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Friends of Bombala Railway Inc.

Locality: Bombala, New South Wales

Phone: +61 407 259 622

Address: Maharatta St. 2632 Bombala, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 not sure what the occasion was...but it had the interest of the town...

25.01.2022 Today's historic photo of the day: Mainline Alco locomotive 44212 hauls the southbound Canberra Monaro Express from Sydney and Canberra to Cooma through the clo...sed station at Tuggeranong, NSW, 36 years ago today, April 27 1985. Tuggeranong was a small station located on the NSW/ACT border south of Queanbeyan on the railway to Cooma and Bombala. It was served by passenger trains until 1975 when the station was downgraded to a single goods siding. Note the goods siding and loading bank at left and the former passenger platform with uprights for the former nameboard still in situ at right. The Canberra Monaro Express was a six-days per week day-return train from Sydney to Canberra and Cooma. It was normally run by multiple unit 'DEB sets', but on this day for some reason it was unusually run as a locomotive hauled train. The forty 442 class locos were built for the NSW railways between 1970 and 1973 by A E Goodwin and Comeng. They ran all over NSW, but they seemed to be more commonly used on the North and North Coast lines and were comparatively uncommon on the Cooma line. The Canberra Monaro Express ran for the last time in the late '80s. The line south of Queanbeyan is now closed. About half of the 442 class locos have been scrapped, but many, including 44212 remain in service.

24.01.2022 Looking back up the line

23.01.2022 Cathcart Public School visiting Bombala Railway Station (Circa1966)

17.01.2022 3 inches of snow on the 5-8-2020

16.01.2022 You have to be kidding Mr Beers.. The proposed trail from either Queanbeyan or Michelago to Bombala is expected to result in significant boosts to our economy of up to $25 million. The report outlines the trail would cost $48m unsealed or up to $63m sealed (a sealed service would potentially attract more users).

16.01.2022 Today's historic photo of the day: PF908 at the rear of a 4 car DEB set forming the Sydney-bound Canberra Monaro Express before departure from Canberra, ACT, 35... years ago today, October 2 1985. The Canberra Monaro Express was a 6 days per week day-return train from Sydney to Cooma via Canberra. In the mid 1980s it ran as a DEB set railcar train, but the compositions and way it reached Cooma varied throughout the decade. At times it was a 7 car set that split at Queanbeyan with a 4-car set running to Canberra and a 3-car set running to Cooma. At other times it ran as a 7 car set that ran into Canberra then backtracked to Queanbeyan before running down to Cooma, and at other times, such as on this day, it ran as a 4 car set with a backtrack from Canberra to Queanbeyan. DEB sets had been introduced in 1951 to run daylight express trains across NSW, and they served in many parts of the State predominantly on main lines, but particularly after the introduction of XPTs in the early 1980s they were relegated to some extent and the Canberra Monaro Express was one of their last strongholds. In the late 1980s they were allocated to Cityrail and they lived out their last days running trains on the South Coast and Southern Highlands lines. The last DEB sets were withdrawn in 1995. PF908 itself met an early end just three months after this photo was taken when in January 1986 it caught fire near Dombarton and was severely damaged when running as part of a train on the Wollongong - Moss Vale line. The Canberra Monaro Express ran for the last time in the late 1980s and the line south of Queanbeyan to Cooma was closed in 1989. These days, this section of track sees three NSW Trainlink XPLorer passenger trains each way each day between Sydney and Canberra.

15.01.2022 All welcome...THIS WILL BE OUR LAST MEETING TILL OCTOBER/NOVEMBER.

15.01.2022 A paybus sits at the Bombala Railway..

14.01.2022 Please take the time to do the survey......

14.01.2022 Cant wait to ride the viaducts again..been awhile...

09.01.2022 It is hard to believe goods arrive by dray after 1921.Wool on its way to be loaded at Bombala..Station Masters house at the rear

09.01.2022 Help with your support to get trains running from Cooma again

03.01.2022 Next Working Bee and Meeting. Saturday 1st May 2021. Working Bee 10am start followed by sausage sizzle lunch. (Supplied by railway group.) Meeting will be at Cosmo Cafe 2-30pm. All welcome.

03.01.2022 We all knew the out come to this..What a blatant waste of public money

02.01.2022 A bit more of the working bee..