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(rshsdepot) Bangor, South Australia, Part 2 (Adelaide, N. Adelaide, Adelaide River, Port Adelaide (2), Woodville, Torren's Bridge, Mount Lofty stations and misc. other rail photos)

Part 2 includes Adelaide Railway Station (all 6 or 7 or 8 of them) and many
stations around Adelaide

Here is an elevated railway station, at Commercial Road, Port Adelaide, c.
1916: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/10350/B10224.jpg
1919: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/24510/B24364.jpg

Port Adelaide station,
Original station erected 1856, show c. 1870:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/01880/B1868.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/34730/B34546.jpg
Added to...
a nice one: http://www.statelibrary.vic.gov.au/pictoria/a/1/4/im/a14496.jpg
1890: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/04550/B4431.jpg
1907: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/34980/B34751.jpg
1909: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/04290/B4282.jpg
1928 ambulance centre during Waterside Workers Strike:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/05060/B4916.jpg
1930: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/28030/B27886.jpg
Called Port Dock station, 1950:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/46528/B46528_100.jpg

1896, 200 yards east of Dock Ry. Station, A.A. Brewing Co., 1896:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/10100/B10053.jpg

Woodville station:  http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/30360/B30324.jpg
Between Port Adelaide and Adelaide. 1920

Adelaide- I think has had 5 or 6  or 7 stations at North Terrace:
Adelaide railway Station, c. 1855:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/08720/B8582.jpg

Adelaide Railway Station c. 1865:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/21520/B21362.jpg
Adelaide Railway Station "goods shed", 1865:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/42950/B42928.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/42950/B42927.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/41950/B41737.jpg
1870: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/02180/B1982.jpg
c. 1870: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/05550/B5460.jpg
1872: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/02180/B1955.jpg


1875: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/59250/B59034.jpg

Adelaide Railway Station c. 1878:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/09390/B9193.jpg
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an20886593-25-v

Adelaide Railway Station c. 1880:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/28530/B28434.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/01030/B944.jpg
n.d.: http://www.statelibrary.vic.gov.au/pictoria/b/1/2/im/b12630.jpg
c. 1888: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/22510/B22386.jpg
1889: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/01880/B1723.jpg
c. 1890: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/06820/B6669.jpg
1898: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/03520/B3357.jpg
1898 sheds being demolished: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/11090/B10983.jpg
Arrival of Lord Tennyson, 1899: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/07940/B7810.jpg
Concourse, 1890: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/24040/B24024.jpg
Freight station, 1890: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/08470/B8398.jpg

Adelaide Railway Station, 1900:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/17530/B17426.jpg
Cloakroom, c. 1900: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/23050/B22773.jpg
Arriving, 1900: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/17640/B17560.jpg
1901, visit of Duke & Duchess of York:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/25960/B25944.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/23050/B22822.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/06570/B6499.jpg
Ticket Office, 1902: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/12800/B12634.jpg
1903 new roofs:  http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/06570/B6444.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/12800/B12633.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/12800/B12632.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/12800/B12631.jpg
c. 1905: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/12070/B11942.jpg
1905 sheds: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/12560/B12319.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/16490/B16393_42.jpg
1906 Hall: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/40250/B40032.jpg
1906: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/12560/B12321.jpg

Adelaide Railway Station c. 1908:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/06820/B6660.jpg
1909: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/34980/B34772.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/10350/B10295.jpg
vaulted ticket office, c. 1910:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/12560/B12315.jpg
1909 sheds: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/11090/B11068.jpg
1910 sheds: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/12560/B12318.jpg
1919 near station, the Anzac Arch:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/02950/B2749.jpg

Adelaide Railway Station, c. 1920
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/52900/B52733.jpg
Dome under construction, c. 1920:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/31360/B31202.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/31360/B31203.jpg
Arrival of Prince of Wales 1920:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/42700/B42525.jpg
1920 Concourse from North Terrace:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/44120/B44036.jpg
1920 Main Hall!: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/53400/B53195.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/28780/B28549.jpg
1920 Waiting Room: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/44120/B44037.jpg
1920 Ladies Lounge: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/44120/B44039.jpg
Knocking down old station, 1927:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/54750/B54583.jpg

Today's Adelaide Station opened 1926:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/40000/B39877.jpg
http://www.statelibrary.vic.gov.au/pictoria/b/1/2/im/b12553.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/40000/B39881.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/40000/B39878.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/40000/B39879.jpg     (nice one)
1928: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/60750/B60688.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/05060/B4993.jpg
1928 ticket area: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/21020/B20932.jpg
Here are shots  of the station, the waiting room picture, shots of dome,
being built and station in 1939:
http://www.skycityadelaide.com.au/about-us/history/history_home.cfm
1927: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/05060/B4872.jpg
Front, 1927: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/04800/B4575.jpg
1928: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/60750/B60688.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/56250/B56245.jpg
1937: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/23790/B23769.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/29860/B29637.jpg
Here are pictures showing steam all the way until they built a hotel on top
of the station so you see a hotel instead of a station:
http://sar.4mg.com/adelaide.html
http://www.sadlo.co.uk/early/Adelaide%20Rail'station.JPG
1941: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/38080/B37934.jpg
1950: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/46528/B46528_148.jpg

3/15/1942:
http://cas.awm.gov.au/pls/PRD/ump.retrieve_uma?surl=1629555534ZZJWVFDINTVF&p
arm1=UMO_ID&parm2=318012&parm1=DISPLAY_TYPE&parm2=RAW&parm1=DISPLAY_WHAT&par
m2=MASTER&parm1=LOGIN_TYPE&parm2=PROFILEG&parm1=AID&parm2=

1983 before alterations:   http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/43370/B42961.jpg
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/43370/B42965.jpg
 The station is mostly still there though
http://www.geocities.com/sarreci/Station.jpg      worth repeating
http://www.tanu.org/~sakane/diary/20000325/20000326_05.jpg
http://www.storywise.com/polis_conf/Dsc0843.jpg
http://www.stuharris.co.uk/road/Images/2.jpg
http://meltin.net/pix/adelaide-melbourne-2002/adelaide/big-013.jpg
At night:
http://home.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~wasner/Galleries/Australien/adelaide-
central-station.JPG

http://www.skycityadelaide.com.au/adelaide/dms/D141D1E648545DB839A78F40A0F4A
A54.jpg

The concourse: http://www.geocities.com/sarreci/Station.jpg
http://www.tanu.org/~sakane/diary/20000325/20000326_15.jpg
http://users.chariot.net.au/~adriandc/mypics/adelaide/station.jpg
A train in the station:
http://austranz.railmedia.com.au/sa/train/sarail16.jpg
Original current station, different view:
http://www.postcards-ansichtskarten.de/shop/ak/17/172097.jpg

That station was at North Terrace,
here is South Terrace station, 1914:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/00330/B61.jpg
1929: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/05300/B5162.jpg

North Adelaide station,
1880: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/04050/B3903.jpg
1991: http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-tmp/photodb1972120996.jpg

Adelaide River station:
c. 1890: http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/13040/B12890.jpg
1961: http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/NTLPicLib\jsmall\03\03095.jpg
Now:  http://www.neilyb.de/ClaudiaandNeil/oz/Bilder/adel_river_stn.jpg
http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-tmp/photodb2365620660.jpg

Torren's Bridge Railway Station, 1885:
http://143.216.21.253/mpcimg/12070/B11898.jpg


Mount Lofty station in Adelaide Hills is a Bed and Breakfast hotel:
http://www.mlrs.com.au/home.html
Tailem Bend's restored station:
http://www.tailembend.com/tailem_pics/2003_1205Image0004.JPG

The new bridge:
http://www.aarc.com.au/aarc/news/adelaide_river_bridge290703.html

The last line of multi-gauge track was in 1995 when Melbourne to Aldelaide
was converted to standard.
Port Dock Station Railway Museum:
http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/common/graphics/ma__20.jpg
also called the Break of Gauge Museum:
http://lorkers.members.beeb.net/Sydney/Adelaide/Rail2.jpg
http://lorkers.members.beeb.net/Sydney/Adelaide/Rail1.jpg
The museum has 4 gauges, as they also have a 18" gauge line., imagine a
switch on a 4 gauge line!

Here is the Railway Historical Society of South Australia, more good
pictures: http://www.steamranger.org.au/enthusiast/history.htm

A few other South Australian Ralilway photos:
Mile End yard view to North from Keswick bridge, 1926, broad gauge train
carrying auto bodies:
http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/common/graphics/e_pd_ab13582.jpg
Bridgewater line, Sleeps Hill viaduct, 1895:
http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/common/graphics/e_pd_ak11946.jpg
This locomotive was known as "The Rat", at Petersborough:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/trains/sa/V9-1.jpg
Near there recently. The broad gauge tracks are only used for commuter
trains on this route, 1998 (this is out of Adilaide):
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/trains/sa/TA30xx-1.jpg
The long distance trains to Melbourne use the standard gauge as can be seen
here with the "Overland." 1998:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/trains/sa/TA30xx-2.jpg
A TransAdelaide train (car):
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/trains/sa/TA30xx-4.jpg





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