Ballast End Truck
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D810
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/1000 · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
A ballast truck sits abandoned on overgrown tracks at Bombala Station. Its rusted frame and peeling paint reflect years of disuse, a silent witness to a once-active railway line. The station now stands as a quiet reminder of its past.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Ballast End Truck
- Series
- Bombala Station
- Catalogue
- BST-002
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 26 December 2016
- Camera
- NIKON D810
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 1/1000 s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 14 mm
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
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A ballast hopper wagon sits square on narrow-gauge track, shot head-on at coupling height. The steel body is oxidised to a deep burnt red, bracing struts visible through the open frame. A bottom-discharge chute narrows to a point beneath the flat deck. The coupling gear is seized, timber buffer beam cracked and dark with age. Gravel ballast spills between the sleepers. Overcast sky presses down, grey cloud dragging across green hills behind.
Brett Patman
The series
Bombala Station
Bombala railway station is the terminus of the Goulburn-Bombala branch line, sitting at the southern end of the Monaro in NSW, near the Victorian border. The Nimmitabel to Bombala section opened on 21 November 1921, and every building in the yard dates from that year: the pre-cast concrete station building, signal box, goods shed, footbridge, turntable, gantry crane, cattle yard, and barracks. The last passenger service ran in August 1974. The last goods train rolled out on 26 March 1986. Listed on the NSW State Heritage Register (item 5011934, 2 April 1999), the station is described as one of the most intact country terminus sites from the 1920s railway expansion, with the station building rated as one of the best surviving pre-cast concrete structures in NSW. The Friends of Bombala Railway maintain the precinct as a heritage museum.
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