Casino opened on 22 September 1930 as part of the extension of the line through from Kyogle to Brisbane and is still in use. It replaced Old Casino.
It was named the city in Italy between Rome and Naples by Messrs Clay and Stapleton
Located 805.070km from Sydney.
Casino Station in 1987 (no copyright restrictions).
Casino, 1984 (Graeme Skeet)
3643 at Casino Station, Steam on the North Coast taken on Anscochrome on 5 Oct 1963.
Picture taken from the North looking towards Simpsons Lane overbridge and direction of Sydney.
(Lindsay Bridge)
The down Gold Coast Motorail is about to leave Casino for the final jaunt to Murwillumbah 1987 (Graeme Skeet)
Casino station decorated for the arrival of Queen Elizabeth (State Records)
Location of Casino station (Six Maps)
Signal Box at Casino Railway Station. Built 1946. (Barry Dennis)
From Peter Neve: In years long past, Casino boasted an island platform, complete with an overhead Booking (Ticket) Office. With the abolition of the branch line to Murwillumbah, the back platform was modified to be come a platform level road coach interchange and ticket office, allowing the overhead ticket office to be demolished.
During scanning of some of the earlier colour slides, I came across two showing the back platform.
The first of these was taken on Monday 20th June 1960 and shows 4816 arriving with a connecting passenger service off the branch. To the left, a sleeping car slumbers in the Dock Platform.
The second was taken two years later, on Saturday 29th September 1962. 4816 had been attached at Grafton to assist 4506 on No. 3 Brisbane Express. Both the Dock and Back Platform are visible in this photo, Per-Way trikes and trailer litter the foreground.
Enjoy the memories.
Women who were working as waitresses at the Casino Railway Station in 1942
Casino, No. 2 platform, 1947
Casino ticket office in the late 80s (Paul Nugent)
Casino (1989) (Peter Lee)
Casino coal stage, 2003 (unknown photographer)
1: Booking office, fronting Railway Avenue (at this point, unknown photographer)2: Casino Railway Station, September 1986 (Bob Richardson)3: Old platform numbers, South side of main station building (my photo)4: Casino Railway Station, August 2020 (my photo)
Casino, around 1990 (Wes Mogg)
Casino, not dated (State Archives)
3065 is at Casino with the Murwillumbah connecting service, 1947
Casino, 1982 (Greg Lee)
Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 805.070km
Opened : 22 September 1930
Closed : n/a
Status : In use
Name meaning : After the city in Italy between Rome and Naples, named by Messrs Clay and Stapleton
Casino (1982) Greg Lee
Philip Tatarinov
The repeater for up starter
Casino (1982, Greg Lee)
Casino, 1982 (Greg Lee)
Casino, 1982 (Greg Lee)
Casino, 2015 (Syd Ramsay)
Casino, 2015 (Syd Ramsay)
Casino box, 1982 (Greg Lee)
3298 leads "N1 Workmen's Special" from Casino to Brisbane in 1947. Pic shows departure from Casino (State Archives)
Undated and uncredited image of Casino
Casino Station in 1987 (no copyright restrictions). Casino opened in 1930.
Casino, 1984 (Graeme Skeet)
3643 at Casino Station, Steam on the North Coast taken on Anscochrome on 5 Oct 1963.
Picture taken from the North looking towards Simpsons Lane overbridge and direction of Sydney.
(Lindsay Bridge)
The down Gold Coast Motorail is about to leave Casino for the final jaunt to Murwillumbah 1987 (Graeme Skeet)
Casino station decorated for the arrival of Queen Elizabeth (State Records)
Location of Casino station (Six Maps)
Steve Foster:
Some memories of what we did each week as a JSA,s.
Lawn opposite platform was mowed and hibiscus plants and boundary line on a Monday. If we needed to burn off rubbish it was under or around the water tank. Monday was always the day to change any blown yard lights. Once the new bloke was initiated to it it was an easy job but if Len Hobbins turns up in bad mood you made it a day out. Have a yarn with the signalmen and the train examiner.
Every day the platform would start being cleaned and all the barrows lined up in the middle part of the platform, big V barrows for mail bags, sack barrows for moving dog boxes amounst others and parcel luggage barrows.
The gravel at the top of platform leading to steps had to be racked after passenger trains departed.
Len always said when he caught us holed up somewhere having a joke and a yarn, I don't care about what your doing as you have the place stick and span so just walk around with a broom in your hand, it looks like you are working and we do get surprised visits. Len was the best I ever worked under in my career of 19 years.
Casino (John Shields)
Not a clear photo unfortunately, but probably the earliest one that actually shows the location of Casino station under construction in 1929.
Mark Bennett:
Casino today. (3/8/2022) Still haven't restored the signalling after the March steel train derailment! However, the former Murwillumbah branch and loco depot are no longer attached to the Main line. Very much doubt they ever will be again.
Casino, 1980s (Paul Nugent)
Casino Loco Depot
Casino Loco Depot
Casino Loco Depot
West Street level crossing, Casino (undated, State Archives)
N1 special immigration train at Casino (11/7/1947) (State Archives)
Ransome Rapier 35 ton breakdown crane at Casino, 30/5/1978 (State Archives)
Notes attached say "changing bogie on existing wagon, Repair Siding in traffic yard, Casino". 30/5/1978 (State Archives)
Casino coal stage
Casino roundhouse, 1978 (State Archives)
Casino, 1957 (State Archives)
Loco drop pit jack, Casino, (undated) (State Archives)
90 ton sand plant, Casino, 1978 (State Archives)
Holman coal hoist, Casino, 1978 (State Archives)
Casino loco - 1980
NT34 awaiting departure at Casino, 15/1/2023 (Steve Shotton)
Coal stage at Casino - incomplete with front sheeting not yet installed (Records NSW)
John Shields:
It was well creosoted.
Local legend when I worked there was that the coal-grab fitter, who made a motzah out of overtime and weekend call-outs to repair the coal grab, would bring in match boxes full of white-ants and feed them to the coal stage timbers as it was being built in the hope of restoring his supplementary income.
The structure was so well creosoted that they completely ignored it and ate the shed instead. I'm not here to say that the story is true, but when I was there the coal stage was a solid as a rock and the only thing keeping the shed up was the white-ants holding hands.
Up Brisbane Limited at Casino, 20/12/1989 (ARHS)
44208 sits at Casino on its first return trip south from Brisbane. (Paul Slater)
Casino Coal Stage burning after a grass fire 27/8/2023
5486 stands under the now destroyed Coal Stage at Casino Loco on 6th November 1970. (George Stevens)
Casino Loco, 30/10/1956 (State Archives)
1219 at Casino, 1960 (State Archives)
Casino de-ashing plant, 30/5/1956 (State Archives)
The last remains of the coal loading tower at Casino being removed on 26/10/2023 (Gene NufCed)
Greg Lee's mother at Casino, circa 1950
Stacked MC cattle container's at Casino after the cessation of livestock transport in January 1990 many would end up in Perway Depots as storage sheds for oxy/lpg storage.
Hal Holley - This a photo of the staff at Casino Railway station, I'm guessing around 1946. Marge Hollingworth, (3rd from the right, back row)
Marolyn Blake - Photos taken late 60's at Casino Railway station
first photo my dad Frank Simmons is second from left, Noel Schumacher is on the right. Other two not known
second photo is dad with Dean Box
third photoRodney Armfield , Dean Box and Frank Simmons.
fourth photo is 7007 train dad is on the left on the platform.
Casino, mid 1980s. (Chris Sim)
4892 on ballast special at Casino circa late 1980s. Note long-gone overhead booking office on road bridge in background. (Chris Sim)
Peter Neve :
59 CLASS ON GOODS TRAIN AT CASINO
During a short stop at Casino while travelling to South Brisbane on No. 3 Express on Saturday 29/09/1962, my train passed a south-bound goods waiting to depart, hauled by oil-fired 5916. Maybe it had just arrived from Clapham or Yeeronpilly, maybe it was bound for Grafton - maybe both!
I particularly like this image showing the driver in the casual uniform of the time, complete with his ciggie! Casino's original overhead booking and parcels office is just evident.
Memories rekindled. 🧐
Peter Neve :
No. 3 BRISBANE EXPRESS AT CASINO IN 1962:
When I first visited Brisbane in September 1962 as part of a small group of NSW ARHS members to numerically (ie – financially!) support the newly founded Queensland Division is running a steam-hauled one day excursion, our party chose to travel on No. 3 Express from Sydney, rather than the air-conditioned No. 1 Limited. Why, I don't know now!
No. 3 had a departure from Sydney at 1855 – the composition on that Friday evening, 28/09/1962, was, from the rear: MHO vans 2319 & 2314, 2nd sitter FS.2121, 1st sitter BS.2156, sleepers MAL.663 & MAL.541, de-luxe sleeper KAM.503, BS.2078, FS.2110, 2081, 2088 & 2016 – 12 vehicles for around 415 tons (give-or-take!) ... entrusted to d/e 4506 for the full journey. 4816 was attached in the lead at Casino for the remainder of the trip to South Brisbane. One of the MALs may have been for our group.
My photo of No. 3 at Casino with 4816 now attached in the lead of 4506. Saturday 29/09/1962. Of particular interest are the fettlers' trikes and trailers in the foreground, also the Down Dock and to the extreme left can just be seen the back platform into which the Murwillumbah branch "through cars" have been detached off the rear of No. 3 and placed there to await their locomotive. Nominally, these would have been one of the MHO vans, FS2121 & BS.2156, while sleeper MAL.663 would also be removed and stabled for the return overnight trip back to Sydney. Notice also that the lead FS is off the platform, so passengers would need to walk back through to at least the next car to exit onto the platform – unless the train had pulled up in two stops. I have no recollection now, whether this was the case!
In 1957, the scheduled composition for No. 3 was shown as (for weekdays): MHO (detached at Casino for Murwillumbah), MHO, TAM (car 9) detached Casino), TAM (10), BS (11), FS (12), FS (13), FS (14) Fridays only, BS (15 & FS (16) detached at Casino for Murwillumbah). Somewhat similar would have applied until the introduction of two-car diesel unit 638/738 to Murwillumbah line, of which I shall post a photo of mine later.
Some memories rekindled, and details - with the aid of my Diary. Enjoy! 🧐
The loco sand bin, being used for other purposes, and water tank at Casino Loco depot. Thursday, 14-9-2000. (Graeme Kirkby)