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#61

Fingal Line / Re: Cullenswood

Last post by admin - April 25, 2026, 07:42:37 AM

2/10/1968 (Holden Tour of Tasmania) (Libraries TAS)

#62

Fingal Line / Re: Cullenswood

Last post by admin - April 25, 2026, 07:40:29 AM

Weston Langford photo, October 1965

#63

Fingal Line / Re: Cullenswood

Last post by admin - April 25, 2026, 07:38:52 AM

The Remains of Cullenswood Railway Station on the closed Fingal to St Mary's Line, Photo taken 11-4-2025 (Johnny Jacobs)

#64

Fingal Line / Re: Cullenswood

Last post by admin - April 25, 2026, 07:37:37 AM

Location of Cullenswood (LISTmap)

#65

Fingal Line / Cullenswood

Last post by admin - April 25, 2026, 07:36:48 AM

Type : Station
Line : Fingal Line
Distance from Conara Junction : 071.200km
Location : -41.574766, 148.133323
Opened : 29 June 1886
Closed : Circa 1982
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Robert Vincent Legge owned the property of the same name, he named it after the family home in Ireland.
Notes : Location had a crossing loop, triangle (wye), siding and watering facilities. The formation of one leg of the triangle still remains as does remains of the former yard and the platform. This was a manned station with an SM and lad porter.

#66

Fingal Line / Re: Mount Nicholas

Last post by admin - April 22, 2026, 08:37:22 AM

Mount Nicholas layout (1930/2) (NAA)

#67

Fingal Line / Re: Frodsley

Last post by admin - April 22, 2026, 08:36:04 AM

Frodsley layout (1930/2) (NAA)

#68

Fingal Line / Re: Mount Nicholas

Last post by admin - April 22, 2026, 07:44:23 AM

The approximate site of the long demolished Mt Nicholas Station on the former dismantled Fingal to St Mary's line formation. (June 2025) (Johnny Jacobs)

#69

Fingal Line / Re: Mount Nicholas

Last post by admin - April 22, 2026, 07:41:38 AM

Edith Gatty (nee Bessell) in long skirt and family and friends outside the Mount Nicholas Railway Station. Edith Annie Bessell (21/2148) was appointed Station Caretaker at Mount Nicholas with the Government railways for the period October 21, 1921 until April 7, 1932. She was also the postmistress for many years. Her husband, Hugh Gatty, was a platelayer on the Fingal Line. Her father, George Bessell, was a stationmaster at numerous stations including many years at Fingal. (John Watts)

#70

Fingal Line / Re: Mount Nicholas

Last post by admin - April 22, 2026, 07:40:50 AM

Mount Nicholas (2/10/1968) (Libraries Tas)