Derailment at Bangalow
Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 869.727km
Opened : 1 May 1894 as Granuaile, changed to Bangalow 24 July 1894.
Closed : 4 March 1986 (crossing loop), 1990 for passengers.
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word (possibly "Bangalla") meaning either "low hill" or a kind of palm tree
Notes : Up platform was 72.5 metres long. 1899 - porter's cottage built, 1907 - goods shed built. 4/9/1909 platform and buildings relocated 45 metres on the Up side of the line and 290.7 metre crossing siding added with trucking yards. 6/12/1924 crossing siding changed to crossing loop. 22/2/1927 station interlocked.
"Reso" train at Bangalow, 1929 (State Archives)
The Natural Resources (or Reso train) toured the Hunter Valley and North Coast for 12 days in April 1929. This photo was taken on 16 April 1929. The train, hauled by engines 3144 and 3122, is running empty cars from Lismore to Byron Bay while the 60 Victorian "Resonians" (as the passengers were known) toured the lower Richmond Valley.
Greg Mashiah:
Caption to this photo on p51 of Ian Dunn's "Byways of Steam 18":
The goods yard at Bangalow was a busy place when this photo was taken in 1908. A team of bullocks has brought in a large log for loading on the F wagon, under the overhead gantry crane, which already has one log aboard. A man stands in a pony trap, while another bullock team waits patiently in the background. Directly behind the man atop the log is the station master's house and behind that is the overhead rail bridge provided in 1906. Of Hanley's Hotel and the other commercial buildings visible there is now no trace, the area being entirely given over to residential buildings.
Bangalow in 1900 - the clear evidence of the pioneer type of line used on this branch is evident.
Bangalow, 2010 (uncredited)
Location of Bangalow station (Murwillumbah branch) (Six Maps)
Bangalow 2001 (Nathan Johnston)
Bangalow, 1910 (copyright expired)
Bangalow, 1950s (Walkabout Magazine)
Bangalow, 1982
Bangalow (Geoff Bensley 1/8/22)
Motorail at Bangalow (undated, Warren ?) - probably netween 82 and 86
Bangalow - 7 July 1992.
View across the yards to the hotel at Bangalow
Undated image of Bangalow yards.
Derailment at Bangalow, Easter 1933 (Northern Star)
Bangalow, November 2022 (Peter Zipkis)
Bangalow, 1905 (State Archives)
Bangalow, 1930s (State Archives)
NL4 at Bangalow, 11/11/1984
Station Master's cottage at Bangalow
No 17 Down passenger crossing fruit express at Bangalow, 1966
25/4/1969 - a busy moment at Bangalow
Bangalow in 1997
Bangalow, 1926
Bangalow, 1920
5914 leads a goods train at Bangalow, 7/6/1947 (Murphy Collection)
Down Gold Coast Motorail at Bangalow, October 1985, Winney Collection
Bangalow, line in the foreground
Bangalow 4/8/2023 (Brian Nash)
4814 at the head of 56 Up Passenger at Bangalow on 14th November 1970
Bangalow 1985, the northbound goods passes through, station at rear of train. (Chris Sim)