Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics II.

**Bigbjorn** · 10th September 2019, 02:28 PM

What was known as a charabanc. That photo is not clear enough to tell the make. Definitely American and 1920's from appearance. StraighteightIan might be old enough to remember

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**Bigbjorn** · 10th September 2019, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by 3toes

From memory when the train line from Brisbane to the Gold Coast was closed in the mid sixties there was an operator who put on Rambler station wagons that had 8 seats to replace the service. Not sure how long it lasted.

This was the original line that stopped Beenleigh when a train went through as the line ran across the main street without boom gates and ended at the water in Southport rather than the newer line that runs inland

The South Coast Line trains stopped at Ernest Junction and passengers moved to a different train to go to Southport and the other half went south to Coolangatta. The train did not have scheduled stops at some of the intermediate stations in the hamlets between Ernest Junction and Coolangatta.I remember the guard walking down the platform at a scheduled stop crying out "Anyone for .........?" and he would alert the engine crew to stop there if anyone requested.