Calomba Railway Services

Memories of Calomba Railway Services

Mrs Maureen Parker remembers: Mrs Maureen Parker (nee Baker) recalls, " My two sisters and I have fond memories of staying at Calomba during many school holidays with Aunty Ruby Gale and Allan Gale. I was staying there during the bumper harvest of 1939 and it was all hands on deck to assist Uncle Allan at the Wheat Stacks. It was my job to enter in a book the weight of each bag as Uncle called it out. It was then the lumper's job to shift all bags of grain to the stack."

Marcus remembers: Manning states: Calomba - A railway station 10 km north-west of Mallala is said to be an Aboriginal name for the Australian Shamrock.

Marcus remembers: Mrs Winnie Howard recalls the stock yards that were at the Calomba rail siding. The farmers would bring their sheep and cattle to the yards during the day and they would be loaded on the goods train at night to be taken to the Gepps Cross abattoirs for sale. Winnie said that the banging of the trucks and noise of the cattle would keep her awake at night when she was newly married. She got used to the noise after a while and could sleep through it all.

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