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I always think of this film when I see pictures of little railway stations! - www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1lxDjd_fi8

pity the station house isn't included -before the current building got built all around it!

This must be the same signalman as in www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/7076908151 The weird contraption (technical term) looks like a staff exchange machine.

blackpoolbeach I was just adding a note on that device. My father who was a train guard for many years also caught the staff but he may have been a backup in case the driver or fireman (if there was one) missed it. Sometimes they were a large item like a baton and more often they were approx six inches long and carried in a pouch attached to a ring through which the catcher hooked his arm.

Swordscookie Great minds think alike....

Is it me or are the two lads really enjoying the excursion? They have great expressions, Mr. Currivan in particular looks very excited by being there, (plus a very contented engine driver).

ClickKen04 It's not just you. This photo gives me a yen for the open road, or open track... They look as if they're having an absolute ball!

Anthony Hopkins certainly looks happy!

The lads on a days outing what do you expect? Great shot of two people enjoying themselves.

Swordscookie It's hard not to imagine them going: "Wheeeee"!

Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection The NSW (O) 60-class entered service between October 1874 and January 1875. Built in England by Stephenson's and erected locally by Mort and Company, Sydney. No 62 entered service in December 1874 and was withdrawn in 1889 having travelled 593,521 miles in the service of the state. The locomotive was sold in April 1897 to the Newcastle Sand Company.