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Early photo of Broken Hill, c. 1890s
Early photo of Broken Hill, c. 1890s
Early photo of Broken Hill, c. 1890s
Early photo of Broken Hill, c. 1890s
Early photo of Broken Hill, c. 1890s
Sulphide Street station at Broken Hill, c. 1910s
Sulphide Street Station Broken Hill, c. 1910s
Y Class locomotive 12 at Railway Town, December 1953
W Class locomotive 25 empty ore train leaving Railway Town Broken Hill for Cockburn, December 1953.
Broken Hill express and Silverton Tramway locomotive at Broken Hill, c. 1960s
Broken Hill express with a Silverton Tramway locomotive, c. 1960s
Silverton Tramway vehicles at Broken Hill, c. 1960s
Silverton Tramway locomotive at Sulphide Street Station, Broken Hill, c. 1960s
Silverton Tramway W Class locomotive at Sulphide Street station in Broken Hill yard, 1961
Broken Hill, 1961
Broken Hill railway yard, 1968
Broken Hill plaque commemorating the construction of the standard gauge line through to WA, 1969
The first MIC into Broken Hill, 1969. Woods, 2nd left Station Master; Dave Reid Engineer and MIC driver Peter Brady of Peterborough.
SAR MIC No 7 and NSWGR locomotive in the Broken Hill Yard, December 1969. First standard gauge MIC into Broken Hill.
Silverton Tramway locomotive 26 at Railway Town, August 1969
T Class locomotive 243 at Railway Town, 1969
Track being built for the standard gauge line to South Broken Hill, c. 1960s
Railway employees resident for the first week of the new standard gauge barracks at Broken Hill, 1970
Peterborough engineman Lloyd Giles at the front of the Broken Hill standard gauge barracks under construction, 1970
Avery scales used for weighing ore vehicles at Broken Hill yard (measurement in tons), 1970
Broken Hill Silverton Tramway standard gauge loco depot, 1970s
Kanandah siding at Broken Hill, c. 1970
Kanandah siding at Broken Hill, 1970
Silverton Tramway triple header from Broken Hill to Cockburn, c. 1970s. This was the longest train to work in SA at the time. Length: 3 000 ft.
600 Class locomotives 604 and 605 pulling the Indian Pacific at Broken Hill, c. 1970s
Broken Hill standard gauge signal cabin board, 1970
Broken Hill standard gauge signal cabin board, 1970
North Broken Hill mine and lake, 1970
North Broken Hill mine and lake, 1970
Broken Hill Post Office clock tower, Argent Street, 1970
Broken Hill Civic Centre, Chloride Street, 1970
Broken Hill Civic Centre, Chloride Street, 1970
Broken Hill Railway Station, 1970
Bromide Street Broken Hill, 1970
The first standard gauge barracks at Broken Hill, 1970
Broken Hill railway yard and standard gauge barracks, 1971
700 Class locomotive 702 arrives at Broken Hill, September 1971. Carrying spare bogies and motors.
700 Class locomotive 702 arrives at Broken Hill, September 1971. Carrying spare bogies and motors.
Sydney end of the Broken Hill yard, 1971
Broken Hill north marshalling yard, 1971
Broken Hill railway yard, 1971
Broken Hill railway yard, 1971
Accomodation van in Broken Hill railway yard, 1971
Silverton Tramway 830 class locomotive, Broken Hill loco depot, 1971
Broken Hill railway yard, 1971
Broken Hill loco depot, 1971
Broken Hill loco depot, 1971
Broken Hill South marshalling yard, 1971
Silverton Tramway offices, Broken Hill, completed 1971 for new standard gauge line
Standard gauge Foreman’s office at Broken Hill, 1971
Graham Coen, Leading Hand Train Examiner, Broken Hill, 1971. Graham was the first leading hand at Broken Hill when the standard gauge opened.
Fred Haywood, Silverton Tramway, Broken Hill, 1971
651 down on the outskirts of Broken Hill. Kanandah Siding is immediately behind the brake van. Engine numbers 600 and 869. Photo by JL Wilson.
600 Class locomotive 601 and 830 Class at the 700 mile post (ex Sydney), 14 February 1972. Photo by JL Wilson.
600 Class locomotive 600 and 830 class 869 on 651 goods at Broken Hill, 27 May 1972. Photo by JL Wilson.
700 Class locomotive 703 pulling the Indian Pacific near the Zinc Corporation mine at Broken Hill, 25 April 1972. Photo by JL Wilson.
600 Class locomotives 602 and 600 on the 500 ore train near the Broken Hill Zinc Corporation mine, 1 June 1972. Photo by JL Wilson.
GM Class locomotive 40 at Broken Hill, 10 December 1973
Broken Hill loco depot, 1973. Motor Inspection Car on adjacent track.
NSW railway employees at Broken Hill on the occasion of the first GM class locomotive to Sydney, 1974. L: Dave Dowd (Assistant Loco Superintendent Peterborough), A. Corby, J. Marshall, J. Driscoll (Loco Fitter), __? Johnston, Sam Arnold, Ted Gade (Commonwealth Railways)
Kanandah siding Broken Hill, 1974.
600 Class locomotives 605 and 606 on the 500 up ore train in Broken Hill goods yard, December 1974. Peterborough engineman Don Rhind.
GM Class double header pulling the Indian Pacific at Broken Hill on the occasion of the first GM class locomotives to Sydney, 1974
Abandoned standard gauge platform at Broken Hill, September 1988
Broken Hill loco depot, 1988
Broken Hill loco depot, 1984
NSW Pay Wagon at Broken Hill, 1984
Broken Hill loco depot, 1988
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