5048 rests at Murwillumbah between loads of sugar cane on 31st August 1966 (George Stevens)
1935 layout
THE CLASS LEADER: ..... shunting the car-carrier at Murwillumbah that gave the Gold Coast Motorail its name: December 1974. (Philip Versigon)
Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 934.912km
Opened : 24th December 1894
Closed : 16 May 2004
Status : closed
Name meaning : Aboriginal word meaning "camping place"
Notes : Platform moved 5.7 metres. Down platform was 106.6 metres long, later extended to 306 metres. 15/9/1916 - platform raised to standard height. 2/10/1922 - new plstgorm buildings erected.
1985, Gold Coast Motorail at Murwillumbah (unknown photographer)
A screenshot from a home movie taken in September 1985 shows the car carriers being shunted into the siding at Murwillumbah being made ready for unloading and watched intently by the car owners. The locos were 44209 + 44238. (Graeme Skeet)
Murwillumbah Railway Station, 1920s. Tweed Regional Museum
Murwillumbah station, circa 1905 (Tweed Museum)
Bananas being unloaded at Murwillumbah Railway Station, 1930s (Tweed Regional Museum)
Last train leaves Murwillumbah, May 16, 2004 (The Daily News)
Murwillumbah (July 1988) (uncredited)
Murwillumbah station, undated
Location of the station (Six Maps)
Murwillumbah (Public Works)
4465 Murwillumbah late 1970s (mugzshotz)
4419 at Murwillumbah
December 1977
(Michael Greenhill)
Murwillumbah, mid 1980s (Craig Peters)
The down Gold Coast Motorail at Murwillumbah, circa 1980. (Kieran Hutton)
Murwillumbah 1969 (John Shields)
638-738+EPT at Murwillumbah 03-03-73'
The last 620 class Rail Car service prior to introduction of the Gold Coast Motorail the next day.
Eric Walsh Slide
Murwillumbah (July 1988) (uncredited)
The back-to-back duo of 42107 and 42109 shunt the first official Northern Rivers Railroad private freight service at Murwillumbah in 1997. (Derek Rogers)
Murwillumbah, late 1800s or early 1900s. (SLNSW)
Murwillumbah (undated), SLNSW
1st Murwillumbah station, Public works image so probably taken at the tikme it was built.
Murwillumbah station, undated
44223 on Train NL02 SRA Christmas Train Murwillumbah 2-12-91 (Leon Batman)
Murwillumbah station, circa 1905 (Tweed Museum)
Murwillumbah Railway Station, C1900, showing the cylindrical water tower (Tweed Regional Museum)
CSR Siding, Murwillumbah, August 1966 (State Records)
Murwillumbah, circa 1950 (SLNSW)
Plans for various buildings at Murwillumbah
Done some checks on when the Murwillumbah platform was extended in late 1980s.
The late 1980s saw significant Murwillumbah track changes as the earlier MotoRail shunting procedures was cumbersome and involved an extra shunting locomotive, beside the MotoRail locomotives. The February 1986 Railway Digest indicated changes were afoot to simplify the MotoRail shunting as it listed a tender for the construction of a 200 metre platform extension for Murwillumbah Station. The 200 metre included extensions at both ends. These changes later included a new car unloading siding between the platform and the Tweed Valley Way, previously the Pacific Highway. The October 1988 Railway Digest reported the new MotoRail siding was available from 8 August 1988 and the previous shunter, rail tractor X217, was withdrawn, being noted on a well wagon at Grafton on 27 September 1988. The new system was very straightforward! Once the train had arrived from Sydney, the car carrying wagons were uncoupled from the carriages behind them and drawn forward by the train's locomotives past the points leading into the new siding, then simply propelled back into the unloading siding.
1st Gold Coast Motorail Express at Murwillumbah, April 1973 (Records NSW)
Murwillumbah, 1929
1966, Murwillumbah (Munro Collection)
Postcard - Crown Studios Sydney - Murwillumbah station
Murwillumbah, undated
Loading bananas at Murwillumbah, circa 1910 (Tweed Museum)
Murwillumbah Railway Station 09/11/2023. (David Brill)
August 1964 of special train trip - Condong, Murwillumbah. Lee-Ann Keefer
4847 Murwillumbah 01-73 (Leon Batman)
48165+48xx Murwillumbah C2004 (Leon Batman)
Class leader 4401 and a 45 class under the watchful eye of Wollumbin, Murwillumbah mid 1980s. They have a load of flyash, for the cement plant. (Chris Sim)
3326 rests overnight at Muwillumbah. Friday 25.04.1969. Photo: Peter Neve.
44211 has arrived at Murwillumbah c 1986 with the North Coast Overnight Express. This train did not convey road vehicles, therefore the X200 rail tractor at left remains at rest, not required to shunt the Motorail wagon. At extreme left can be seen the silver-painted car-loading/unloading ramp. Wollumbin in the far distance is shrouded by cloud. (Chris Sim)
42109 at Murwillumbah.
"many of you will be aware of the private company (I think it was called Northern Rivers Railroad) which endeavoured to keep the Mur'bah line viable around 1998. They bought some retired NSW 421 class diesel locos and some former South Australian air-conditioned cars. They based themselves at Casino. They also took over the freight offering, cement, bananas etc. Though a noble effort, ultimately it wasn't a success. One of the diesels, 42109, received this lurid `rainbow' colour scheme, some liked it, some not so much. Many years later, several of these 421 diesels are privately owned by enthusiasts. One of them, 42105, has received the same livery as 42109, though there is no longer any connection with the old N.R.R."
(Chris Sim)
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At the launch of the new private operator - Northern Rivers Railroad - spotless 42107 (and 42109) stand at Murwillumbah having worked the first train from Casino on 2 Oct 1997. Mt Warning dominates the skyline in this view. (Derek Rogers)