Thread by @ozbob13

Good Morning Albury!
“Albury Station, All Change”
Perhaps Australia's most infamous change of gauge station.
Terminus for the NSWGR Main Southern Line from 1881 until 1962. Terminus for the VR North East Main line from 1883 to 1962.
makinghistoryoz.wordpress.com/albury-station…

Albury layout diagram 1962
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
complicated railway yards of mixed 4' 8.5" and 5' 3" gauge railways.

Albury Railway station. Showing last trip of "Drag" from Albury to Wodonga carrying mail etc.
1883
search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1c…
The impressive station building complete 1881 (minus clocks in the tower). VR connection 1883, hence the last coach to Wodonga.

Exterior view of railway station, Abury, which opened February, 1881
viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE7092… via @Library_Vic

Railway Station, Albury 1905
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…

Albury-Wodonga Railway Bridge
c. 1920
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
In use from 1884, has had some modifications over the years. The bridge is listed at the New South Wales State Heritage Register.

Albury Station, 1910
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/787247
From 1883, the refreshment rooms had a license to sell liquor, but to rail passengers only. Closed in 1975.
During WW2 troops were not allowed to visit the RR when changing trains.

Victorian Railways locomotive S300 and NSW locomotives 2601 and 3802 at Albury, southern end, New South Wales, 8 November 1947
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155288…

3826 at head of passenger train, departing from Albury station to Sydney at 11pm
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155304…

Locomotives S301 (VR) and 3606 (NSWGR) at south end of Albury station, New South Wales, ca. 1930s
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155066…

Albury express viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1294… via @Library_Vic
A2 556

Engine 3611, Melbourne Express, at Albury
c. 1930s
J L Buckland
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155010…

Two streamlined S class 'Pacific' type steam locomotives at Albury station.

Photographer unknown, Steven Haby collection
flickr.com/photos/1047318…

Victorian Railways locomotives A2 875 and S300 together with NSW locomotives 2601 and 3802, Albury southern end, New South Wales, 1947
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155288…

S303 on Albury Express climbing main Dividing Range approaching Heathcote Junction (from the north near Kimore East, c. 1935) [picture] / J.L. Buckland

nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155048…

NSWGR 36-class steam locomotive with 'Melbourne Express', Albury Railway Station, 1934
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/795815
#3652

Albury Shunting cars for BG Daylight N 450
Weston Langford 4 April 1961
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Albury
Up Albury Express S 310 Consist standing on broad gauge run-round track
Weston Langford 5 March 1961
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

The platform at Albury needed to service two full length trains, and was constructed 455 metres in length – making it one of the longest in the country.
2015
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A2 985 with the 'Sydney Express' Passenger Train at Albury Railway Station, New South Wales, circa 1919
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/774839

ALBURY, NSW. 1945-09-07. STRETCHER CASES RETURNING TO MELBOURNE WAITING ON THE RAILWAY STATION AT ALBURY TO BE LIFTED ABOARD 6TH AMBULANCE TRAIN.
@AWMemorial
awm.gov.au/collection/C21…

Southern Aurora" [Express, Sydney - Melbourne], S class V.R., on train departing Albury, [New South Wales], April 13 [or 14] 1962.
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155025…
First standard gauge passenger train through to Melbourne

Video:
The XPT on Platform 2 at Albury

XPT ex Sydney presently terminating at Albury due to travel restrictions. Good view of the station platform.
9 Aug 2020

Tim Fischer memorial plaque unveiled at Albury Train Station - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2020-08-2…

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