NOWRA 2000s - inc Berry

 

As is often the case when a have a good collection of location shots, they are borne from an interest in modelling a location. There have been many examples of this over the years, including Yass Town, Koorawatha, Redhead, Wallangarra, Central Kembla, Kemira Valley, and Sandown, to name a few (actually, quite a few).

One location I have long thought would make an awesome layout is Bomaderry (Nowra if you wish) at the far south end of the Illawarra line.

A decent-sized yard, a busy branch off to local industry, and a fascinating extension beyond Bomaderry that passed over a road, and creek, on an old timber trestle.

As with the other mentioned ideas, the Nowra layout has never progressed beyond the thought, and photo, stage.

However, I scanned them a few months back and thought I might as well dump them upon the world.

I had not been able to work out the date these were taken at the time of preparing the images. However, thanks to one of the crew on CLP12 (below), it has been identified to have been the 20th of September 2005.

Bombo Station

Open: 1893

Still in daily use.

Bomaderry (Nowra) Station

Open: 1893

Still in daily use.

CLP12 GM44 CLP10 depart Bomaderry with a Manildra freight.

Today, Manildra is the only freight operation left and would almost certainly be the only reason the line still exists beyond Kiama.

The former factory where milk was once loaded into tankers for railing to Sydney.

Turntable just south of the station.
Don't imagine it sees much use nowadays.

2857/2807 arriving, then later departing, Bomaderry station.

Junction for the short branch to the Manildra plant.

Views around Bomaderry station.

Bomaderry track diagram as of 2002.

The line once extended beyond Bomaderry yard, over Bolong Road and Bomaderry Creek, to a siding on the north side of the Shoalhaven River.

At the time of our visit, the road part had been removed, while the section across the creek was in a very bad way. 

Not surprisingly, it has since been all removed, this apparently happening during June 2013.

Thanks:

Bradly Coulter

Danny Webb

Brian Leedham's Rail Media

Links of interest

Nowra Train Timetable

Nowra - Wikipedia

Bomaderry Goods Shed - Photographic Archival Recording

The Nowra Bridge - Did You Know? 

Removal Of Bomaderry Creek Bridge

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