Historic Photo of the Day: 2025-09-11

Today's historic photo of the day: The railway station at Carcoar, NSW, January 27, 1986. Carcoar is a small town located 310km from Sydney in Central West NSW on the cross-country Blayney to Demondrille railway. The station opened with the line in 1888. Passenger trains connected with main Western line services at Blayney and called here on their way to and from Cowra and points beyond. There were even some through trains to and from Sydney at times. General freight and grain trains from the Grenfell and Eugowra branches also passed through here. The final passenger train passed through here in late 1983, but at this time the line was still used for goods trains. Whilst the line has never officially been closed, no trains of any sort have travelled through this historic town for many years. Thankfully the station has been preserved, and it still stands today.