Grafton

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Grafton (undated)

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Grafton - undated

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Grafton, 1931 (not attributed)

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4454 hauling a southbound passenger train through Grafton station. This is the station on the north side of the river. Some years later, it was closed and South Grafton was renamed Grafton City. Date not recorded but likely to be mid 1960s.

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GRAFTON WHARF SIDING:
When the Tweed Railway was extended from (Old) Casino to Grafton in 1905, terminating on the north side of the Clarence River, a line was laid in from the station yard to service a wharf.
The opening of the first section from South Grafton (ie, from the other side of the Clarence River) south to Glenreagh ten years later in 1915, a similar line was constructed to service a wharf.
It would seem that rolling stock was not interchanged between the two lines until 1924 when two wharves for this specific purpose were built, lasting in use until the opening of the dual purpose Clarence River road/rail bridge in 1932.
While these latter wharves were demolished shortly afterwards, the respective rail tracks to the passenger wharves seem to have remained virtually intact as storage sidings.
Certainly this was the case on the northern side when I was able to photograph the siding from the passing 3813 tour train in January 1973, with a couple of bogie vans standing on the siding.

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Grafton station circa 1905 (State Archives)

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NT35, NT34 & NT31 at Grafton, early morning 9/11/2023

Due to vandalism near Maitland requiring signalling repairs this unusual grouping occurred.

(Dani Elle Summerill)

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First train Grafton to Casino at Grafton (State Archives)