Helensburgh

Metropolitan Colliery Dump Siding Over-bridge

While reading a thread on the popular Rail Page forums recently, I discovered a post regarding an … Continue Reading

Otford Tunnel (Tunnel No. 7)

  The Otford Tunnel is the grand tunnel, of all the six disused rail tunnels in the … Continue Reading

Lilyvale – The Almost Forgotten. Part 2

Some great captures of the life and times of Lilyvale during the late nineteenth and early twentieth … Continue Reading

Robert Hails – Death in the Railway Tunnel

  Killed by a train in a dark tunnel, late at night. One night in 1895, a coal miner from … Continue Reading

Stanwell Park Overbridge

Stanwell Park Overbridge is where the old Coast (Illawarra) Road crossed over the original single … Continue Reading

Lilyvale Railway Station

Lilyvale Railway Station 1st & 2nd - Closed Lilyvale is a beautiful and picturesque area that … Continue Reading

Helensburgh Weather

Helensburghers Just Follow The Rainclouds Home Weather conditions in Helensburgh are generally … Continue Reading

Helensburgh Coal

What Comes Out Of The Mine And Where Does It Go? The Metropolitan Colliery, Helensburgh’s … Continue Reading

Who Discovered Coal at Helensburgh?

So who discovered coal at Helensburgh? (Camp Creek). An extremely interesting article from The … Continue Reading

Metropolitan Tunnel 1st (Tunnel No. 4)

2020 - DUE TO FLOODING, AND TO LET THE GLOW WORMS RECOVER, THE TUNNEL IS CURRENTLY CLOSED.  It will … Continue Reading