View of the station at Parkes from the silos, 1926
Photograph by Roy Hocking
Bagged wheat shed front left, in front of a pair of LHG brake vans
a horse box is in the east dock with a down passenger train at the platform
A pair of new CPH rail motors is across the track from the passenger train. Brand new
CPHs 14 and 15 were allotted to Parkes in 1925 and CPH 19 late in 1926
Behind (to the left of)the rail motors are the Railway Institute tennis courts
Over the line from the station is the original station master's house, condemned
as unfit for human habitation because of repeated cases of typhoid. The building was
used as offices for a number of different groups at various times in its history
including the District Superintendent and Signals Branch.
The original round water tank is in the near to middle distance on the right and
immediately above that on the photograph is the large tent used as the refreshment rooms
for a couple of years pending the construction of the brick refreshment rooms in 1928.
The row of trees beyond the station marks Welcome Street and the level crossing.
Not visible, because of the trees, is the first footbridge. Both the footbridge and the level
crossing would be moved within a couple of years because of the construction of the
refreshment rooms (built to serve Broken Hill passengers following the opening of that line in 1927).
Barely visible above the station and trees are a few buildings, possibly associated with Baker's
Brickworks. The brick pit is possibly the discoloured area immediately to the left. Just beyond
these buildings is curved line sweeping around to the left - the railway line to Forbes.