Old Casino

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Type : Station
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 806.740km
Opened : 19 October 1903
Closed : 9 April 1986
Status : Re-used - museum and start of the Casino to Lismore Rail Trail
Name meaning : After the city in Italy between Rome and Naples, named by Messrs Clay and Stapleton

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Yard layout

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Old Casino in 1903

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Old Casino station, construction of the refreshment room has just commenced (SLNSW)

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Old Casino (Andrew Presbury)

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Old Casino, 1989

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Old Casino (undated)

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Location of Old Casino (Six Maps)

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Old Casino (John Shields)

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OC has been inaccessible by rail since the Feb 2022 steel train derailment. Before then it was last used in 2019 for LVR to store their CPH railmotor set while it was in the area for Beef Week tours.

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Wayne Brown
This view looking toward up-end on the mainline shows the yard layout slightly better. 807km post is just behind the photographer. Former OC dead-end siding on the right. It looks like the points for this were straight-railed just before closure in 2004. The frog was still sitting in the grass next to it when this photo was taken. Former Blue Circle Cement loop and shed in middle distance on the left, and OC loop visible too.

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Wayne Brown
Overview of the down-end of OC yard. 807km post can be seen, as well as former Richmond Daries siding (stop block) and one end of OC loop. Murwillumbah mainline is on right hand side of point ridding in foreground

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John Shields

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FP8 at Old Casino, Dec 2008 (uncredited - supplied)

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Railway leases, Old Casino