Photograph 1960, from the collection of Dr J W F Scrimgeour
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Photograph 1960, from the collection of Dr J W F Scrimgeour |
Not all stations in Australia were signalled to the high standards set by British signalling, and Pinkenba was a fine example of a station with no interlocking at all.
It was the terminus of a single-line suburban branch from Brisbane, and the only signal provided was a home signal, protecting the station from approaching trains. In the photograph above, the Station Master is operating the lever on that platform that operates the signal.
 Photograph 1960, from the collection of Dr J W F Scrimgeour |
Although the station facilities consisted of just a single platform, the freight facilities were quite extensive. This picture shows one of the uninterlocked point levers.
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