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#61

Telarah to Dungog / Re: Telarah

Last post by admin - January 12, 2026, 10:17:32 AM

In 1986 the signal box was still there but lengthened resulting in the window in the front wall being in an asymmetric position. The spaces between the various buildings on the platform have been filled and is probable that the door had also been repositioned. The railcar was waiting to return to Newcastle. RT Taaffe

#62

Telarah to Dungog / Re: Telarah

Last post by admin - January 12, 2026, 10:16:44 AM

Telarah in 1922 around the time the station opened.

#63

Tugrabakh to Taree / Re: Taree

Last post by admin - January 12, 2026, 10:13:28 AM

A feature of the North Coast line was the many signal boxes and crossing loops, every one having electric staff instruments to dispense electric staffs as authorities for trains to enter single line sections. When the introduction of power signalling and CTC was being commissioned in stages along the line a reminder device was deemed necessary to let drivers know where electric staff working commenced. The result was "the man with the staff" placed at the Distant signal of the loop where electric staff operation commenced. As the CTC was extended the sign was similarly relocated. Taree 1982. (RT Taaffe)

#64

Collins Creek to Border Loop / Re: Border Loop

Last post by admin - January 12, 2026, 10:11:18 AM

The fireman on 8007, leading a down freight, was about to hand exchange the staff with the signalman at Border Loop. This was the last NSW Railways signal box before the NSW/Queensland border. Although the automatic staff exchanger could be used at Border Loop for some reason, not on this occasion. This was the last location on the North Coast line where staff exchangers were installed and it is believed that the Queensland Railways did not want them used in Queensland. The white piece of timber beside the rail in front of the locomotive was the lid of the box that contained the staff exchanger for down trains. The staff exchanger was required to be lowered into the box when not in use. RT Taaffe Collection

#65

Lismore to Byron Bay / Re: Lismore

Last post by admin - January 12, 2026, 10:03:42 AM

Left: Lismore signal box. The levers were originally uncovered and late in life received this basic covering without a front wall.
RT Taaffe
Right: Lismore signal box replaced the previous building. Why the new signal box was constructed and by whom is not known.
It was rather over-designed. RT Taaffe

#66

Pembrooke to Kempsey / Re: Kundabung

Last post by admin - January 12, 2026, 10:02:09 AM

Kundabung signal box interior, like Bonville, was a crowded workplace. The cupboard in the far corner housed the batteries for the Electric Staff instruments. The signalmens' lockers were to the left of the staff instrument. The fuse box on the rear wall indicated that electricity had been connected. RT Taaffe

#67

Kempsey Stock Siding to Engineering Siding / Re: Bonville

Last post by admin - January 12, 2026, 10:00:58 AM

Bonville signal box was a typical Type P0 design on a rusticated precast concrete unit pit. The doors and windows are the reverse
of Nana Glen. RT Taaffe

#68

Kempsey Stock Siding to Engineering Siding / Re: Bonville

Last post by admin - January 12, 2026, 10:00:13 AM

Bonville signal box interior showing a crowded work place. Behind the levers were the signalmens' lockers, and like the Type Q
design, some examples had a narrow double hung sash window in the rear wall. RT Taaffe

#69

Coffs Harbour to Grafton / Re: Nana Glen

Last post by admin - January 12, 2026, 09:59:04 AM

Nana Glen signal box was a fibro version of the Type K0 with the windows relocated to a new position and made to a new design
termed Type P. The platform at the front was for hand exchanging the staff. RT Taaffe

#70

Dorrigo Branch / Re: Dorrigo

Last post by admin - January 12, 2026, 09:57:38 AM

Dorrigo signal box was the most common Type K1 signal box. Like Brogans Creek the windows had the glazing incorporated into
the slabs. The roof was a steeper pitch that normal. RT Taaffe