Dean Jackson Collection

With thanks to Eddie Jackson, we have been given permission to feature his late fathers’ photo collection. Dean was able to capture many South Australian location prior to the major changes that swept though the state. The photos have been placed into the specific galleries for their respective stations.

If you don’t feel like trawling through the pages looking for Dean’s work, we have also placed copies of all the images used on this site, on this page (for your convenience!).

Below the images is description of locations that do not have their own page as yet.

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SA 5232, Australia

Australia

Adelaide SA 5015, Australia

Adelaide SA 5114, Australia

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Croydon

Croydon is on the Port Adelaide suburban line. The buildings were wiped out, and ” bus stopped” in 1983 or 1984. It was a unique collection of structures, both on the up and down platforms.
Around this time, many old suburban station offices just vanished, as once they ceased the use of Edmondson tickets, there was no need for staff to be in attendance, as guards sold cash fare tickets on the trains. That’s what happens when you give the railways to the bus mob.
Anyway, these are the first photos I have seen of this station as it was.
Today, along the entire Port line, only 4 semi original buildings remain at Bowden, Woodville, Alberton and Outer harbour. All the rest are glorified bus stops. Not a single signal box remains either, which were once plentiful along this route.

Glanville

Glanville was a three way junction, with a short street running branch to Semaphore, and lines that ran alongside the port areas, and heavy industry. The large signal box was demolished in 1984, which thankfully I have a few pictures, inside and out. These should appear soon. There were two platforms here, up, down, and centre for the Semaphore local railcars, and a modern ticket office was at ground level on the western side. Today, very little remains here except the overly large platforms from better days.