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NSWrail.net Change Log
| 29-May-2011 | Added some photos from David Legge (Bell), David Sweeney (signal box diagrams from all over NSW), Graeme Broderick (Maclaughlin), Grant Barnett (Wagga Wagga), Wayne Edwards (Millfield Greta Colliery, Wangi Power Station, West Wallsend Colliery, Seaham Colliery). |
| 28-Mar-2011 | Updated line map pages for Main South, Main North to show some important deviations. |
| 3-Mar-2011 | Added an old photo of Groongal. |
| 1-Mar-2011 | Made a few corrections, as supplied by various people. |
| 26-Jan-2011 | Added some more photos and made a few data corrections: "Not Trainman" (Megan), Andrew Phelps (Sutherland), Chris Stewart (Mount Wolgan), Corey Sessions (Helensburgh), Dylan Smith (Canberra, North Kurri Kurri, Abermain, Moss Vale Junction, Yass Junction, School Gates, Rossi Street), Eddie Stavleu (Eugowra), George Kavazos (Colinton Tunnel), Gordon Weber (Gerringong), James Banks (Barmedman, West Wyalong), Mark Kent (Telegraph Point), Stephen Durbridge (Newnes Junction (1st)). |
| 3-Jan-2011 | Started working on the backlog of photos. Added some from: David Good (Brewarrina), George Kavazos (Captains Flat), Goldfish (Snowy Junction), Graeme Gill (Loftus, Loftus Junction, The Royal National Park), Graeme Skeet (Flemington Goods Junction), Graham Harvey (Carlos Gap Tunnel, Marrangaroo Tunnel), James Maskell (Wagga Wagga), Joe Sharman (Branxton, Gap), Kevin Sewell (Cowra, Newnes), Michael Hendy (Villawood), Rolfe Bozier (Caroline Junction). |
| 1-Jan-2011 | Reworked a lot of the site internal structure to make maintenance easier.
Various updates to the site's look and feel.
Updated the formally-closed and planned lines pages based on a trawl through Austlii. Note: due to the overhaul of the site, your browser may be caching old and invalid pages. If you get problems, try doing a shift-reload on the page. |
| 25-Jul-2009 | Updated with some more photos: Anonymous04 (Tarro), Dave Humphreys (Marrangaroo Tunnel (1st), Commonwealth Platform), David Good (Helensburgh Tunnel (1st), Bald Hill Tunnel), Graeme Skeet (Pippita, Brickworks, Boorowa, Rosehill, Camellia, East Hills, Capertee, Stockinbingal, Adamstown, Broadmeadow, Woodville Junction, Jct (Sandgate), Main South Line, Newcastle, Taree, Port Kembla North, Sandgate Cemetery, Wolli Creek, Loftus Junction, Omega, Mount Horeb, Warwick Farm Racecourse, Yass Town), Graham Harvey (Clandulla, Lithgow, Thirroul), Kevin Jones (Portland), Mark Colman (Richmond, Dunheved, Cochrane, Ropes Creek). |
| 30-Apr-2009 | Added a few more photos: Dasher (Main South Line), Laurie Vran (Belmont Branch, Adamstown), Paul B (Top Points, Zig Zag), Pigman (Delungra), William Gay (Boorowa, Grenfell, Bowning, Binalong, Galong, Lockhart, Ropes Creek, Tumut). |
| 27-Apr-2009 | Added some photos: Anonymous01 (Jct (Maldon)), Daniel Thornton (Oberon), David Goodyear (Broadmeadow), Goldfish (Old Casino, Whiporie), Graham Harvey (Ben Bullen), Mark Gainford (Woollahra). |
| 26-Apr-2009 | Added some photos: David Dougherty (Leadville, Binnaway), David Goodyear (Villawood), Joe Friedman (Wingen), Ken Craig (Munyabla), TheLoneGunMan (Hanbury North Junction), Wayne Eade (Ungarie, Bribbaree, Mairjimmy, Finley). |
| 14-Apr-2009 | Added a listing of all locations in alphabetical order. Updated a few location opening dates. |
| 29-Jan-2009 | Added more photos from the backlog: Graham Harvey (Ardglen Tunnel, Border Loop, Thirroul), Ken Tiver (Brooklana) Added a full list of locations, under the "Infrastructure" menu item. |
| 23-Nov-2008 | Added more photos from the backlog: Barry Henry (Harden), Chris Debruyne (Dunheved), David Good (Brewarrina), Duncan Butcher (Matakana, Rankins Springs, Merriwagga), Jodie Luck-Taylor (Berry), Laurie Vran (Wangi Power Station), Richard Wheeler (Glenreagh, Border Tunnel), Ross McConchie (Bungendore Junction, Pine Range No 1 Tunnel), Shane Kelly (Stonehenge, Yarraford, Bangalow). |
| 22-Nov-2008 | Added a bunch of photos from the 1980s, from Graeme Skeet (Bungendore, Bungendore Junction, Queanbeyan, Canberra, Hoskinstown, Captains Flat, Crookwell, Excelsior, Clandulla, Mudgee, Cootamundra West, Murrurundi, Tamworth, Main South Line, Murwillumbah, Richmond Line, Bongalong). |
| 21-Aug-2008 | Added some photos: Graham Harvey (Portland Cement Works). |
| 20-Sep-2008 | Added some more photos: Graham Harvey (Portland, Limbri Tunnel, Illawarra No 2 Tunnel), Winston Yang (Rozelle Yard, White Bay Power Station, White Bay). |
| 17-Sep-2008 | Added some more photos: Dasher (Willow Tree, Table Top, Albury), Grant Barnett (Werris Creek, Burren), Harold Sanders (Model Farms Road), Somebody in the WWW (Dundas, Wondabyne, Macdonaldtown, Macarthur, Menangle, Berry). |
| 16-Sep-2008 | Some more photos from the North-West: Chris Pearson (Pokataroo), Grant Barnett (Premer, Crooble, North Star, Braefield, West Tamworth, Armidale, Emerald Hill, Moree, Camurra, Merrywinebone, Burren, Walgett Wheat Terminal). |
| 15-Sep-2008 | Started work on the backlog... Added some photos from: Joe Sharman (Bee Siding, Bellbird Colliery, Pelton Colliery), Paul Burgess (Cowra, Cootamundra West, Wallangarra, Cootamundra, Junee, Albury, Bathurst, Rossi Street, Yass Town), W. Madden (Jaspers Brush). |
| 5-Apr-2008 | More photos from the queue: Beau Graves (Hilldale), Brendan Forrest (Summer Hill), Bryan Holland (Deniliquin), Chris Nelson (Gulgong, Binnaway, Old Junee, Stockinbingal, Main North Line, Main South Line, Nyngan, Merriwa, Narrabri Junction Platform), Chris Smart (Baal Bone Junction, Charbon, Kandos, Warrobil, Glencoe), Damien Liew (Guyra, Wallangarra), David Goodyear (Adamstown, Yerrinbool), David Otto (Glenfield), Dimi Nikolias (Lake Cargelligo Branch), Garry Sanders (Gosford, Gerogery), Jim Dean (Jct (Mount Thorley), Paterson), Joe Sharman (Gulgong, Main North Line, Gungal), John Nairn (Petersham), W. Madden (Strathfield, Epping). |
| 31-Mar-2008 | A few more photos uploaded: Charlie Walker (Stanwell Park), Chris Nelson (Scarborough, Quandialla, Narrabri West, Culgoora, Wee Waa, Mangoplah, Burrandana), Diane LeLay (Trewilga), Joe Sharman (Raspberry Colliery, Kerrabee, Ulan Loop, New Tunnel Junction, Wallsend), Malcolm Johnstone (Eungai, Kyogle Loop). |
| 30-Mar-2008 | Overhauled the photo display pages. Photo thmese are now shown as thumbnails by default, and can be sorted by age or location. Can now see all photos by a person on the "Contributors" page. |
| 23-Mar-2008 | Updated the line search maps to include unopened lines (Casino-Bonalbo, Guyra-Dorrigo, Gulgong-Mary Vale). Added a missing linemap for the Eastern Suburbes line. Fixed up a bunch of broken or out-of-date links. Added a few more photos: "Paul" (Belmont), Beau Graves (Weston), Bryan Holland (Euabalong West), Chris Nelson (Young), Damien Liew (Young, Royalla, Cooma, Crookwell), David Goodyear (Redhead Tunnel, Queanbeyan), Sam Warry (Hume). |
| 21-Mar-2008 | More photos uploaded: Alan Middlemiss (Shell Refinery Siding, Rydalmere, Mons Road), Bruce Burgess (Braunstone), Dick Holland (Broken Hill Racecourse Junction, Broken Hill Racecourse), Joe Sharman (Ardglen), John Hamilton (Lucasville), Kevin Jones (Cootamundra), Malcolm Johnston (Glenreagh), Mark Gainford (Oak Flats), Martin Walls (Tamworth), Michael Johnston (Naradhan), Neil Christie (Illawarra Junction), Nicholas Godson (Rydalmere), Peter Try (Cullerin, Jerrawa), Ross Plevey (Gilmore), Sam Laybutt (Oaklands), Somebody in the WWW (Macdonaldtown, Otford), Tony Gatt (Minore). |
| 19-Feb-2008 | Updated the line information for the Main North, to show the Singleton to Nundah deviation. Added some more photos: Ben Dunlop (Sunnyside, Wallangarra), Brian Leedham (Sunnyside), Joe Sharman (Main North Line, Gunnedah, Narrabri, Waratah No 2 Quarry), Michael Johnston (Tullibigeal, Lake Cargelligo), Robin Hicks (Newcastle Goods Yard). |
| 11-Feb-2008 | Added more photos: Ben Dunlop (North Star, Wearne, Boggabilla), Eddie Stavleu (Brocklesby), Goldfish (Thyra, Tantonan, Komungla, Harman, Williamsdale, Molonglo, Warrobil, Puggoon), Joe Sharman (Borenore, Goobang Junction, Baerami), Michael Johnston (Bogan Gate, Coolah, Old Junee, Brushwood, Ganmain, Yanco), W. Madden (Snowy Junction). |
| 5-Jan-2008 | Updated with more photos: Brian Leedham (Exmouth), Chris Smart (Minimbah, Werris Creek, Mungindi Line, Broadmeadow), Chris Stewart (Burringbar Range Tunnel), Colin Iskov (Canyon Colliery), David Goodyear (Hexham, Thornton, Maldon, Mount Victoria), Duncan Butcher (Pokataroo), Edgar Petrone (Dunheved), Eric Kent (Penrith), Graeme Skeet (Petersham, Moss Vale, North Coast Line, Lysaghts, South Coast Line), Graham Harvey (Byrock), Jim Dean (Willow Tree, Bell), Joe Sharman (Muswellbrook, Ardglen, Emerald Hill), Ken Maxwell (Yarraford), Kevin Jones (Six Mile Loop), Martin Walls (Waratah, Warabrook), Peter Try (Mundoon), Peter Ware (Bombo, Kiama, Dombarton, Illawarra No 1 Tunnel, Robertson), Robbie Smith (Harden), Robert Wilson (Hornsby), S. Reynolds (Clyburn), Sam Laybutt (Port Botany, Eastwood, Epping, Ettamogah, Albury, Lockhart, Urana, Oaklands, Rand, Berrigan), Stephen Hood (Yagobie). |
| 21-Oct-2007 | Finally(!) started working through a backlog of photos. Added some from: Axel Cheah (Woolooware), Chris Smart (Bakana, Rylstone, Mudgee), David Goodyear (Jct (Cooks River)), Duncan Butcher (Gravesend), Goldfish (Temora - Roto Line, Mount Murray, Calwalla), Graeme Skeet (Caledonia, Lue), Ian Webster (Sulcor), Joe Sharman (Merah North, Burren), Judy Brown (Blackalls Park, Fennells Platform, Bowers Platform, Toronto), Peter Ware (Bungendore, Brooks Bank Tunnel, Avon Tunnel), Railcar (Bombala Line, Boorowa, Captains Flat), Sam Laybutt (Dundas, Carlingford, Burrumbuttock), Scott McKinnon (Bringagee). |
| 27-May-2007 | More photos: Goldfish (Temora - Roto Line, Mount Murray, Calwalla), Judy Brown (Toronto Line). |
| 27-May-2007 | More photos from the backlog: Anonymous01 (Rooty Hill), Garry Sanders (Bathurst, Georges Plains, Millthorpe), Goldfish (Main Western Line, Parkes - Narromine Line, Red Bend, Wunnamurra, Botfield), Jim Dean (Dungog), Kevin Jones (Sodwalls, Mingay), Mark Gainford (Tarana Quarry, Gemalla, Wambool), Neal Waller (Newcastle, Minmi Junction, Minmi Platform), Peter Prewett (Tumut), TheLoneGunMan (Olympic Park), XPT Rail Fan (Marshalls Hill Tunnel). |
| 26-May-2007 | More photos from: Garry Sanders (Gosford), Goldfish (Argyle, Main South Line), Jim Banks (Jct (Antiene), Drayton Junction, Antiene), Jim Dean (Carlingford, Deepwater, Binalong), Judy Brown (Fassifern), Kevin Jones (Grasstree), MacBeth Family (Coolah), Mark Gainford (Junee, Harefield), Martin Walls (East Maitland), Neal Waller (Warabrook, Maitland), Nicky Sørengaard (Menangle), Paul Bird (Muswellbrook No 2 Colliery), Peter Ware (Berowra), Sam Laybutt (Hornsby), TheLoneGunMan (Lidcombe), Victor Moymow (Barmedman). |
| 20-May-2007 | Added photos from: Garry Sanders (Whitebridge, Carcoar, Cowra), Goldfish (Broken Hill Line) |
| 13-May-2007 | Back working on the site after a busy period of work commitments. Going to start working through the backlog... Added photos from: Anonymous01 (Sandy Hollow), Geoff Allcock (Bourke), Graeme Gardiner (Mary Vale, Cumnock, Yeoval, Tumut), Malcolm Johnstone (Wellington, Denman, Curlewis, Gurley, Kerrabee), Sam Laybutt (Dubbo, Narromine, Nyngan, Hillston, Toronto, Gundagai, Tumut), William Gay (Oberon, Thirlmere, Couridjah). |
| 12-Feb-2007 | Added photos from: Ben Chatwin (Wallangarra, Yass Town), Geoff Allcock (Erskineville), Graeme Gardiner (Clandulla), Kevin Lawrence (Hay Branch, Junee, Harefield), Malcolm Johnstone (Molong, Beresfield, Murrurundi, Mount Murray, Robertson), Sam Laybutt (Ben Bullen, Coonabarabran, Lake Cargelligo, Rhodes, Glenbrook (1st), Glenbrook Tunnel (1st), Arncliffe, Rockdale, Allawah, Hurstville), William Gay (Dunheved). |
| 11-Feb-2007 | Added photos from: Geoff Allcock (Silverton), Graeme Gardiner (Goolma), Karina Vor-daniken (The Halt), Malcolm Johnstone (Molong), Peter Ware (Pacific National Terminal), Sam Laybutt (Bombala, Parkes, Enfield Yard, Beverly Hills). |
| 28-Dec-2006 | Added photos from: Jim Dean (Mudgee, Tenterfield), Martin Walls (Short North), Greg Cavanagh (Albury Racecourse), Kevin Jones (St Heliers, Antiene Coal Unloader), Judy Brown (Morisset), Paul Rogers (Mount Druitt), Andy Tye (Bathurst), "Lachlan" (Apex Loop), Geoff Allcock (Wellington, Dubbo), Joe Sharman (Sandgate Cemetery), David Cooper (Ourimbah), Greg Ray (Dorrigo), "Greg" (Cawley), Ken Maxwell (Rydalmere), Chris Smart (Ashton Siding, Armidale, Willow Tree, Upper Manilla, Redfern, Boggabri Coal Loop, Ardglen Tunnel), Duncan Butcher (Bourke). |
| 21-Dec-2006 | Added diagrams for the North Shore line. |
| 25-Nov-2006 | Updated the details of the Richmond Vale line. |
| 1-Nov-2006 | Added photos from: Jeff Mullier (Pelaw Main, Richmond Vale No 1 Tunnel), Mark Gainford (Chatswood), W. Madden (Glencoe, Normanhurst, Unanderra), Judy Brown (Warwick Farm Racecourse, Tarago), Andrew Phelps (Thornleigh), Garry Sanders (Gosford Racecourse), Matt Barros (Berowra), Gary Sanders (Kooragang Island), Peter Ware (Telopea, North Sydney Tunnel, Warrawee, Wahroonga), Geoff Allcock (Ariah Park), Duncan Butcher (Tarrawingee Line). |
| 21-Oct-2006 | Added some missing entries to the Bulletin index. |
| 21-Oct-2006 | Apologies for the lack of updates. Work commitments and all that. Added photos from: Martin Walls (Cardiff), Joe Sharman (Main North locations), Graeme Gill (South Coast line), Kevin Jones (Holmesville, Mortonmain), David Cooper (Narrandera, Glen Innes, Gundagai), Greg Edwards (Central), Anonymous03 (Canberra (Civic)), B.J. Wise (Cootamundra West), Goldfish (all over NSW), Grant Barnett (Merrygoen), Michael Johnston (Nambucca Heads, Urunga, Macksville), Peter Ware (North Shore line), Kevin Sewell (North Shore line). |
| 10-Aug-2006 | Updated link to NSG606 on the library->signalling page. |
| 7-Aug-2006 | Added some historic photos from the 60s and 70s courtesy of Richard Felstead (Mount Kuring-Gai, Long Island Tunnel, Carlingford, Central, Zig Zag, Strathfield, Albury, Junee, Circular Quay, Milsons Point, Chatswood, Ettamogah, Redfern, North Sydney Car Sidings, Wondabyne). |
| 6-Aug-2006 | Fixed a bug where the random photos were not changing unless you forced a page reload in your browser. Various corrections and additions to the lines between Broken Hill and SA. |
| 28-May-2006 | Added photos from: Brian Leedham (Werris Creek), Jeff Mullier (Sugarloaf Tunnel, Richmond Vale No 3 Tunnel, Farley, Lochinvar), Kevin Jones (Lyndhurst, Havilah, Canowindra, Carcoar Tunnel), W. Madden (Douglas Park, Blandford, Thornleigh Quarry, Braefield, Temple Court, Quipolly, Yanderra, Balmoral, Colo Vale, Mount Fairy, Werris Creek), Michael Bath (Coxs Gap No 1 Tunnel), Garry Sanders (Gloucester), Goldfish (Burcher, Lake Cargelligo, Naradhan, Rankin Springs branches; Grawlin Plains, Back Creek, Wirrinya), Albert Melchert (Crookwell branch), Ken Maxwell (Mount Knowles), Jonathan Eggins (Tarago), Ian Brown (North Goulburn, Central, Tarago, Captains Flat, Bungendore), Corey Sessions (Bulli), Michael Johnston (Nambucca Heads, Ulong, Archville, Bonville, Glenreagh, Grafton, Macksville, Coffs Harbour, Grafton City, Lowanna, Urunga, Sawtell, Raleigh), Chris Smart (Maitland, Emerald Hill, Boggabri, Jct (Werris Creek South), Kandos), Denis Graham (Picton). |
| 10-Jun-2006 | More updates to the location coordinates. Corrected the details of the Lapstone Zig-Zag deviations. Display the coordinates of the point on the NSW display map. Replaced standard Google maps icons with push-pins. |
| 3-Jun-2006 | More improvements to the new Google Maps. Clicking on station icons in the browse window brings up more details. Various performance improvements. |
| 28-May-2006 | Now integrated with Google Maps. Each location page now has a map (where its position is known). There is also a browse map page where you can navigate around the state (Maps->Browse NSW). There has also been a massive overhaul of the geographic data leading to much more accurate positions for locations. There are still a number of unknown ones to resolve. |
| 24-May-2006 | Added photos from me: Bombala line (Lake Bathurst Ballast Siding, Michelago, Cooma, Bobingah, Maclaughlin, Holts Flat, Bombala), Main South (Uranquinty, The Rock, The Rock ABA Terminal). |
| 23-May-2006 | Now that Google Maps now has mapping data for NSW, there is now a link from the location pages to the corresponding Google Map for the location. Added photos from: Roger Crawford (Queanbeyan), Kevin Jones (Vulcan, Glen Ayr Colliery, Carlos Gap Tunnel, Brogans Creek, Irondale, Ayrfield No 1 Colliery), Garry Sanders (Wallangarra, Gosford, Tenterfield), Goldfish (Uranagong, Glenroy, Uppingham, Ferndale, Brundah, Greenethorpe, Rosewood, Leniston, Eurabba, Oreston, Nurla, Warrangong), Paul Bech (Blue Cow), TheLoneGunMan (Newnes Junction, Berrima Colliery, Berrima Cement Works), Winston Yang (Dunheved), Anonymous01 (Industrial Sidings), Judy Brown (Warnervale, Tarago, Dunedoo, Mudgee, Gulgong, Casino, Bowral, Wellington, Dubbo), Peter Miller (Hunter Valley Coal Loader, Warabrook, Woodville Junction), Peter Ware (Mullengudgery, Tarana Quarry, Nyngan, Dripstone, Combo, Narromine, Wallerawang, Mungeribar, Nevertire, Dubbo), John Vawdrey (Broken Hill), Michael Johnston (Teven, Old Casino, Casino, Ballina). |
| 9-May-2006 | Added an entry for Thornleigh Quarry on the Main North pages. |
| 7-May-2006 | Overhauled the line diagrams. They now show the location of major sidings and branches where they leave the main line, rather than at the end. |
| 22-Apr-2006 | Regenerated the line maps. Apart from improvements in quality, you can now click on a location on a map to see the details. Locations details also have a link back to the map. Most of the NSW and Newcastle maps are complete; Sydney still needs more work. |
| 3-Apr-2006 | Added new photos from: Karina Hall (Canowindra), Ross McConchie (North Strathfield), Leon Rudd (Werris Creek), Bob Bailey (Maitland, Warabrook), Michael Smith (Woy Woy Tunnel), Michael Johnston (Peak Hill, Culcairn, Gloucester, The Rock, Narromine, Sunnyside, Stroad Road, Wallangarra). |
| 31-Mar-2006 | Added a new page in the Library section covering the Lithgow Zig Zag. Incorporated turntable details into the per-location pages. Updated URL for ILRMS. |
| 30-Mar-2006 | Various minor changes to make things more search engine friendly. Added forward/back buttons on the photo display pages, to make it easier to step through all photos for a location. |
| 28-Mar-2006 | Restored some more photos that were inadvertantly disabled. Moved Map->Links to the Links page. Corrected a couple of broken external URLs. Enabled links on the location pages, added some to various locations. Added a quick link to this change log on the front page. |
| 27-Mar-2006 | Added coloured bullets to the Lines pages to indicate their current status. Re-added a missing photograph (School Gates). Added support for locations with multiple distances from Sydney (different routes), e.g. Gulgong. Added support for distance from Melbourne for Victorian lines, and filled in some values where known. |
| 24-Mar-2006 | Added a link on the location photo pages back to the main location page, to make navigation easier. Updated the "Triangles" page. More updates to information in the main database. Added new photos from: Adrian Chippindale (Bombala), Anonymous01 (Lake Cargelligo line; Canberra, Kooragang Island, Hume, Temora, Moree, Stockinbingal, Naradhan, Griffith, Casino, Denman, Maimaru, Tullamore, The Rock, Yethera, Wauchope), B.J. Wise (Boorowa), Chris Smart (Curlewis, Manilla, Cowan, Jct (Gap East), Colly Blue, West Tamworth, Watermark), David Freckelton (Bunnerong Power Station), David Good (Glen Innes, Compton Downs), Garry Sanders (North Sydney), Goldfish (Tocumwal, Oaklands, Tumut, Boorowa lines), Greg McMahaon (Queens Wharf, Raworth), Greg Ray (Waterfall Tunnel), Jeff Russell (Crisps Creek), John Vawdrey (Chakola, Cooma), Ken Maxwell (Minore), TheLoneGunman (The Royal National Park) unknown (Waterfall Tunnel), William Gay (Capertee - Rylstone), W. Madden (Woy Woy). |
| 13-Mar-2006 | Restored a bunch of photos which inadvertantly were disabled. Also re-enabled some location diagrams. |
| 13-Mar-2006 | Added new map showing the locations of triangles and turntables in NSW. Added photos from Darren Tulk (Boggabilla, Burringbar, Binnaway - Gwabegar, Michelago, Cooma, Murwillumbah, Goulburn, Byron Bay, Dubbo). |
| 8-Mar-2006 | Brought pages into line with HTML standards. Added rules so that visitors to the old pages are redirected to the new ones. |
| 6-Mar-2006 | Updated various open/close details for Deniliquin line. Overhauled the turntables page, with lots of corrections. |
| Mar-2006 | Complete rewrite of the website. Made a bunch or minor improvements along the way. Enhanced "search" to match previous names of stations. Made the pages more "printer friendly". Added photos from: Andrew Godson (Warnervale), Stephen Bennetts (Lithgow, Zig Zag, Lapstone), Brian Leedham (Werris Creek), Kevin Jones (Suburban stations, Cawley Tunnel, Aberdare Junction, Richmond Main Colliery), John Beckhouse (Tumut, Tumbarumba lines), Garry Sanders (Turramurra, Glenlee Colliery), Goldfish (Temora-Roto, Yanco-Griffith, Hay, Lake Cargelligo, Balranald, Tocumwal, Koorakee lines; Burbong, Moira), TheLoneGunMan (The Royal National Park), Karina Hall (No 1 Mortuary Station, Gurley), Anthony Gainford (Tumbarumba), Anonymous01 (Holmwood, Boree Creek, Albert, Woodstock, Carcoar, Bogan Gate, Leeton, Toongi, Ariah Park, Canberra), Chris Stewart (Bamberry Hill Tunnel), Mal Smith (Rappville), Chris Smart (Breeza, Warral, Narrabri, Wollun, Narrabri Junction, Tamarang, Spring Ridge, Kandos, Curlewis, Mount Owen Junction, Turrawan, Farley, Edgeroi, Uralla, Walcha Road, Burilda, Coonabarabran, Belford), Duncan Butcher (Brewarrina line, Wilga Tank - Boorindal) |
| 8-Dec-2005 | Added photos from: Jeff Mullier (Neath, Caledonia, Bellbird Junction), Kevin Jones (Commonwealth Siding, Cheltenham), Bob Bailey (Islington Junction), Judy Brown (Lake Bathurst), Adrian Chippendale (Grenfell), Woodford Academy Photo Collection (Woodford), William Gay (Central), Karina Hall (Potts Hill branch, Regents Park), Grant Miller (Broadmeadow), Stephan Delaney (Canberra, Queanbeyan), Geoff Allcock (Richmond branch, West Wyalong, Wyalong), Alex Li (Corrimal, Bellambi), Stephen Bennetts (Milsons Point, Martin Place, Circular Quay, Central, Windsor, Riverstone), Duncan Butcher (Merrygoen), Garry Sanders (Central), James Maskell (East Maitland, Nimmitabel), Goldfish (Moama, Wakool, Balranald, Moulamein, Moira, Mathoura). |
| 21-Oct-2005 | Added photos from: Scott McKinnon (historic photos of the Tottenham, Parkes - Narromine lines; Gunningbland, Cowra, Gooloogong, Gilgandra, Baradine, Tichborne, Eumungerie, Coonamble, Coonabarabran), Ross McConchie (Strathfield, Bungendore Junction), Peter Ware (North Coast line, Gosford), Stephan Delaney (South Coast line). |
| 11-Oct-2005 | Added photos from: Michael Thornes (Tamworth, Glen Innes, Werris Creek, Tenterfield), Kevin Jones (Mount Frome, Mount Knowles), W. Madden (Stockinbingal - Parkes line, Blayney), Bradley Curran (Molong, Kerrs Creek). |
| 8-Oct-2005 | Added photos from: Kevin Jones (Pipers Flat), James Banks (Branxton), Goldfish (Gadara), Glenn Martin (Kurrajong, Duffys, North Richmond), Dimi Nikolias (Shell Refinery Siding, Sandown), James Maskell (Town Hall), Anonymous01 (Emu Plains, Hardies), Duncan Butcher (Adamstown, Walgett, Bugilbone, Tikkara, Boorindal, Trangie, Baan Baa, Merah North, Jct (Byrock), Cobar, Wave Hill, Burren, Tarcoon, Parkes, Wee Waa, Walgett Wheat Terminal). |
| 28-Sep-2005 | Added photos from: James Banks (Lochinvar), Jeff Kaye (Wallerawang), Duncan Butcher (Tottenham line, Bogan Gate - Ivanhoe). |
| 24-Sep-2005 | Fixed broken links on the master photograph index. Added more photos from: Goldfish (Sheahan), myself (Wallerawang Colliery and Oaklands branches, Newnes Junction to Wallerawang, Cullen Bullen, Moama). |
| 24-Sep-2005 | Added photos from: Kevin Jones (Morisset, West Ryde, Richmond Vale No 1 Tunnel), Brent Smith (Boggabilla), Andrew Cole (Corowa branch), Tom Rogers (Carlingford), Gary Sanders (North Sydney Car Sidings), Stephan Delaney (Hay branch; Narrandera, Yenda, Wagga Wagga, Bradfordville, Cootamundra West, Cootamundra, Tumut, Goulburn), Mark Colman (Gulgong - Mary Vale line), Stephen Bennetts (Glenbrook Tunnel, Glenbrook, Katoomba, Valley Heights, Riverstone), W. Madden (Lake Bathurst, Carrick, Inveralochy), Goldfish (Tumbarumba, Tumut/Kunama, Crookwell, Boorowa, Yass, and Main South lines; Narrandera), Garry Sanders (Kings Cross), James Maskell (Sulphide Street), Ben Chatwin (Menangle, Oak Flats, Wollongong, Exeter), Peter Ware (lower North Shore line), Chris Smart (Curlewis, Willow Tree, Clandulla, Merrywinebone, Mudgee, Narrabri Junction Platform, Burren, Charbon Colliery Junction, Ardglen, Redfern, Kandos). |
| 7-Sep-2005 | Added data for Wallerawang Colliery branch. Fixed search to return locations on non-NSW lines. |
| 6-Sep-2005 | Major overhaul of locations database. Added about 170 new locations and defined open/closed dates for most of the locations in the state. |
| 27-Aug-2005 | Re-instated the line links on the location description pages. Added photos from: David Goodyear (Central Coast), Stephen Bennetts (Clyburn - Lithgow), Andrew Cole (Bathurst), Jim Banks (Katoomba, East Richmond), Kevin Jones (North Strathfield, Rhodes, Newnes Junction, Denistone, Eastwood), W. Madden (Cowra, Ourimbah, Epping, Koorawatha, Tuggerah, Denistone, Narara, West Ryde, Wyong, Niagara Park), Ben Chatwin (Lisarow, Cronulla branch, Mortuary, Towrang, Clyburn, Redfern), Goldfish (Marinna). |
| 7-Aug-2005 | Added photos from: Stephen Bennetts (Richmond Line), Peter Ware (Richmond-Kurrajong), Garry Sanders (Koloona, Stroud Road, Gosford, Dubbo, Castle Hill), Goldfish (Deniliquin, Tumbarumba, Yarrawonga-Oaklands, Rand, Corowa Branches; South Gundagai, Morven, Curraghmohr), Brian Ayling (Wollar Gap Tunnel, Bylong Tunnel). |
| 5-Aug-2005 | Added photos from: Goldfish (Corowa Line, Oaklands Line, Main South), Stephan Delaney (Corowa Line). |
| 3-Jul-2005 | This time from the southern region: Ben Chatwin (Campbelltown, Flemington, Marulan, Medway Junction, Sydenham), Chris Stewart (Gilmore, Lyndhurst, Mandurama, Rosewood, Tarcutta), Greg Hunter (Loftus), Jennie Carter (Whitton), John Beckhouse (Captains Flat), Kevin Jones (Otford, Wongawilli Colliery Junction), Matthew Fitzhenry (Quondong), Peter Try (Pulletop), Ross Thomson (Finley, Jerilderie), Stephan Delaney (Balldale, Hopefield, Corowa), W. Madden (Batlow, Coolac, Exeter, Gilmore, Grenfell, Gundagai, Marrangaroo, Marulan, Moss Vale, Pymble, Tallong, Waitara). |
| 2-Jul-2005 | Added more pending photos, this time from the western region: John Parker (Valley Heights), Ted Mullet (Valley Heights), Kevin Jones (linden, Leura, Medlow Bath), Stephen Bennetts (Bullaburra, Medlow Bath, Mount Victoria, Lithgow), W. Madden (Katoomba, Mount Victoria, Bowenfels, Wallerawang, Orange, Weeraman), Brian Ayling (Tottenham). |
| 26-Jun-2005 | Added the first swathe of pending photographs, covering the northern region of the state: Ben Chatwin (Grafton City, Maitland, Mudgee, Wallangarra), Bryan Ayling (Mindaribba), Garry Sanders (Gilgandra, Gosford), Kevin Jones (Carlos Gap, Concord West, Excelsior, Torbane, Weenga), Peter Try (Coxs Gap No 1 Tunnel), Phil Schubert (Black Mountain, Exmouth, Armidale, Ben Lomond, Byron Bay, Casino, Coffs Harbour, Deepwater, Glen Innes, Gunnedah, Guyra, Hamilton, Lismore, Tenterfield, Uralla), W. Madden (Binnaway, Birriwa, Bomera, Caroona, Connemarra, Koolewong, Parkville, Point Clare, Premer, Spring Ridge, Tascott, Thornleigh, Wingen, Wingham, Wyong, Yannergee) |
| 21-Jun-2005 | Added photos from: Stephan Delaney (Gundagai), Taylor Syme (Gundagai, Jerilderie, Narrandera), Karl Maftoum (Hoskinstown), Garry Sanders (Koolewong), Goldfish (Rennie), Kevin Jones (Warrimoo, Old Main Tunnel), Ben Chatwin (Yerrinbool), Geoff Allcock (Wagga Wagga), William Gay (Picton Loop line, Cowra), Bryan Holland (Manildra). |
| 19-Jun-2005 | Fixed the Bulletin search page so that it works again. |
| 18-Jun-2005 | Added a link to the new "Triangles" page. |
| 16-Jun-2005 | Started building the new linemaps. So far, most of the non-metropolitan lines have been done, although some of them need some manual cleanup. They can be accessed by clicking on the "Maps" link on the main page for each of the lines. |
| 23-May-2005 | Added photos from: Kevin Jones (Albion Park, Dapto), Stephan Delaney (Murray Bridge, Darling Harbour line, Narrandera), Russell Beer (Bethungra Spiral), Taylor Syme (Echuca, Grong Grong), Garry Sanders (Gosford, Tascott). |
| 1-May-2005 | Added photos from: Peter Ware (Newcastle), Sam Macdonald (Guyra), Kevin Jones (Prells Siding, Raglan, Westville), W. Madden (Rydal, Sodwals, Tarana, Raglan, Tichborne, Wingello, Towrang), Goldfish (Wait-A-While, Strathaird). |
| 26-Apr-2005 | Fixed numerous errors in the Signals page. |
| 20-Apr-2004 | Corrected description for Amaroo. Fixed missing photos for locations outside NSW (Robinvale, Echuca, Murrabit). |
| 18-Apr-2005 | Added photos from: Goldfish (Caldwell, Deniliquin, Murrabit, Nacurrie, Inveralochy, Lake Bathurst, Bungendore, Canberra, Forest Hill, RAAF Wagga Wagga, Newnes Oil Works), Geoff Allcock (Erskineville), Matthew Fitzhenry (Epping, Minnamurra, Bombo, Kiama), Kevin Jones (Richmond Vale No 3 Tunnel, Pelaw Main, Emu Plains, Pennant Hills), Mike Kearnes (Cougal Spiral), W. Madden (Locksley, Brewongle, Amaroo, Perthville, Cookamidgera, Parkes, Burradoo, Penrose, Breadalbane, Binalong, Cunningar, Galong, Harden, Daroobalgie, Portland), Garry Sanders (Berowra). Added historic photos from: Brian Ayling (Brewongle, Wimbledon Bugilbone, Meadowbank, Morundah, Pangela), Chris Nelson (Albury, Baradine, Bathurst, Darling Harbour, Lithgow, Manildra, Morandoo, Muswellbrook, Yumbunga). |
| 9-Apr-2005 | Various changes related to the move to the new hosting service. |
| 16-Mar-2005 | Added photos from: Ben Chatwin (East Hills line), Anonymous01 (Bomen), Stephen Bennetts (Blue Mountains), Kevin Jones (Central west, Glenbrook), W. Madden (Central west), Paul Bech (Lucasville, Central west, Southern region), Goldfish (Southern region), Bryan Holland (Fassifern, Toronto), Chris Stewart (Kyogle), Narrandera (Wesley Gleeson), Sandgate Cemetery (Stephan Delaney), James Black (St James, Wolli Creek), Matthew Fitzhenry (Wirega). |
| 31-Jan-2005 | Added photos from: Goldfish (Stony Crossing, Balranald, and Yass branches), Matthew Fitzhenry (Bribbaree), Kevin Jones (St Marys, Werrington), Bruce Campbell (Clarence), W. Madden (Gregra, Meranburn, Kunama), Geoff Allcock (Gunning, Yass Junction, Wagga Wagga). |
| 8-Jan-2005 | Added information on the Lithgow Zig Zag and South Coast deviations. |
| 4-Jan-2005 | Re-added the section opening/closing details as a new link off the line pages. |
| 1-Jan-2005 | Added photos from Chris Wynn (Glenlogan), Matthew Fitzhenry (Quandialla), and Stephen Bennetts (Lapstone to Zig Zag). |
| 28-Dec-2004 | Added new photos from: Matthew Fitzhenry (Berendebba, Camden branch, Epping, Como, Chatswood), Michael Johnston (Garah-Mungindi), Duncan Butcher (Newcastle/Cessnock area, Erskineville, Sydenham, Carlingford branch, Cooks River), Kevin Jones (Stanfield, Doonside-Penrith, Gundagai, Mogongong, Cessnock area), W. Madden (Tumblong, North Coast line, Gosford), Geoff Allcock (Illabo, Goulburn, Binalong). |
| 5-Dec-2004 | Started tidying up the HTML in the pages and moving towards a more CSS-based framework. |
| 22-Nov-2004 | Added some updates to the Turntables page. |
| 20-Nov-2004 | Added dump of all locations in CSV format ("Location DB" on main menu), and put together a list of turntables (also on main menu). |
| 12-Nov-2004 | Added some photos from Geoff Allcock (Darling Harbour, 1984). |
| 6-Nov-2004 | Added a heap of new photos (including a number which had been gathering dust in my inbox for far too long), from: Anthony Markham (Denman), Bruce Kennewell (Woodford), Duncan Butcher (Botany, Carlingford and Newcastle lines, Sandown, Gungal, Ulan, and Hawkesbury River) Gary Stevens (Mandurama, Lyndhurst, Cowra, Temora, Griffith), Geoff Allcock (Gidginbung, Reefton, South Wyalong), Graeme Gardiner (Maclaughlin, Bombala, Mangoplah), Kevin Jones (Kalingo railway, Ralvona, Richmond line), Mark Colman (Crooble, Delungra, Narrandera, Tocumwal), Michael Johnston (Murwillumbah line), Peter Leary (Tamworth), Robin Scott (Newnes), Warwick Mead (Old Casino), W. Madden (Clandulla, Gulgong, Murrurundi, Quirindi). |
| 31-Oct-2004 | Added "tunnels" page. Changed the line index maps to show a pop-up label for the line under the cursor. |
| 24-Oct-2004 | Added photos from Geoff Allcock (Bombala, Rankins Springs), Kevin Jones (Quakers Hill, Marayong), Duncan Butcher (Compton Downs, Wyuna Downs), Taylor Syme (Bundanoon, Robertson), "Goldfish" (Gerogery, Royalla), Gary Stevens (Eugowra Branch). Added diagrams for the Eugowra branch. |
| 19-Oct-2004 | Tidied up a lot of issues with the new line diagrams. |
| 13-Oct-2004 | Updated descriptions for the Molong-Dubbo and Coonamble lines. |
| 12-Oct-2004 | Added photos from Geoff Allcock (Alleena, Temora), Peter Ware (Dunedoo - Dubbo), Anonymous01 (various Sydney yards), Tom Rogers (Rydalmere), Duncan Butcher (Rowena - Pokataroo), Kevin Jones (various places), Winston Yang (Bowenfels), Taylor Syme (Bathurst), W. Madden (Quirindi), Ben Chatwin (Yerrinbool). |
| 11-Oct-2004 | Updated the Operators page, based on a bunch of changes from Ben Chatwin. |
| 9-Oct-2004 | Fairly major overhaul. Moved all the location information to separate pages. Got rid of most of the PHP stuff and generally overhauled the organisation. Some things are not migrated over, and some things need to be cleaned up. The line maps wil be completely re-done. |
| 28-Sep-2004 | Added a new historic map, the Sydney network in 1974. |
| 4-Sep-2004 | Added photos from Kevin Jones, Duncan Butcher, Geoff Allcock. |
| 29-Aug-2004 | Added a bunch of updates and photos from on a visit last week to the Molong-Dubbo, Coonamble, Walgett and Inverell lines. |
| 2-Aug-2004 | Added photos from William Gay, Kevin Jones, Duncan Butcher, Geoff Allcock, Peter Ware, and Gary Stevens. |
| 18-Jul-2004 | Rebuilt the branch maps, so that they are more up-to-date, especially with respect to the photo icons. Also updated a lot of "Distance" values for locations in the database. Updated the Murwillumbah line to reflect its now-closed status. |
| 2-Jul-2004 | Added a bunch of photos from all over, from Geoff Allcock, Duncan Butcher, Steve Hall, Anonymous01, Peter Ware, Matthew Fitzhenry, and Kevin Jones. |
| 27-Jun-2004 | Added photos from Kevin Jones (Gwabegar line), Matthew Fitzhenry (Baulkham Hills, Port Kembla), Stephen Bennetts (Blue Mountains), Geoff Allcock (Coolamon), and Karina Hall (Rookwood Cemetery). Also fixed a bunch of spelling mistakes. |
| 21-Jun-2004 | Started adding diagrams for the Blayney-Demondrille line, seeing as we now have photos for most of the locations. |
| 20-Jun-2004 | Added photos from the southern end of the Blayney-Demondrille branch (Gary Stevens), plus other photos from Peter Ware, and Rod Walker. |
| 16-Jun-2004 | Added photos from Duncan Butcher, Chris Bentley, Peter Ware, Stehphen Bennetts, and some great shots from the far west from Geoff Allcock. |
| 22-May-2004 | Added a bunch of photos from Kevin Jones, Bryan Holland, Geoff Allcock, Tom Rogers, Winston. |
| 9-Apr-2004 | Added photos from Dimi Nikolias, Nathan Johnston, Steve Bennetts, Stephen Hodges. |
| 4-Apr-2004 | Corrected some links. Added photos from Gary Stevens, Warwick McCall, Kevin Jones, Anonymous01. Status updates from Bryan Holland. |
| 28-Feb-2004 | Added lots of updated from various people. Added photos from Duncan Butcher, Robert Heal, Chris Bentley, Ian Brash, Mark Swan, William Gay, Matthew Fitzhenry, Rod Smith, Kevin Jones, Jim Fisher, Bruce Campbell, Steve Bennetts, Peter Ware. |
| 11-Oct-2003 | Added photos from Peter Ware, Duncan Butcher, Wayne Eade. |
| 21-Jul-2003 | Added some photos from Brian Leedham. |
| 17-Jul-2003 | Added some historic photos from Graeme Skeet. |
| 16-Jul-2003 | Added photos from the far west (Duncan Butcher), far north (Michael Johnston), Molong-Dubbo (Kieran Ryan). |
| 24-Jun-2003 | Added photos from Merrygoen, Byrock and Gilgandra (Duncan Butcher). |
| 23-Jun-2003 | Added some more photos from Nathan Johnston (Old Casino, Main South). |
| 15-Jun-2003 | Added some photos from the Nyngan area (Duncan Butcher), the north coast area (Michael Johnston), Rocky Ponds (Stephen Woodhead). |
| 1-Jun-2003 | Moved house and accumulated a large backlog of contributions :-( Started adding some from Duncan Butcher (Newcastle area), Chris Nelson (Baradine) and Matthew Fitzhenry (Quandialla). |
| 29-Mar-2003 | Added a bunch of photos from Peter Ware (Sydney yards and Cowra area), William Gay (Dorrigo line), Duncan Butcher (Main West, Brewarrina lines), Nathan Johnstone (various places), Paul Bech (Deniliquin line) |
| 2-Mar-2003 | Added lots of photos from Gary Stevens, Robert Heal, Karina Vor-daniken, Duncan Butcher, Peter Ware. There are still lots more in the queue... |
| 3-Feb-2003 | Added some excellent photos from the far west by Duncan Butcher. Fixed some broken links. |
| 04-Jan-2003 | Yet more historic photos from Mark Zanker (various locations)! Added some photos from the South Coast from Peter Ware, Brian Leedham, and me. |
| 02-Jan-2003 | More historic photos from Mark Zanker (various locations). |
| 01-Jan-2003 | Added links to the RIC Safeworking Online page. Added some photos from Robert Heal (far west), Mark Zanker (Tumut). Fixed some incorrect captions, and a mis-attributed image. |
| 19-Nov-2002 | Added the first batch of photos in the queue. These are photos from around the state, dating mainly in the period 1975-1980, courtesy of Mark Zanker. |
| 6-Oct-2002 | Added photos from: Robert Heal (Newbridge-Millthorpe), Gaven Livermore (Ladysmith), Graeme Skeet (various places), David Freckelton (Spring Hill area), Brian Leedham (Armidale, Dumaresq). Added photos by me from the Merriwa, Coolah and Barraba branches, as well as Spring Hill to Geurie on the Main West. Added Yass branch locations (from David Bromage). Started wading through a large backlog of updates, corrections etc which have been accumulating in my Inbox... |
| 1-Sep-2002 | Added status updates for the Merriwa and Coolah branches, and Dubbo-Orange. Added status updates from Robert Heal. |
| 17-Aug-2002 | Added photos from Brian Leedham (Tarago, Marulan, Goulburn), Graeme Skeet (Corowa and Kywong branches, more signal boxes), Malcolm Alexander (Box Vale Colliery), Mark Colman (Inverell branch), Robert Heal (various CityRail stations) |
| 11-Aug-2002 | Added links to Andrew Young's page. Added a "photo theme" page for track diagrams. |
| 28-Jul-2002 | Photos from Graeme Skeet (Oaklands and Holbrook branches, Newcastle area) and Andy Browne (Main South). Added a couple of photos from Eloura Colliery. |
| 14-Jul-2002 | Some updates, after a short trip overseas. More historic photos of the Main South and Rand Branch, from Graeme Skeet. Added various photos from Nathan Johnston. |
| 10-Jun-2002 | Added a bunch more photos from Gaven Livermore (Main South, Ladysmith), Kevin Sewell (Oberon line), Stephen Daymond (Tullibigeal), Brian Leedham (Cowra, Main North). There are now over 1000 photos on this site. Thanks to all the contributors! |
| 26-May-2002 | Added location updates from Chris Wynn and John Read. Added photos from Queanbeyan (John Wheeler) and the central west (Stephen Daymond). |
| 12-May-2002 | Added photos of Stroud Road (Peter Ware), The Royal National Park (Graeme Gardiner), Black Mountain (Brian Leedham) |
| 13-Apr-2002 | Just started a new job, so updates may be slightly less frequent for a while... Updated the Bulletin search index to current. |
| 1-Apr-2002 | Added a bunch of photos of Dubbo from Steve Davies. |
| 21-Mar-2002 | Added photos from Terry Peckham and John Wheeler. |
| 19-Mar-2002 | Changed the format of the initial page somewhat. |
| 14-Mar-2002 | Added some updates from Stephen Hodges |
| 8-Mar-2002 | Added a photo of Taralga, from George Kavazos. |
| 5-Mar-2002 | Added some photos from the Lithgow-Capertee-Tarana area. |
| 4-Mar-2002 | Added some photos from Mark Gainford and Andy Browne. Added some updates from Roderick O'Donnell. |
| 25-Feb-2002 | Added photos from the Adamstown-Belmont line. |
| 23-Feb-2002 | Updated Belmont line status. Corrections to the signals page (Eddie Oliver). |
| 18-Feb-2002 | Added photos from Graeme Skeet, Andy Browne, Martin Chapman. |
| 14-Feb-2002 | Added photos from Oolong, McAlister and the Taralga branch from Graeme Skeet. |
| 4-Feb-2002 | Added photos from Andy Browne (Demondrille, Wallendbeen, Wattamondara) and Graeme Skeet (Yarra - Fish River, Galong, Goondah, Boorowa, Gooramma). |
| 3-Feb-2002 | Added some photos from Andy Browne (Shepherds, Harefield, Oaklands). |
| 20-Jan-2002 | Added various photos from Graeme Gardiner, Graeme Skeet and Karina Vor-daniken. Added photos of Wallangarra from Mark Zanker. Added a new page covering some of the Hunter Valley collieries. |
| 13-Jan-2002 | Digitised some more locations. |
| 12-Jan-2002 | Added some location updates from Bryan Holland. |
| 10-Jan-2002 | Added photos from Karina Vor-daniken, Graeme Skeet and Paul Bech for all over the state. |
| 7-Jan-2002 | Digitised the Ballina and Cadia Mine branches. Redigitised the West Wallsend branch. Tracked down the coordinates for a few more missing locations. |
| 6-Jan-2002 | Tidied up some of the linemaps by adding the long-missing inland bodies of water. Added links to the locations pages to perform a search for related photos at PictureAustralia. Got the ARHS Bulletin index up to date. |
| 3-Jan-2002 | Tracked down the location of a few more places. Added diagrams for the Taralga branch, plus a couple of photos. Added some updates and photos from Paul Bech, and some photos from Urban Adventure Images. |
| 1-Jan-2002 | More photos from the Rand branch and Main South from Andy Browne. Added diagrams for the Rand, Oaklands, Oaklands and Kywong branches. Added some status updated and corrections from Bryan Holland. |
| 18-Dec-2001 | Added a photo of Miowera platform from the 1970s, from Sue Reid. |
| 16-Dec-2001 | Added more photos from the southern region from Andy Browne. |
| 10-Dec-2001 | Added more photos from Graeme Gardiner. |
| 30-Nov-2001 | More photos from Andy Browne (Milbrulong), Graeme Skeet (Parkes, Pippita, Port Waratah, Rookwood, Enfield, and various Signal Boxes), Gary Stevens (Cootamundra West and Ganmain). Made some minor style-sheet fixups. Added a few links. |
| 17-Nov-2001 | Added photos from Andy Browne (Binalong, Tootool, Napier, Belfrayden, French Park, Bon Accord, Uranquinty, Kapooka), Malcolm Johnstone (Gap) and Graeme Skeet (West Ryde, Enfield). |
| 4-Nov-2001 | Added photos from Mark Zanker (Mittagong, Moss Vale, Bowral), Graeme Skeet (North Strathfield box, Sigway platform), Malcolm Johnstone (Premer), Graeme Gardiner (Burcher, Condobolin, Jct (Liverpool), Royal National Park, Warwick Farm Racecourse). Added some location updates from Graeme Skeet. |
| 27-Oct-2001 | Added photos from John Sulman covering the Picton - Mittagong area. Added photos from Graeme Skeet (Goulburn, Warwick Farm Racecourse and Kendall). Updated a bunch of location updates in the Lithgow - Yeoval area (from Rob McFadden). Updated a bunch of location updates on the North Coast line. Worked though a large backlog of mail incorporating bits and pieces into various pages. |
| 21-Oct-2001 | Digitised some more locations. Added references to Tweed Heads station. Split the "missing data" page into 3 new pages for ease of access. Added some more photos from Graeme Skeet (signal boxes) and Mark Gainford (Robinvale). Added a few more photos of mine from various places. |
| 17-Oct-2001 | Revamped the photo index page. As well as the master index, there are also pages for recent additions, historic photos and a collection of signal box photos. |
| 16-Oct-2001 | Photos of Parramatta and Blacktown signal boxes (Graeme Skeet). |
| 13-Oct-2001 | Yet more photos from Graeme Skeet, Mark Gainford, Urban Adventure Images, and Graeme Gardiner. |
| 10-Oct-2001 | Added some historic photos from Graeme Skeet (various Sydney signal boxes, plus Koorawatha). Added a couple of photos of Broken Hill, from Mark Gainford. Added info and photo from Anita Lukaszyk. Added photos from all over the place, from Graeme Gardiner. |
| 19-Sep-2001 | Added some photos from Mittagong, the Berrima Colliery branch, the Box Vale Colliery branch (Urban Adventure Images), State Brickworks and Merrylands Signal Boxes (Graeme Skeet), Girilambone (Graeme Gardiner), Bomen, Collingullie and Coolac (Andy Browne) |
| 15-Sep-2001 | Added photos of Goulburn signal boxes (Graeme Skeet), Junee and Wagga (Gary Stevens), Orange East Fork (Mark Gainford), St James and Moss Vale (Urban Adventure Images). Added some info on the Woronora Cemetery line. |
| 4-Sep-2001 | Added new photos from John Wheeler (Manilla and Tamworth), Gary Stevens (Marrar, Coolamon, Narrandera and Cootamundra), and Mark Gainford (Mandurama and Lyndhurst). |
| 26-Aug-2001 | Added photos from Mark Zanker of Bargo, Bathurst, Blayney and Newbridge, taken this year. |
| 18-Aug-2001 | Added photos from Gary Stevens of Goulburn in 1980. |
| 9-Aug-2001 | Added photos of the Toronto and Crookwell branches. |
| 4-Aug-2001 | Added a bunch of photos from Malcolm Johnstone of the north-west area. |
| 2-Aug-2001 | Added links to the SkiTube pages. |
| 1-Aug-2001 | Incorporated updated ARHS Bulletin data (courtesy of Geoff Lambert) into the search form. Added a link to the Rail Infrastructure Corporation (RIC). Added a couple of status updates from Andrew Browne. |
| 31-Jul-2001 | Added some descriptive text on the North Sydney Car Sidings branch, and fixed up the map. |
| 30-Jul-2001 | Added some more photos from "Urban Chaos". |
| 25-Jul-2001 | Added some more photos of the Captains Flat branch (from "Urban Chaos") and the north-west area (from Malcolm Johnstone). |
| 23-Jul-2001 | More changes to the line maps. Now there are little camera icons which, when clicked, will take you to the photos for that location. Added a couple of photos of Woodford station, courtesy of Chris Parr. |
| 22-Jul-2001 | Continued with the general improvement to the maps. Split a lot of the larger area line maps into a number of smaller ones, so the detail isn't lost. Started labelling tunnels on the maps. Still some work to do in this area. |
| 20-Jul-2001 | Improved the quality of the line-drawing in the larger-scale (search and progress) maps. They now look much nicer. |
| 15-Jul-2001 | Added a bit of extra text on the Toronto line. |
| 10-Jul-2001 | Added an article on the South Maitland Railways. Added a photo of the goods shed at Henty, courtesy of Andrew Browne. |
| 7-Jul-2001 | Added map and some details for the Stanford Merthyr Railway. |
| 5-Jul-2001 | Added an explanation for some of the terms used on the pages (click on the "*" next to a term). |
| 4-Jul-2001 | Added distances to tunnel portals. |
| 24-Jun-2001 | Added a Widemere Quarry article, provided by Karina Hall. |
| 18-Jun-2001 | Added some photos of the Mudgee area, taken at various times, from Nathan White. |
| 17-Jun-2001 | Added a couple of photos on the Oberon branch from Stephen Daymond, as well as some diagrams and notes on the branch. |
| 10-Jun-2001 | Corrected link to HET on the operators page, thanks to Peter Godfrey. |
| 3-Jun-2001 | Added some photos of Kiama and Bomaderry from John Coombes. |
| 28-May-2001 | Added 3 photos of pre-fire Tarcutta, by Darren Bazley. Added some photos of Paterson, Mindaribba, Morpeth and East Maitland taken by me! |
| 27-May-2001 | Lots of tidy-up to ensure the pages conform to HTML 4.01. Added photos of Binalong, Murrumburrah and Wallendbeen from Mark Zanker. Added the text of Irish's "Name of Railway Stations in NSW", kindly supplied by Patrick James. |
| 24-May-2001 | Added some photos of Mudgee and Glen Innes, courtesy of John Wheeler, taken almost 20 years ago. Generate redirect pages for those pages which have moved to php3, in case people have bookmarks to the old ones. |
| 19-May-2001 | Added a reference to the New England Railway Incorporated, a society operating at Glen Innes. Added some photos of Gundagai from Darren Bazley. |
| 17-May-2001 | Added a second photo of Carcoar, also from John Wheeler. |
| 15-May-2001 | Added a photo of Carcoar from John Wheeler. |
| 14-May-2001 | Added a couple of photos. |
| 11-May-2001 | Added a search engine for back issues of the ARHS Bulletin magazine. Go to the "Resources" link for more details. |
| 10-May-2001 | Added photos of Greenethorpe, Harden and Stockinbingal from Mark Zanker. |
| 9-May-2001 | Added the Ski Tube line, and some photos from there by Mark Gainford. Tidied up the formatting of the photo index page. |
| 7-May-2001 | Fixed bug in highlighting of the changes page. |
| 6-May-2001 | Added the location search engine! Added some photos of Canowindra, Eugowra, Gooloogong and Gunning from Mark Zanker. |
| 5-May-2001 | Substantial changes in format and layout. Converted pages to use PHP3 and Cascading Style Sheets so they all have a consistent look and feel. Most of the pages have thus been renamed (any links to old pages will be broken). Removed the frames from the "line" pages, I was never happy with it. |
| 29-Apr-2001 | Updated URL for ARHS(ACT). This page is now dynamically generated. If you have cookies enabled, the first part will show changes since you last visited this page! Added a couple of photos of Olympic Park, from Mark Gainford. |
| 28-Apr-2001 | Added a couple of photos of Rutherford Racecourse (Mark Gainford) and Tumbarumba (Mark Zanker). |
| 22-Apr-2001 | Added a couple of graphs to the Trivia page, showing the rate of track opening/closing over time. Added various photos from Mark Zanker and Mark Gainford. |
| 18-Apr-2001 | Added some more diagrams for the Cessnock line. |
| 16-Apr-2001 | Added some diagrams for the Cessnock line. |
| 16-Apr-2001 | Updated a few details about various locations. |
| 8-Apr-2001 | Add "home" buttons to most of the pages, to make it easier to navigate about. |
| 1-Apr-2001 | Added a photo of Morpeth, from Mark Gainford. |
| 27-Mar-2001 | Updated some location details with info from Ben Chatwin. Added reference to the Tenterfield Railway Preservation Society on the "operators" page. |
| 18-Mar-2001 | Fixed up the format of the location dump file. Updated the "shortest-lifetime" section of the trivia page. |
| 17-Mar-2001 | Added a couple of photos of Crookwell from Mark Gainford, and added location diagrams for the line. Re-added single-page location listing. |
| 8-Mar-2001 | Added diagrams for Captains Flat, Westby, Holbrook, Tumut/Kunama lines |
| 5-Mar-2001 | Experimented with providing some location diagrams (see the Tumbarumba and Bombala lines). |
| 28-Feb-2001 | Added some more entries to the operators page. |
| 27-Feb-2001 | Started adding some stuff on signalling in NSW. |
| 17-Feb-2001 | Regenerated the timeline page. |
| 16-Feb-2001 | Oops! Discovered that a number of current location descriptions had been lost when I converted to the new page format. Re-instated them. |
| 16-Feb-2001 | Added descriptions of the original locations along the Holbrook, Captains Flat, and Bombala lines. Added some more mining branches. |
| 14-Feb-2001 | Added descriptions of the original locations along the Tocumwal line. |
| 13-Feb-2001 | Added a scale to all the line maps. The line index pages now show the number of photos available for each line, in case that's all you're interested in. |
| 12-Feb-2001 | Digitised the Burrinjuck and Joadja branches. |
| 11-Feb-2001 | Added some photos and descriptive text for the Cessnock Branch. |
| Feb-2001 | Digitised some more branches in the Newcastle area. It is now possible to click on a line map and go to the next line directly. |
| Feb-2001 | Started cleaning up and correcting the section details. |
| Feb-2001 | Cleaned up up the files so that they have correct HTML tags. |
| Jan-2001 | Added snapshots and animated sequence for the Newcastle area. |
| Jan-2001 | Added CityRail/Countrylink logos to the line description pages. |
| Jan-2001 | Updated details for the following lines: Dorrigo, Eugowra, Grenfell, Holsworthy, Blayney - Demondrille, plus some Newcastle and goods lines |
| Jan-2001 | Even more more photos from Mark Zanker! |
| Jan-2001 | Major overhaul of line pages. Now uses frames to partition the data, and [hopefully!] make it easier to use. Generate thumbnails for better browsing. |
| Jan-2001 | Added photos of Bomen and Tarcutta from Debra Argus. |
| Jan-2001 | Began re-generating the line maps using AUSLIG 1:2.5M topo data. Maps look much nicer! |
| Jan-2001 | Added some more photos from Mark Zanker. |
| Jan-2001 | Added various pieces of information and corrections from people, that having been piling up in an email folder... |
| Jan-2001 | Digitised the Robinvale - Lette line. |
| Jan-2001 | Fixed some spelling mistakes. |
| Jan-2001 | Added closed Sydney Stations to the trivia page. |
| Dec-2000 | Added photos from the Westby, Holbrook and Captains Flat branches. |
| Dec-2000 | Move each photo onto its own page, so I can include the description with the photo. Added copyright notices for the photos. |
| Dec-2000 | Digitised the Newnes and Rookwood branches. |
| Dec-2000 | Digitised the Camden Branch and added details to the page. |
| Dec-2000 | Enhanced the maps to show nearby locations, as well as those on the target line. |
| Dec-2000 | Digitised a bunch of lines in the Newcastle region. Added pages to access this data. |
| Nov-2000 | A few cosmetic changes. Broke the gazetteer into per-letter pages for better performance. |
| Nov-2000 | Revamped the main page. Digitised some more lines. |
| Nov-2000 | Added tunnels to the line pages; added an "all tunnels" page. |
| Nov-2000 | Re-scanned the older, more poorly-scanned images. Added some new photos while I'm at it. |
| Nov-2000 | For each line for which I have spatial data, I have added a small location map to the main page which shows where the line is in the state. |
| Nov-2000 | Added a couple more NSW lines. |
| Nov-2000 | Added new page describing lines which were approved but never built. |
| Nov-2000 | Updated the trivia page. |
| Nov-2000 | Added some initial pages for Victorian lines which enter NSW. |
| Oct-2000 | Added pages for some more of the obscure lines. |
| Oct-2000 | Added 30 photos gratefully received from Mark Zanker. |
| Oct-2000 | Back after 3 months overseas! Moved the Sydney lines onto their own page, and tidied them up. Added more descriptions for many of the lines. |
| Jun-2000 | Fixed a few broken links. |
| Jun-2000 | Added list of NSW station codes, courtesy of David Johnson. |
| Apr-2000 | Visited Bombala, Hay and Tocumwal lines in the south and west. Added some descriptions and photographs of the places I visited. |
| Feb-2000 | Incorporated changes from a couple of people. |
| Feb-2000 | Installed a new disk in the computer, but hopefully nothing has changed! |
| Dec-1999 | I've spent a lot of evenings lately revamping these pages. The major effort has been redigitising nearly all the lines to a much more accurate level. As a result, nearly every line description now has one or more maps to go with it. Hand in hand with this has been a review of the line data. There should be a lot fewer obvious mistakes! |