Between two trains

A view of the Albury Railway Station looking down the platform with a central vanishing point. Groups of soldiers are waiting with their luggage along the platform, and two trains pass them on either side. The lace metalwork and ornate lights of the station roof are emphasised. In wartime Australia the railways moved troops to all parts of the country. In those days before the railway gauge's were standardised all passengers travelling between Melbourne and Sydney had to change trains at Albury, frequently in the middle of the night. Troops in transit to and from the many camps in the Albury area added to the throng, making the old Victorian era station with its long canopied platforms one of the busiest in the nation.