Avon Yard, 5th of September 2004
Avon Yard is located at the end of the
Dual Gauge, bi-directional Avon Valley Line, which runs from Midland,
some 100+ kms to the west. The Avon Valley line officially opened in
1966 and replaced the Eastern Railway Line, which ran from Midland to
Northam, via Chidlow and Spencers Brook. Avon Yard is the main hub of
Railway operations in WA's Wheatbelt, with lines radiating from Avon to
Perth, Albany, Kalgoorlie and Mullewa, with other branch lines in the
varcinity of Avon being, the Miling Branch, Wyalkatchem/Koorda Line,
Beacon and Kalannie Lines and the York to Quairading Line.
Avon Yard is 5kms from the town centre of Northam and replaced Northam's old town centre railway yards in the late 1960's. Avon Yard is a major CBH Grain hub, providing loading and unloading facilities for Standard Gauge and Narrow Gauge Trains.
Avon Yard is 5kms from the town centre of Northam and replaced Northam's old town centre railway yards in the late 1960's. Avon Yard is a major CBH Grain hub, providing loading and unloading facilities for Standard Gauge and Narrow Gauge Trains.
Avon Yard over head view.
Avon Yard, 2005
Avon Yard Control Tower, 5th of September 2004 and again in 2005
Avon Yard Goods Shed, 5th of September 2004
Avon Yard Locomotive Depot, 2005
Avon Yard Locomotive Fueling point 2005 (left) and the locomotive depot from the east, 15th of Jan 2006 (right).
An old loading ramp (left and Railway building (right) at Avon Yard, 5th of September 2004
Avon Yard, 5th of September 2004
Avon Yard, Grain loading and unloading points, 2005
Avon Yard, 5th of September 2004
Avon Yard, 5th of September 2004
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