BARGO RAILWAY STATION The original railway station at Bargo, which used to be called West Bargo, has a heritage listed toilet block which is now used as a storeroom. 1n 1993 the signal room and station building were damaged by fire and demolished with a promise of a new buidling to replace it. This has not yet eventuated and a demountable unit still takes place of the original building.
The railway bears a significant connecting historical element for all three bicentennial towns. The above image dates back to October 1940 showing an early steam locomotive stopped just outside Bargo station. It was a 3245 Locomotive on the Federal City Express line to Canberra, stalled on bank near Bargo because it was low in steam. The station is still on the Sydney to Goulburn route, and now services commuter traffic to Sydney.
The railway has its own interesting history, with what Bargo local Lynne Greenwood calls ‘The Great Train Robbery’. In December 1941 thieves put an explosive object on the tracks south of Bargo, near Yanderra and a Payroll train was destroyed. Two people in ‘White shorts’ were described leaving the scene of the crime, leaving death, injury and bank notes flying around behind.(https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/112768954)