Re: Old Sydneham goods yard (NSW)

[paulwatts@xoptushome.com.au (paul)]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 18:38:26 +1000, "Rjaygee"
<dartmouthmotel@bigpond.com> wrote:

>Talking about goods sidings I believe there are no active ones between
>Strathfield and Hornsby (NSW) since the closure of the White Rose flour mill
>at North Strathfield and the apparent disuse of the siding between
>Thornleigh and Normanhurst.  No more 48 class with a few blacks, but in
>later days an 80 Class sometimes with aluminium hoppers including the
>occasional Vic Rail hopper. 


This siding was known as Gonnarro and there was a flour mill in there.


paul x is the spam filter

There is are a couple of other interesting
>things of late on this section of line.  I notice the recently re-instated
>up relief has fallen into disuse with rusty rails and a vigorous growth of
>weeds.  Makes you wonder why they spent money re-opening it in the first
>place.  At the up end of Concord West, between the down main and relief a
>sizeable pine tree is growing.  Surely it will have to be cut down soon.
>Also at this station I notice the steps on the new footbridge have been
>dismantled on the Olympic Park side with all components stacked neatly on
>site.  Is it intended to totally dismantle this footbridge?
>Cheers
>Rod Gayford
>
>"paul" <paulwatts@xoptushome.com.au> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:17:26 +1000, "Philip Shortus"
>> <Shortus@bigpond.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hey,
>> >Can anybody give me any information on the (old) Sydneham goods yard, and
>> >siding, near the station, it was closed in th 1960s and was replaced by
>> >Cooks River railway yard.
>>
>> I shunted Sydenham in the late 70's. It seems it stayed open for quite
>> a long time after Cooks was built, but was rarely used. Many of the
>> larger stations in the Sydney area still had goods yards at that time
>> (Fairfield, Rockdale, Hurstville, Liverpool, St Marys, Ashfield, the
>> list goes on).
>>
>> I can recall an old goods shed and an N to R release, and it had two
>> or three roads, but thats about all I can tell you.
>>
>>
>> paul x is the spam filter
>> >Thanks
>> >Mark
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>> >
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