Yass Junction Railway Station

Bus 400 · August 14, 2010, 09:45:39 PM

On a recent trip up to Yass I decided to check out Yass Junction Railway Station & luckily the Sydney bound XPT was about to arrive:

Sir Pompously · August 14, 2010, 09:49:55 PM

That trailing XP is looking a little sorry for itself..... hope it is in for a refurb soon.

Snorzac · August 14, 2010, 11:38:48 PM

First picture is very nice Bus 400!!!

The Love Guru · August 14, 2010, 11:43:33 PM

Agreed, great pic there BUS400, your photography has improved out of sight (pun intended) in recent times, keep up the good work.

smitho · August 15, 2010, 09:08:08 PM

Great picture Julian (1st one)...should submit to Railway Digest.

Busnerd · August 16, 2010, 12:38:51 AM

Yeah brilliant photo

Bus 400 · August 20, 2010, 10:58:23 PM

I just worked out that the line on the far left is the old tram line that ran into Yass.

The Love Guru · August 21, 2010, 09:55:58 AM

It was a branch line into Yass, which saw many different steam Locos and the odd diesel. IIRC there was also X class locos there that used to shunt the cars into town and back. If you drive along the street south of the main street, you will see the old line still there in places.

smitho · August 21, 2010, 10:24:53 PM

Yeah, years ago I organised a CPH Rail Motor tour over the Yass Town branch and we also went up the Boorowa branchline the same day. In those days, there was still a regular weekday freight service on the line, operated by Alco 48 class locomotives...mainly oil tankers and a bit of sundry freight.

Regular passenger services on the Yass Town line used to connect with the overnight mail trains.