. Cootamundra: an important breakfast and supper stop for people connecting to branchlines. It has been remodelled, and is still convenient for people changing from train to many radiating bus services there. Junee: likewise. It was also the changeover point for onboard crews, who stayed in the bedrooms on the second floor. It has survived as a general-public tourist facility. Wagga Wagga: May have had a minor one, but certainly gone by 1957. Albury: In the days of break of gauge, it would have some breakfast & supper use, certainly at holiday times. It wasn't a grand room originally: it was expanded in several stages by taking over a verandah, and a lamp room, with a bit of new construction filling the gap. Roderick B Smith Rail News Victoria Editor

Crowd at the Coffs Harbour Railway Refreshment Room, 1947

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection