Cudgewa Line -The Cudgewa railway line opened in stages between 1889 and 1921. The first section from Wodonga to Huon opened on 10 September 1889. It was extended to Bolga on 18 July 1890, Tallangatta on 24 July 1891, Shelley on 13 June 1916 (the highest station in Victoria), Beetomba on 10 April 1919 and Cudgewa on 5 May 1921. The line had 1 in 30 grades and trestle bridges that have been heritage listed. In 1919, the line was used to carry materials for the construction of Hume Weir, and three years later a spur line connecting Ebden to the weir was opened. In the 1960s, Cudgewa became the railhead of materials for the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The last passenger service from Wodonga to Tallangatta ran on 30 September 1961. The turntable and passenger platform at Cudgewa were abolished in 1976. This fish plate came from the rails of the Cudgewa Line at Gordon Roy's hut which was situated behind Perry's Stump Hotel outside Wodonga. The hut was used as an office with the points lever outside to switch trucks to different tracks on the Bandiana and Cudgewa lines.This item is significant as it was part of the railway line to Cudgewa which played an important role in North east Victoria carrying freight during the construction of the Hume Weir and the Snowy Mountains Scheme.A section of flat plate. These plates were used in pairs to connect the ends of adjacent rails in railway track. victorian railways, cudgewa rail line, railway components

A publication of 34 pages produced by Environment Victoria Inc. It has brown cover featuring an image of a locomotive superimposed over an outline map of Victoria. It consists of 36 pages including appendices, references, a map of an Environment Victoria Enhanced Victorian Passenger Rail Network and a map of the Victoria's Regional and Rural Bus service.fiction This document is a response by Environment Victoria to the Fast Train Report. It advocates the establishment of an integrated transport approach in Victoria including the need for a Rural and Regional Planning Strategy to be developed in conjunction with the Metropolitan Strategyrailways environmental impact, victorian railways, environment victoria

A collection of replicas of survey maps acquired to build the Wodonga to Tallangatta Railway line. Each survey includes a diagram of a portion of the line showing survey measurements and details of the land which that portion of the line will run through. It also includes the name of the landowner from whom the necessary land was acquired.The first section of the Wodonga to Tallangatta line opened in 1889 and was further extended in 1891. It was a vital community link until the passenger service closed in September 1961. The last regular goods train on the line ran on 21st April 1978. These maps give detail of the surveying and building of the line.victorian railways, wodonga to tallangatta rail service

The railways lunchbox belonged to Morris Brown, a Wodonga resident, and was used by him from the 1960s to 1992.The railways lunchbox has local significance as it belonged to and was used by a Wodonga resident. It also has historic significance due to its relative rarity and representativeness. Rectangular grey metal railways lunch box with a cream coloured painted metal lid secured with metal clips at both ends and a metal handle on the lid. The surface is very worn but there are traces of blue paint on the grey metal surface, which suggest it may have been blue. There is decorative adhesive contact paper lining the interior.railways lunchboxes, victorian railways, vr, v.r., morris brown

The hand forged iron alloy wedge belonged to the railways carpenter, Lachlan McEachern, who became the President of the Wodonga Sub-Branch of the Victorian branch of the Australian Railways Union. He was presented with a framed Past Officers Certificate by the Australian Railways Union in recognition of services rendered in 1926. The certificate is also in the collection of the Wodonga Historical Society. The Wodonga train station opened in November 1873 when the section of the train line from Wangaratta to Wodonga was completed. The expansion of the railways to the northeast of Victoria occurred after the Victorian Government took over the railways in 1867 and the trains serviced large towns such as Seymour, Wangaratta and Wodonga, as well as smaller towns along the way. The hand forged iron alloy wedge has local and state significance due to its use by a Victorian Railways carpenter, Lachlan McEachern, in Wodonga. The local significance is also strong due to the prominence of the McEachern family in the Albury-Wodonga area.Hand forged iron wedge with a cracked flange/rim at the top, red-brown rust and some dirt on the surface.hand forged wedge, hand made tools, victorian railways, v.r., railways carpenter, wodonga, lachlan mceachern, iron alloy tools, mceachern family

The Wodonga train line opened in November 1873 when the section of the train line from Wangaratta to Wodonga was completed. A goods shed was built at this time in 1873 and a permanent train station was completed in 1874. The expansion of the railways to the northeast of Victoria occurred after the Victorian Government took over the railways in 1867 and the trains serviced large towns such as Seymour, Wangaratta and Wodonga, as well as smaller towns along the way. The Tallangatta and Cudgewa train lines from Wodonga were built in stages from the 1880s to the 1920s in what is considered to be some of the most challenging landscape for railways. The Cudgewa line was opened in 1921, so the Wodonga train station sign dates from this period.The Wodonga train station sign has local and state significance due to its use in Wodonga in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as part of the expansion of the Victorian Railways in the northeast of the state.Old painted wooden sign from the Wodonga train station with the directions for changing to the Tallangatta and Cudgewa train line in light coloured paint on a black painted background."WODONGA / CHANGE FOR / TALLANGATTA & CUDGEWA / LINE" wodonga railway station, wodonga train station, tallangatta train line, cudgewa train line, railway signs, victorian railways signs

These types of metal and glass railway signal lamps were used for communication, safety and lighting by train guards, shunters and signalmen, as well as station staff in the late 1880s to the early 1900s. They were hand operated and used fuel such as kerosene.The railway signal lamp has local significance as part of a set of three lamps donated by a resident of Wodonga who worked for the Victorian Railways. It also has national significance as an example of communication and safety equipment used by the railways in Australia in the late 19th century and early 20th century.Black painted metal signal lamp with a clear glass lens secured at the front and one thin elongated oval shaped handle showing at the back. The metal appears to be tin plated iron under the black paint layer. There is an oval plate with an embossed inscription on the proper left side of the lamp that is partly covered by the door at the front which holds the clear glass lens. The inscription includes the date 1901."...NARIPPINGILLE STOVE / CO LTD 1901 / PATENT...S & / ...NUFACTURERS / RMINGHAM" on an oval shaped plate on the proper left side, which is partly covered by the door with the clear glass lens.railways wodonga, victorian railways

non-fictionLloyd Homes records 40 years of experience as an employee on the New South Wales and then Victorian Railways. His rich powers of description, keenness of observation and sense of humour result in a book that is very readable for anyone with a love of Australia. He captures the remote life of the railway, the warmth of human companionship and traces the transition from steam to diesel haulage.new south wales railways, victorian railways, railroads history

ill, maps, p.160.Nostalgic images and memories of Victoria's changing railway system from 1970 to 2007 from photographer John Dare.railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history

index, ill, maps, p.208.non-fictionMemories of railway man David Barnett on the Victorian railwaysrailroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history

index, ill, p.255.non-fictionThe writings of Richard Hughes from The Victorian Railway Magazine 1927-1930. Selected, edited and with commentary by David Burke to provide a nostalgic journey across Victoria's great railways. railroad operations - victoria - history, railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence

index, ill, maps, p.100.non-fictionReminiscence and anecdotes by the late Douglas McNaughton Trainor an employee of the Victorian Railways from 1921 to 1931. railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history

ill, maps, p.160.non-fictionThe life and times of Victorian Railway engine man Gerald Dee.railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history

ill, maps, p.112.non-fictionReminiscence of railwayman Lloyd Holmes and his time working on the New South Wales and Victorian Railways in the 1950s.railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history

bib, p.47.non-fictionA research essay on the 1950 Victorian Railway strike and its significance in the post-war history of labor relations.industrial relations - victorian railways, railway strikes in victoria - history

bib, p.22.non-fictionAn economic history essay on the policies of the Victorian Government for building trunk railways in the 1870s and 1890s.railway construction - australia, victorian railways construction - history

Thirty page, A4 colour and black and white magazine - titled "V/Line News September 1984", Victorian State Transport Authority Journal. Has a photo of T361 passing under a Geelong bluestone overbridge. Articles included within the magazine are more locomotives for V Line, Ballarat Leads the Way in Tourist Promotion, Ballarat Station - a careful restoration, photos of Chief General Manager - John Hearsch, a photographic article by George Bamberry about Darjeeling trains, Michael Schrader - Railways of Australia new director. The Ballarat articles feature a photo of BTPS No. 14, with 661 behind. Warren Doubleday in No. 14. Railway station restoration article has photo two photos of the station, one circa 1900 and the other with scaffolding around the tower.trams, tramways, btps, railways, victorian railways, ballarat station

Set of Research Notes from the minutes of the City of St Kilda, handwritten, including letters to and from the City regarding access to the minutes book. Extracts - 17 A4 lined sheets, from the meeting of 9-9-1907 to 24-8-1910 concerning the St Kilda Brighton Electric Street Railway and the Prahran and Malvern Tramway developments.trams, tramways, city of st kilda, meeting minutes, victorian railways, vr, construction, st kilda brighton

Carbon copy of a report - 10 quarto pages + two heat sensitive copied maps titled "Public Transport Developments in St Kilda", prepared by Graeme Breydon Nov 1970 for the Historical Society of St Kilda. Looks at the development of tram transport, cable trams, railways, Hobson's Bay loop line, electrocution of the railways and tramways, some features e.g. shelters, developments and freeway proposals. Maps show rail and tramways on the eastern side of Melbourne.trams, tramways, city of st kilda, victorian railways, pmtt, vr, st kilda brighton, construction, railways, cable trams

Set of Research Notes, handwritten 17 foolscap sheets from the various local newspapers of the St Kilda area newspapers and Port Melbourne area about railway development, a proposal for a horse tramway along the Esplanade and other suburban railways that were proposed in the area. Also letters to and from the City of St Kilda and City of Brighton with reference to a article in the TMSV Running Journal and a copy of a letter on the same topic from Leon Marshall Wood. All dated 1970 - 1971. Includes references to other journals and research notes.trams, tramways, city of st kilda, meeting minutes, victorian railways, vr, horse trams, newspaper clippings, st kilda brighton, construction, the esplanade, city of brighton

Newspaper clipping titled: “End of the line” The Sun, Saturday July 22 1972 Photos and text of “toastrack” tram # 20 Tram from St Kilda Station to Brighton Beach electric street railway, Bob Prentice, Prahran back garden, 1913 vintage, bought the tram in 1959 when the line closed. Retains original colour scheme of chocolate, cream and read. Served its last days as a breakdown tram confined to Elwood depot. Built by Pengelley & Co of Adelaide in 1913, entered service between May and July 1913. Number 20 served for 5 years until the toastrack design became obsolete and it was replaced. Conductor had to move along narrow running board and enter compartments from the outside to collect fares 5 mile journey took 29 minutes Trams had gas-light fittings made of brass and displayed notice to occupants: "Please hand as nearly as possible the exact fare to the conductor. Passengers are requested to give early notice where they desire to be set down."trams, tramways, toastrack tram, st kilda brighton, 20, pengelly, elwood depot, victorian railways, tram 20

Wall Calendar - heavy card covers, 12 gloss art pages inside, titled "Trams - 2006" containing full colour photographs of Rockhampton, Ballarat, Fremantle, Grenoble France, Geelong, Sydney, Brisbane, VR Sandringham and Transporting Art Melbourne trams. Has a punched hole along the top edge to enable wall use. Provides dates for holidays, school holidays and Pension payment days and phases of the moon. Produced by Topmill Pty Ltd and distributed by Gordon & Gotch Pty Ltd. Photos by Archer Park, William Scott, A. W. Perry, Ben Parle, Maurice Kelly, Ken Smith,trams, tramways, rockhampton, ballarat, fremantle, geelong, sydney, brisbane, victorian railways, sandringham, brisbane, transporting art, tram 2107, tram 50, tram 384, tram 340, tram 497, tram 567

Newspaper clipping from The Argus, titled "Latest Model Tramcar" with a photo of VR No. 43 entering service after being built at Newport Workshops. Cutting not dated, sometime April 1922.trams, tramways, victorian railways, st kilda brighton, newport workshops, new trams, tram 43

Photo Album - titled "TAP - Part E - VR Trams – Sheets E1 to E24 ", from Transit Australia Publishing. Photos used in the Destination City and other publications series. For a detailed list of photographs see htd4604i.pdf. For individual photo images see: \dbtext\hawthtramcoll\photo collections\TAP-Part D, images TAP269 to TAP315. TAP269_1-scrubber-OrmondRd_c1943_LeonMarcshallWood.jpg (Bob Lilburn notes in a letter to Keith Kings, photo dated 10/1942 - see 4064.1 in the same folder) TAP270_7_BrightonBeach_1954_HughBallment.jpg TAP271_17_ex-Sydney_LeonMarshallWoodCollection.jpg TAP272_23_ElwoodDepotTurntable.jpg TAP273_26_SandringhamDepot_LGPooleColln.jpg TAP274_40_BrightonBeach_1954_HughBallment.jpg TAP275_43_Sandringham_1943_LeonMarshallWood.jpg TAP276_43_ElwoodDepot_HughBallment.jpg TAP277_48_BlackRock_1954_HughBallment.jpg TAP278_51_ElwoodDepot_25Jan1957_LeonMarshallWood.jpg TAP279_ElwoodDepot_1918.jpg TAP280_6-ElwoodDepot.jpg TAP281_8-9trailer_LeonMarshallWoodCollection.jpg TAP282_3_ElwoodDepot_HughBallment.jpg TAP283_6_ElwoodDepot.jpg TAP284_6_ElwoodDepot_RayPearsonColln.jpg TAP285_trailer_ElwoodDepot_PTC.jpg TAP286_23_Sandringham_RayPearson.jpg TAP287_28-32_ElwoodDepot_PTC.jpg TAP288_32_StKilda_HughBallment.jpg TAP289_34_OrrmondRd_TMSV.jpg TAP291_37_ElwoodDepot_LindsayCrowe.jpg TAP292_36-39_VautierSt_JimSeletto.jpg TAP292_36-52_ElwoodDepot_1959_JimSeletto.jpg TAP293_40-33_ElwoodDepot_HughBallment.jpg TAP294_41_StKildaStation_1959_JimSeletto.jpg TAP295_43_StKildaStation_HughBallment.jpg TAP296_48_BlackRock_1954_HughBallment.jpg TAP297_51_Sandringham_LindsayCrowe.jpg TAP298_51_leaving-Sandringham_HughBallment.jpg TAP299_51_Sandringham_RayPearson.jpg TAP300_50_Sandringham_1955_GeoffGrant.jpg TAP301_LuxuryCar_Elwood_VictorianRailways.jpg TAP302_52_leaving-StKilda_HughBallment.jpg TAP303_53_ElwoodDepot_HughBallment.jpg TAP304_53-40_StKilda_NoelReed_19Jan1954.jpg TAP305_54_ElwoodDepot_NoelReed.jpg TAP306_Esplanade_MiddleBrighton_TMSV.jpg TAP307_BrightonBeach_TMSV.jpg TAP308_SandringhamStation_TMSV.jpg TAP309_34_ElwoodDepot_JimSeletto.jpg TAP310_34_Yarrambat_JimSeletto.jpg TAP312_34_Elwood_VictorianRailways.jpg TAP313_43_StKildaStation_HughBallment.jpg TAP314_43-894_StKildaStation.jpg TAP315_53_VautierSt_JimSeletto.jpgtrams, tramways, transit australia, destination city, tramcars, depots, vr, victorian railways, st kilda brighton, sandringham, tram 1, tram 7, tram 17, tram 23, tram 26, tram 40, tram 43, tram 46, tram 51, tram 6, tram 3, tram 13, tram 23, tram 28, tram 32, tram 34, tram 36, tram 39, tram 37, tram 52, tram 40, tram 43, tram 41, tram 48, tram 51, tram 50, tram 53, tram 4, tram 54, tram 42

Negative (120) and contact print of VR tram No. 7 at the Elwood depot. See also Reg Item 3624 for other photos showing the tram. Side on photo, showing the strengthening steel work applied to this four wheel tram. Has two Robur Tea advertisements. Tram possibly preparing for a tour given the number of men standing on the side. Hi Res image filed in the dbtext/hawthtramcoll/Large Images/htd3623Large.jpgEnvelope containing negative and photo typed "Tram VR Elwood Spread the load." On the rear of the print "VR Tram - Elwood Depot 5'3" gauge".trams, tramways, victorian railways, vr, elwood depot, tram 7

Negative (120) and contact print of VR tram No. 7 at the Elwood depot. See also Reg Item 3623 for another photo showing the tram. .1 - View of the tram and the depot building. Appears to have an AETA special tram tour board on the front. (2 prints held) .2 - End on photograph of the tram showing the white bumpers and steps, taken at St Kilda Station Side on photo, showing the strengthening steel work applied to this four wheel tram. Has two Robur Tea advertisements. Tram possibly preparing for a tour given the number of men standing on the side. Hi Res image filed in the dbtext/hawthtramcoll/Large Images/htd3624i`Large.jpg and htd3624i2Large.Envelope containing negative and photo typed "Tram VR Elwood Spread the load." .1 - On the rear of the print "VR Tram - Elwood Depot 5'3" gauge". .2 - 'VR Tram St Kilda Station Extension 5'3" gauge".trams, tramways, victorian railways, vr, elwood depot, aeta, st kilda railway station, tram 7

Negative (120) and contact print of VR tram No. 31 at the Elwood depot. Tram has three Robur Tea advertisements on the roof line, white bumpers and showing the destination of Elwood Depot. In the background is the VR Tram substation. Hi Res image filed in the dbtext/hawthtramcoll/Large Images/htd3625Large.jpgEnvelope containing negative and photo typed "Tram No. 31 VR Elwood" On the rear of the print "VR Tram - Elwood Car Barn, Substation in background"trams, tramways, victorian railways, vr, elwood depot, substation, tram 31