Kyogle

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Type : Station
Distance from Sydney : 833.798km
Opened : 25 June 1910
Closed : n/a
Status : In use
Name meaning : Named after Alexander MacKellar's cattle station in the area, Aboriginal word meaning "plain (bush) turkey"
Notes : The Up concrete platform is 75 metres in length and had a standard A3 prefabricated station building. Later a larger seven room building was constructed. The station opened with a 385 metre crossing loop. A goods shed, 5 ton yard crane and a 15.24 metre turntable were at the location. A 90kl water tank was located 29.85 metres from the Down end of the platform. At the time the station opened a residence for the SM was provided. In 1910, a siding was laid in for the Kyogle Co-operative Creamery (later Norco, 1926 (1926 — Kyogle Dairy Company's Siding Renamed "Norco Limited's Siding" (out of use 1972))) and in 1920 a siding open for the Veneer Company (Veneer Company's Siding Opened — 8 November 1920), it closed on 18/11/1970. In 1925 a shed was provided for Rail Motor #1. 1926 - new signal box constructed. 1930 - new stock siding (out of service 1985?). 1938 - 2 ton crane withdrawn. 15 August 1960 - construction siding for Way and Works Branch on the Up side of the goods siding (500' in length). 23 August 1944, loop converted to centrally operated ETS. 1945 - 5 ton gantry crane decommissioned. 4th September 1968 - turntabe siding disconnected - the 15.24 metre turntable was removed in 1974. 9/4/1984 - cattle loading ramp removed. 18/2/1985 - water tank removed. Other known facilities : Shell Siding (prior to 1946), trolley shed. 1989 - 20 ton crane and weighbridge deleted.

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A view of Kyogle station building looking north towards the Queensland border. (Jun-2003)
[Copyright: Michael Johnston]

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Flood damage near Kyogle in April 1954. Approx 22,500 sleepers needed to be replaced.

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First train to Kyogle, 1pm 29/9/1930 from Queensland (Northern Star)

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Staff exchange variation at Kyogle mid 1980s.


(Phil Barker)

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Kyogle, 1985 (Phil Barker)

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Land slip 15 miles north of Kyogle, 1954. Note the use of bullock teams even at this late date.

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Brisbane XPT to Sydney. (10/8/2019) (uncredited)

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Kyogle, 2018 (uncredited)

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Location of Kyogle (Six Maps)

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Engineer James Hair (right side) and men on Kyogle line construction, 1927-1930 (copyright expired)

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Kyogle - first train to Brisbane (postcard)

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A postcard of Kyogle Railway Station 1910

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Railway construction workers tent near Kyogle, late 1920s

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8010+8041+42216+8050 on BM6 passing through Kyogle on 9 November 1996. (Steve McElroy)