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Rail Heritage Rail Heritage Correct at time of print - June 2019 June - print of time at Correct History of Goulburn of History Wyatt’s T. Ransome Sources: Ph: (02) 4822 1210 4822 (02) Ph: PO Box 711, Goulburn NSW 2580 NSW Goulburn 711, Box PO Preservation Society Inc. Society Preservation Goulburn Loco Roundhouse Loco Goulburn facebook.com/VisitGoulburn www.goulburnaustralia.com.au E: [email protected] E: P: (02) 4823 4492 / 1800 353 646 353 1800 / 4492 4823 (02) P: Goulburn NSW 2580 NSW Goulburn 22), Bag (Locked Street Sloane 201 Goulburn Visitor Information Centre Information Visitor Goulburn For further information contact: information further For 1869. The line to Goulburn officially opened on 27 May May 27 on opened officially Goulburn to line The in the County of Argyle’. of County the in Cumberland and Camden, to the Town of Goulburn Goulburn of Town the to Camden, and Cumberland City of Sydney, and pass through the counties of of counties the through pass and Sydney, of City such railways… should commence at or near to the the to near or at commence should railways… such Incorporation Act of 1849 directed ‘that the first of of first the ‘that directed 1849 of Act Incorporation Self-guided walking tours are also available. also are tours walking Self-guided just the first stage. The Sydney Railway Company Company Railway Sydney The stage. first the just incorporation. The Sydney-Parramatta route was was route Sydney-Parramatta The incorporation. Guided city tours available for coach groups. coach for available tours city Guided Goulburn. This is made perfectly clear in the Act of of Act the in clear perfectly made is This Goulburn. history of rail and engines. and rail of history designed and built to run between Sydney and and Sydney between run to built and designed RAIL HERITAGE RAIL designed for those with a passionate interest in the the in interest passionate a with those for designed The first steam railway in Australia was conceived, conceived, was Australia in railway steam first The the Rail Signals Museum and Historic Waterworks – – Waterworks Historic and Museum Signals Rail the IN GOULBURN AUSTRALIA GOULBURN IN ‘Rail Heritage Highlights’ tour for groups that includes includes that groups for tour Highlights’ Heritage ‘Rail RAIL HERITAGE RAIL The Goulburn Visitor Information Centre offers a offers Centre Information Visitor Goulburn The OF GOULBURN’S OF Goulburn Historic Waterworks Historic Goulburn A SELF-GUIDED TOUR SELF-GUIDED A Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre Centre Heritage Rail Goulburn : at LE B aila V A S R OU T D E D I GU TO INTRODUCTION MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FIRST STEAM RAILWAY • The Sydney Railway Co. was eagerly promoted as • The Sydney Railway Co. was the first private a profitable investment. Rev. John Dunmore Lang enterprise railway to be nationalised in the world. IN AUSTRALIA AND GOULBURN’S RAILWAY HISTORY was fond of giving the following response to • The Sydney Railway Co. did not go broke. The • Four of the six directors of The Sydney Railway questions about the railway being a secure and Government legislated to take over the assets of Company were from the Goulburn district. profitable investment: ‘Mr Bradley alone spends 700 the Company. Shareholders were repaid cash for They were: Charles Cowper, Charles Nicholson, pounds a year on transport of his wool from Goulburn their shares or chose to have them converted to Daniel Cooper and William Bradley. to the seaport’. debentures on which the Government paid 7% pa. • The first recorded steam loco to arrive in Goulburn • Chatsbury pastoralist Charles Cowper was a was an 0-6-OT belonging to the line’s contractor Mr founding director, president and manager of the Faviell on 12th March 1869. Sydney Railway Co. He eventually became Premier of NSW. Member for Argyle in the NSW Parliament, • The original type of rail line used into Goulburn was Henry Parkes, described Charles Cowper as ‘a man double headed rail 72lb per yard, supported in cast of quick insight, much good humour and tact in iron chairs and secured by wooden elm keys, dog dealing with individuals and a political adroitness’ spiked to the sleepers. coining the nickname ‘Slippery Charlie’. • Timed crossings were initially used to control traffic on the single line to and from Goulburn. • During its existence, Goulburn station has had its distance from Sydney varied three times (due to newer lines being built). The Station’s current distance from Sydney is approximately 224.5km. • Although there are three passenger platforms at Goulburn Station, only Platfrom 1 is in use. 1. William Bradley, founder of the Goulburn Brewery and 12. The pedestrian rail yard overbridge at the southern end of 21. During March 1867, the track for a railway through first Member of Parliament for County of Argyle, was the the station uses diagonal side bracing. It is made of old Goulburn parallel to Sloane Street was being fenced founding Director of the Sydney Railway Co. He was a double-headed rail lengths, which were once part of the in. This would have cut off access for locals to the water major shareholder heading the list of incorporated original 1864 Contract 7 to lay a line down from Tallong to pumps and creek on the Eastgrove side and caused members of the company. When the company was Goulburn. A good view of the yards and of the original great inconvenience. An application to Government established 20,000 shares were issued costing 5 pounds goods shed can be had from here. seeking access succeeded in the level crossing being each. The original Railway Refreshment Rooms are now built. 13. The terminus of the rail line in Goulburn was designed to be located at the Goulburn Brewery, and were once a opposite William Bradley’s father-in-law Captain Hovell’s 22. Adjacent to this area the old loco divers’ barracks still notable feature of train travel. The Station was able to front door (now occupied by Woolworths Marketplace). stand. Built c1891, the Goulburn Engine Drivers’ sell liquor under a special (more liberal) Governor’s This explains why Goulburn Station, unlike most other Barracks is now the home of Gallery on Track. Rest licence granted by the Crown. country stations, is not situated at the end of a street. houses, also known as barracks, were introduced to 2. The Railway Workshops in Braidwood Road succeeded The foundation stone was laid on 12th April 1868 by Mayor provide temporary accommodation. These were used the original Per Way Workshops (short for Permanent William Davies. The station building was completed on by train drivers, firemen and guards between shifts Way, referring to the railway lines) which were located Friday 8 January 1869. Mr. Taylor was the station builder. when they could not return home on the same day. For near the Station. The Railway Signals Museum (open by appointment ph. most of the life of this building, railway personnel 4828 5811) now occupies the original Refreshment Rooms staying at each of the 12 small bedrooms would have 3. The Loco Roundhouse (now the Goulburn Rail Heritage at the Goulburn Station. looked up at a false ceiling. In 2008 the bedroom walls Centre and home to the Preservation Society) was built and the false ceiling were removed, exposing the at South Goulburn during WWI to accommodate goods 14. Coffee Palaces sprang up along the railway lines in elegant cathedral ceiling inside. locomotives. Barracks for the enginemen were important centres as part of the temperance movement. The constructed opposite the roundhouse on Braidwood accommodation wing of the original Goulburn Coffee Palace 23. Early thinking decided an engine shed for Goulburn Road. Prior to the Great Depression, passenger engines still survives as the Alpine Heritage Motel. should be in line with the eastern bank of the were serviced in their own complex north of the station. To Wollondilly River (located 5.8km north of Goulburn 15. The old (1847) Court House in Sloane Street, where save money at this time, this service was transferred to in dense bush of a private property – no public access) inebriation cases (from the Railway Refreshment Rooms) the newer goods engine roundhouse on Braidwood Road. because the Wollondilly water was thought superior were tried, has been restored to become The Argyle for steam purposes to that of the Mulwarree Ponds. 4. To obtain a source of water for the railway complex, water Emporium. Attached is the old Police Station and cells After construction began more thorough samples of was pumped from Mulwarree Ponds at South Goulburn where those charged were held. The City’s current the two waters were tested and the result was contrary by steam machinery into a treatment plant. Then pumped courthouse is around the corner. to what was first thought. Mulwarree Ponds water, into two large concrete reservoirs on high ground located 16. The original Goods Shed still survives, as a freight depot. A although high in vegetable matter, was found to be on the southwest corner of Garrorigang Road and Sloane lavish banquet for the Governor and VIPs was held in this better than water from the Wollondilly due to its high Street. Treated water was then gravitated by pipes shed to mark the opening of the Goulburn Terminus in 1869. mineral content. As a result of these findings, all initial throughout the railway complex. work on the original shed site and complex was 17. Behind the Court Houses is the old Morgue, which held 5. A good view of the complex of lines comprising the abandoned. Construction of the engine shed and the remains of many a railway worker and the occasional Goulburn terminus can be had from the Mundy Street proposed workshops instead continued near unfortunate passenger.
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