Murwillumbah

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5048 rests at Murwillumbah between loads of sugar cane on 31st August 1966 (George Stevens)

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1935 layout

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THE CLASS LEADER: ..... shunting the car-carrier at Murwillumbah that gave the Gold Coast Motorail its name: December 1974. (Philip Versigon)

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 934.912km
Opened : 24th December 1894
Closed : 16 May 2004
Status : closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "camping place"
Notes : Down platform was 106.6 metres long, later extended to 306 metres. 15/9/1916 - platform raised to standard height. 2/10/1922 - new platform buildings erected. 1911 — North Coast Creamery Co. and Tweed River Butter Co. Sidings listed. 8th January 1926, additional pig race provided. North Coast Co-operative Sidings Renamed "Norco Limited's Sidings" — W.N. 18–1926. Norco Siding extended to 446' and converted to loop — W.N. 29–1927. 1930 - Shell given use of one end of Simpson's Siding for unloading oil. 1935 - turntable upgraded from 50' to 60'. 1935 Tweed River Co-operative Butter Company's siding renamed "Norco No. 1 Siding". 1950 — 5-ton pillar crane provided. 1953 - 25 truck weighbridge removed. 1972 - livestock races removed. 1975 - Hensley's Siding first noted. 1981 - North Coast Steam Navigation Company's siding deleted (noted in WN 22/1983). 1983 - Norco No. 2 Siding replaced by Blue Circle Cement Co. Siding.

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1985, Gold Coast Motorail at Murwillumbah (unknown photographer)

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A screenshot from a home movie taken in September 1985 shows the car carriers being shunted into the siding at Murwillumbah being made ready for unloading and watched intently by the car owners. The locos were 44209 + 44238. (Graeme Skeet)

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Murwillumbah Railway Station, 1920s. Tweed Regional Museum

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Murwillumbah station, circa 1905 (Tweed Museum)

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Bananas being unloaded at Murwillumbah Railway Station, 1930s (Tweed Regional Museum)

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Last train leaves Murwillumbah, May 16, 2004 (The Daily News)

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Murwillumbah (July 1988) (uncredited)

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Murwillumbah station, undated

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Location of the station (Six Maps)

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Murwillumbah (Public Works)

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4465 Murwillumbah late 1970s (mugzshotz)