Lineside Liaisons #22 Shannon Brook

Chasing railway ghosts on the North Coast near Shannon Brook, NSW.

Stops only if required

At some stations north of Grafton
The train stopped only if required

In the middle of the night

When the passengers were tired

But there's not a lot to see

Between Grafton and Casino

That you're ever gonna' miss

From the comfort of your window

There was Koolkhan and Dilkoon

And between them Warragai Creek

Lawrence Road was up the line

And so was Myrtle Creek

Both Coombell and Amarina

Disappeared without a look

And you'd have to ask the guard

To alight in Shannon Brook

Sadly they're all dots on a map

From towns now long retired

That in Nineteen-fifty-six

Trains stopped at only if required

Where the sun casts its long shadow

On the road called Summerland Way

And the blinding afternoon sunlight

Washes all the names away

Taken from the book Last Train to Grafton, available direct here