The following rare photos were kindly supplied to Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway by Tony Woodland. OTHR is very grateful to Tony for allowing us to share these images with you. Hopefully Tony will provide us with some detailed captions for these photographs.
The copyright for these photos is retained by Tony Woodland. These photos may NOT be reproduced without express written permission from the copyright holder.
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- The Oberon Railway Station pictured here in 1984, with Tony’s three daughters Katherine, Jennifer and Christine standing under the sign. Many thanks to Tony Woodland for sharing his memories with us.
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- 4306 possibly on the return run home from the excursion shown in photo 6.
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- 4201 and possibly 4306 on a down run through Tarana.
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- An interesting earlier photo of Tarana taken when both lines were in place; station furniture was evident and some neat trimming of gardens had been done.
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- Two good and rare photos taken in the signal box showing the yard diagram …
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- and the safe working instruments.
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- Later photos of Tarana after the UP main line had been removed.
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- Later photos of Tarana after the UP main line had been removed.
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- 4522 heads the branch line consist and is seen here crossing the Fish River when the river was very high -
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- Not too much change today – the tree has gone but the station sign and the toilet block are still in place.
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- Readers might like to fill in the details on this special tour by the NSW division of the ARHS – 1974
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- The shunter guides 4522 back onto its train – could he be the late Herb Cunynghame?
Historical Photos – click here for a description of the following collections.
Ron Preston Collection | Dennis O’Brien Collection | Graeme Stanley Collection | Paul Ballard Collection | Dr. John Kramer Collection | Tony Woodland Collection | The Gray Collection | Bob Winch Collection | The Heritage Rail website
