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Fernleigh Track
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…Diesel trains replaced steam trains in 1967, with the final scheduled passenger service being run in 1971. With the closure of the last mine, the Lambton Colliery, use of the line ceased. … Transformation of the former rail corridor was led by the Fernleigh Track Committee.……Diesel trains replaced steam…
Cardiff Railway Workshops.
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…On train L-R Keith Poetschka (Foreman’s Clerk), Clarrie Tonks (Subforeman), Roy Creek (Foreman’s Clerk), Len Randall (Plumber/Coppersmith). On platform Ron ‘Needles’ Heslop (Subforeman), Ron Preston (obscured) (Works Assistant – Electrical).……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under…
Watt Street
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…The Dora Creek train station is on Watt Street. … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License… Watt Street … Watt Street was part of the Doree Private Village declared on the 29th November 1891.……The Dora Creek train…
Station Street
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…The passenger trains ceased in 1971. This was named Railway Street in early times until 1964 when it was gazetted Station Street.……The passenger trains ceased in 1971. This was named Railway Street in early times until 1964 when it was gazetted Station Street. … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library…
Diesel Close
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…The name is appropriate as Teralba is an old mining town and Diesel trains frequently roll passed the site.……The name is appropriate as Teralba is an old mining town and Diesel trains frequently roll passed the site.…
Locomotive 361, Teralba, NSW, 20 March 1895, Photographed by Ralph Snowball
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…Snowball used glass negative photography to capture portraits, events, architecture and trains. His work gives insight into Newcastle life in the late 1800s and early 1900s.He died in 1925 and was buried in Sandgate Cemetery.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons…
Cardiff Railway Station, Cardiff NSW. Photographed by Ralph Snowball
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=showmedia&objid=25536
…Snowball used glass negative photography to capture portraits, events, architecture and trains. His work gives insight into Newcastle life in the late 1800s and early 1900s.He died in 1925 and was buried in Sandgate Cemetery.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons…
Fishing Boats, Toronto, NSW, 23 January 1903. Photographed by Ralph Snowball.
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…Snowball used glass negative photography to capture portraits, events, architecture and trains. His work gives insight into Newcastle life in the late 1800s and early 1900s.He died in 1925 and was buried in Sandgate Cemetery.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons…
Locomotive 'Murrumbidgee', Cockle Creek, NSW, 14 August 1887. Photographed by Ralph Snowball.
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=showmedia&objid=25554
…Snowball used glass negative photography to capture portraits, events, architecture and trains. His work gives insight into Newcastle life in the late 1800s and early 1900s.He died in 1925 and was buried in Sandgate Cemetery.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons…
Locomotive 'Murrumbidgee' at Dora Creek, NSW, 14 August 1887. Photographed by Ralph Snowball.
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=showmedia&objid=25553
…Snowball used glass negative photography to capture portraits, events, architecture and trains. His work gives insight into Newcastle life in the late 1800s and early 1900s.He died in 1925 and was buried in Sandgate Cemetery.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons…

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