RE: A JOURNEY TO NATIONAL PARK BEFORE THE TRAMS.
  Noel Reed

Hi Pete,

My photo record says 'near Jannali'.

The OHW structures as far as Sutherland were steel 'portal structures'.
Beyond Sutherland to the National Park they were timber with span wire
support as far as Loftus Junction, then inclined catenary on the branch line
[see attachment] from Loftus to National Park. The original 1926 Sutherland
- Loftus OHW structures were all replaced when electrification was extended
to Waterfall.

The electric train in my picture [near Jannali] would have come from
Cronulla as there was never more than one train at a time to and from
National Park. The electric trains then only ran to and from National Park
to serve Loftus residents in weekday peak hours. Waterfall passengers had
to change at Sutherland to CPH rail motors at that time.

There was once a manual level crossing [with a gatekeeper's hut and bells
to warn him of Down or Up trains] between Como and Jannali. A train/car
accident once happened at that level crossing. I have seen the plan of the
level crossing which was prepared in the S&T Wynyard drawing office for the
accident inquiry.

Noel Reed.

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Really appreciate the postings of Noel's early photos . May they continue,
please!

A small correction, though, to the caption for image 604-4.

The scene is approaching Loftus station, not Jannali. Noel's train would
have been delayed waiting for an opposing train included in his photo from
The (Royal, if taken after 1955) National Park to clear the branch junction.

Just visible on the left hand side is the r gate-keeper' ;s timber-built
residence, later destroyed by fire. The gate-keeper looked after the
manually operated level crossing at the Sydney end of Loftus platform.

The down platform shows a small timber waiting shed, which was still there
in the 1960s. This was a 1916 designed "Unattended platform waiting shed",
a couple of which still remain around the System today - one, in a slightly
modified form being located on the down platform at Exeter in the NSW
Southern Highlands. I am currently having a waiting shed to this design
being built for placement on my Loftus platform, part of my Pete's Hobby
Railway, located on my small acreage at Junee in the NSW Riverina.
(www.peteshobbyrailway.club for further particulars.)

Hunslet

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Here are several of my pictures taken on the way from Como to the National
Park line before it became a tramway.

Noel Reed.

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Pearson Signal. National Park (IRSE 1954)