Eungai Rail

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Original Eungai station 1926 - 1992 before being bulldozed & replaced with a glorified bus stop. I'd love to see other photos of the original station in its heyday. And 2 poems written by bored flagmen in the city end cabin c1993.


(Mark Pukso)

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Matey Jones has sent in these insights to her family life in the 1940s.
"Bills first abode in 1947 progress to  a tent and tin Kitchen. Bill built the shower we used to get hot water from the Engines when it was crossover time or loading from the sawmill. Ray Hadleys Grandfather was the butcher there. 4 timber mills loaded there. Lot of farm produce and bananas and beautiful fish on 6 o'clock Mail for markets next day at Darling Harbour. Just researching face book and came across them!
I watched the Rail program on Strathfield line repairs last night. Men and machines!! Looking forward to next Sunday night!"

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44229 North Coast Daylight Express 9-4-83 Eungai, Garry Holt

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4402 on 279 at Eungai 9-4-83, Garry Holt

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44227 on 277 Eungai 9-4-83, Garry Holt

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4481 on 281N at Eungai 9-4-83 (Garry Holt)

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Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 534.556km
Opened : 1 July 1919
Closed : n/a
Status : In use
Name meaning : An Aboriginal word meaning "noisy creek"
Notes : Opened with an interlocked loop, construction name was Eunkya. The original upside platform was 121.92 metres in legth and this was later reduced to 55 metres, a further reduction occurred with the construction of the rather spartan station that now exists. The original station building contained general and ladies waiting rooms, SM's office and an out-of room. 22/11/1924 - log loading gallows installed. 20/8/1935 - 396 metyre central operatedc loop laid in. Four mill sidings were associated with the site; the timber siding, Viggers, Jeffrey & Smith and Eungai Sawmills; these were in place variously between 1919 and 1972. Eungai has a 1535 crossing loop and a 220 metre dead end siding facing the Down side of the loop.

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Site of Eungai Station during construction in 1916 (it opened in 1919) - the station still exists as a truncated concrete platform. (SLNSW)

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Cutting and embankment at Eungai, 18/3/1916

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Eungai Rail, 1949 (Alison Elliott)

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Down North Coast Mail at Eungai, 1948 (SRA)

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Location of Eungai Rail (Six Maps)

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Eungai (undated) (SLNSW)

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Eungai Rail (1962, Alison Elliott)

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The lever frame at Eungai. (Greg Lee)