Charity Creek

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Construction of Charity Creek bridge, 1912 (State Archives)

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Construction near Charity Creek, January 1912 (State Archives)

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A view from cab of XPT on NT-36, approaching the steel truss bridge over Charity Creek.  2-11-2011. (Graeme Kirkby)

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6290 4487 4516 44218 passes under the long demolished overhead bridge just north of the 348km mark.
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Greg Riddel

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Location of the station (Chris Harrison)

The location scene in the original post is between two bridges. The location of Charity Ck station and siding was behind the photographer other side of the existing bridge. You can still see remains of the original track to the station on the down side, but overgrown, and I have even found remnants of the original station hut laying about. The site of the station would be about opposite the second car of my XPT image. There is clearly more space for siding and loading yard there than between the two bridges. The earthworks seen to the right of the Alco's is just service access for rail maintenance.

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Diagram by Chris Harrison

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Opening of the Kimbriki Bridge, Wingham Chronicle, April 20th 1926

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The first official train on the new Taree section saw 28 2nd class passengers board at the station.

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28/11/1986 - Geographic Names board announces the intention to discontinue the name of the location, cmpleted and Gazetted on 9/1/1987

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Kevin Short states " I too remember Charity Creek station. Dad (a driver) used to keep a lookout for the peach trees adjacent to the track to ripen. We'd spend the weekend picking peaches and then bottling them in Fowler ware. We'd be eating the bloody things for months."