The old Murrurundi Railway Water Tower - Photo taken 2014 Until closure in 1965, Murrurundi was the site of an important locomotive depot. Opened in 1891, the Murrurundi depot provided locomotives to assist trains in negotiating the steeply graded Northern Railway and through the Ardglen tunnel in the Liverpool Ranges (Cottee, 2004). The Depot originally included a timber four track engine shed, barracks building, coal stage, turntable, and an ash pit. In 1899 a new engine shed, coal stage, and water tank were added, and an 18.288m turntable and ash pits were installed. All structures within the former depot have since been removed (Forsyth, 2009). Murrurundi Railway Depot (NSW) & Running Sheds - 1965, Courtesy of State Library
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