A hundred years ago a tramway ran along Terralong Street in Kiama.
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And the Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society is looking people with information or memories of it.
March 12, 2017, marks the 100th anniversary of a steam locomotive known as “Kiama” worked the tramway along Terralong Street.
The tramway linked the blue metal quarry – where the Kiama Leisure Centre now is – to the harbour.
Before the Kiama arrived on the South Coast in 1936, the train was used to haul sand from the Nepean River bed that featured in the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The rail society is currently looking for train crews or their families to share their stories and photos of tramway life in Kiama up until it closed in 1941.
People with information can email the society at the info@ilrms.com.au address.