These photos of Ogmore date from 1992 and 1993. The building was unique in a very odd sort of way, with extensions added to the original building of 1919 adding to it’s disheveled appearance. At the lines opening, the original name was Styx, after the nearby river just to the north. The ferry here for the settler’s track was known as “Charons’s crossing”. The railway crossed the Styx on a low level bridge with steep ascents and descents either side, that was not replaced with a all weather high level structure until the end of the 1980’s.There is rumours that a Japanese army group landed nearby to blow up the railway, however were captured, shot and buried on Rosewood Island in the Styx River. So far though, there has been no firm evidence of this. Until the opening of the all weather Bruce Highway on the direct coastal route, Ogmore station was vital to the small town and surrounding areas for communications to the outside world. Again once centralized traffic control was implemented, the station’s use had come to an end.
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