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All Victorian railway lines mentioned can be found at Andrew Waugh's 1940 map of Victorian Railway 's main and branch lines.
For NSW equivilants please check Rolf Bozier's nswrail.net where you'll also find some of my photos.
Please click on photos to enlarge.
Victorian Railway bus leaving Keys Street Beaumaris for Sandringham where it will connect with a suburban electric train to Flinders Street and (in those days) onto Broadmeadows.
Down Sandringham Line Tait electric suburban arriving at Hampton.
27th of March 1966.Puffing Billy at Belgrave narrow gauge platform.
Pre-metric Puffing Billy information.
Albert Park station , on Flinders Street to St Kilda branch looking in down direction.This is now a standard gauge tramway.
Avoca.Re-opening of branch to Ararat.
Approaching Elmshurst between Avoca and Ararat.
Tottenham - Brooklyn Loop.Have included this photo for historical purposes.Not sure when it was taken.
Skipton terminus of branch from Ballarat.
Healesville terminus north east of Melbourne.
View from down Spencer Street to Daylesford Passenger at Carlsruhe. View looking down towards Bendigo and beyond.
T 336 at Daylesford .Central Highlands Tourist Railway currently operate part of this branch line.
Daylesford station yard including turn table and Walker rail motor.
Up goods train (on then broad gauge) approaching Gheringhap.
Melbourne skyline from Richmond station. with an up Harris suburban electric just departing.
The Melbourne Tennis Centre is now situated on left of picture.
An up Harris electric arriving at Cheltenham.
B 76 on a "Victour" Special at Spencer Street station.
Down Special at Ingleston Bank between Sunshine and Ballarat. Is this Les Brown in photo?
The now-dismantled Billy Hughes Bridge about 16 kms north of Albury NSW.
Same location 24th February 2008
1967 and 1968
Circular Quay looking towards Wynyard.
Milsons Point with an approaching down suburban electric.
Up goods decending Blue Mountains.
Site of Zig Zag Railway (now restored) with Main Western Line at bottom of picture.
A north-bound goods train headed by a 46-class loco is passing along Mullet Creek before approaching Wondabyne.
Train driver's view , up direction, of Hawksbury River bridge.
Mt Kuringai.An up inter urban electric heading to Central via Hornsby and Strathfield.
Turramurra with a down suburban electric.
An up suburban about to decend from Sydney Harbour Bridge into tunnel towards Wynyard and beyond.
Driver's view of Central after exiting City Circle.
Driver's view approaching Redfern.
Steam locomotive 3246 at Redfern.
North Sydney Car Sidings.This was the terminus of the North Shore Line before the Harbour Bridge was built.
Jolimont Rail Yards.
A down Upfield Line Tait suburban electric.
Closest to camera is the now-dismantled Inner Circle Railway which originally went via Northcote Junction to Whittlesea but by 1967 it had terminated at Fitzroy.
The abandoned North Carlton Station on the now - dismantled Inner Circle Railway.
North Fitzroy Station.To the right is the branch to Fitzroy and straight ahead the former line to Northcote Junction and beyond to Whittlesea.
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