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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Safety call for railway kids, 16/06/1993 12:00:00 AM
... Railways ...Calls for services at Mitcham Railway Station to be radically improved and the pedestrian area to be fenced.Calls for services at Mitcham Railway Station to be radically improved and the pedestrian area to be fenced.Calls for services at Mitcham Railway Station to be radically improved and the pedestrian area to be fenced.railways, mitcham railway station, public transport users association of victoria, mcpherson, john, morgan, donna -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Victorian Parliament, "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Proposed Black Rock, Beaumaris and Mentone Connecting Railway.", Dec. 1910
... Railways ...Printed - 10 page foolscap, stapled on left hand side, 2 sections, Victorian State Parliamentary Report titled "Report - The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on the Proposed Black Rock, Beaumaris and Mentone Connecting Railway.", together with minutes of evidence, dated 19/12/1910 References the Black Rock tramway, background of the district, evidence, tramway or railway service, land acquisition, cost of railways or tramways, report from Traffic Officers, costs and recommendations.trams, tramways, sandringham, mentone, beaumaris, railways, tramways, proposals -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Commonwealth of Australia, "Report of the Royal Commission on the matter of Uniform Railway Gauge", Oct. 1921
... Railways ...Report - 42 pages, + 6 maps, printed on foolscap and folded map sheets, edge stapled titled "Report of the Royal Commission on the matter of Uniform Railway Gauge" - dated 12/10/1921. Looks at the Australian railway system and makes recommendation for a uniform gauge for the rail system, technical issues, change of gauge, rollingstock, costs and existing system maps.Has in top right hand corner a stamp "Received Nov. 18, 1921"trams, tramways, railways, gauge -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Postcard, W.T.P, Railway Pier, Melbourne, Victoria, c. 1900
Railway Pier opened in 1852 with the building of the Hobson's Bay Railway linking the city to Port Melbourne. In 1923 in was re-built as Station Pier.Postcard of Railway Pier with shed on left in front of 2 ships . A 4 masted ship lies on the opposite side below the Finger Pier.Cr L S Turnerpiers and wharves - railway pier, transport - shipping -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Map - Burma - Siam Railway
Is of Historical significance. This map was put together by T.R.Beaton on the 15th February 2002. He used old railway and road maps to show the route and it took him over 15 months to put together. T.R. Beaton was Manager/Curator of Australian Government Memorial Museum built above " Hellfire Pass " or Konyu Cutting.Framed picture map of the Burma _ Siam Railway. -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Fred Rochow Railways Collection - Len Gregson, Bill McAnanly and David Provan's send-off, 20 November 1988
The Fred Rochow Railways Collection incorporates photos related to the operation of the Wodonga Railway Station including different types of trains and railways staff C. 1930 – 1990. It was donated to the Wodonga Historical Society by Fred Rochow, a railwayman who spent many years based in Wodonga. He joined the Victorian Railways on 17th June l947 and retired in 1988. For some time, he was a member of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen and served a term as a member of the Trades Hall Council. He had an extensive knowledge of the struggles that took place to achieve better conditions for railway workers. Fred worked for many years as a fireman and then worked his way up the ranks to driver, experiencing many changes from the days of steam locomotives through to diesel trains, locomotives and even the modern XPT train. He worked throughout Victoria at different stages of his career, with his final working years focused on the northeast of Victoria and the Albury to Melbourne line. After his retirement, Fred continued to share his love of steam miniature trains with the community.This collection has local and statewide significance as it captures images of trains, locomotives and personnel who operated the railway services in Wodonga and throughout Northeast Victoria. The railways played a critical role in opening up Victoria and connecting Australia for trade, business, social communication and transport.Group of railway men at send-off to Len Gregson, Bill McAnanly and David Provan in 1988Back row: Bill Welsh. Vin Snow, Mick Seymour, Steve Cupper, Bill McAnanly, George Judge, Keith Moore, Frank Conway, Bertie Brown (NSW Driver), Hughie Fraser, Ron McGrath, Alan Elvish, Wally Riley Front row: George O’Neill (NSW Shunter), Roy Wegener, David Provan, Les Hallawell, Geoff Williams, Len Gregsonrailways wodonga, fred rochow, wodonga railway men, david provan, bill mcananly -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, The Railway Station, Rutherglen, c1900
Black and white postcard photograph of railway station, goods yard, siding and a steam train.Written on back of card: "The Railway Station Rutherglen | Dear Alice, Just a card to wish you all a Bright and Prosperous New Year. With Love From. Cousin Ellen. | Miss Barnard, 144 The Parade, Ascot Vale."railway stations, rutherglen railway station, rutherglen railway yards, steam trains -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph
aerial view over Port Fairy looking across the river at the railway line and butter factoryBlack and white aerial photograph of Port Fairy looking across the Moyne river and railway stationaerial, railway, river, town -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Traffic works, 1/06/1994 12:00:00 AM
Nunawading Gazette article dated 8 June 1994.Nunawading Gazette article dated 8 June 1994 about traffic works at Blackburn and Railway Roads intersection.Nunawading Gazette article dated 8 June 1994. roads and streets, blackburn road, blackburn, railway road, blackburn -
Puffing Billy Railway
Plaque Sign - Station Clock - Ballarat Station, 1998
Station Clock plaque - Ballarat Station This plaque is dedicated to the late Eric Quinlan who rescued the nearby clock (Item 000180) from the Parcels Office at the Victorian Railways Ballarat railway station. Historic - plaque for Station Clock - Ballarat Station - which was used in the Parcels Office at the Victorian Railways Ballarat railway stationStation Clock plaque - Ballarat Station small wooden Plaque Sign with engraved lettersThis historic railway clock , originally installed in the Parcels Office at Ballarat Station is from the estate of the late Eric Quinlan an enthusiastic supporter of railway preservation and long- time member of Puffing Billy Preservation Society Donated by his close friend , Peter Ralph , 1998 puffing billy, station clock, plaque, ballarat station -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, c 1950
The 'N' Class steam locomotives were built by Victorian Railways to be used on branch lines throughout the state's regional areas. A total of 73 of these locomotives were built between 1925 and 1951. The locomotive in the photograph was steaming into Sunbury. Sunbury Station was an important stop for steam locomotives travelling on the Bendigo line. Even after diesel engines were used to pull the trains in the 1950s, steam locomotives were also used until the early 1990s.A black and white photograph of a 'N'class steam engine on railway tracks.steam locomotives -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: TRANSCRIPT OF A PRESENTATION OF TWO TRACKS TO BENDIGO
... RAILWAYS ...Railways Collection -Transcript of a presentation of 'Two Tracks to Bendigo' by Terry Davidson - A talk presented as part of the Making Tracks Exhibition 150 th Anniversary of rail Transport in Victoria. Presented at Dudley House, View St Bendigo on 20.2.2005 by Terry Davidson.railways, bendigo to melbourne -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Map, Railway map of Victoria, 1912
... railways ...Detailed map of railways in Victoria including adjacent areas of New South Wales.Detailed map of railways in Victoria including adjacent areas of New South Wales. Also shows 'principal coach routes'. On verso map of suburban lines with eastern line as far as Croydon and Bayswater. key numbers on map linked to pages of a timetable.Detailed map of railways in Victoria including adjacent areas of New South Wales.maps, railways -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Aerial photograph of Portland harbour taken from the north east, 1967
Front: (no inscriptions) Back: Portland Harbour 1967/ No 6 berth under construction (ocean pier and railway pier still in existence)port of portland archives -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: MAKING TRACKS!
... RAILWAYS ...Royal Historical society of Victoria. Making Tracks! Celebrating 150 years of the Victorian railways. Information sheet for participating societies. List of venues, content staffing, flyer, album database and publicity.railways, bendigo to melbourne, making tracks -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Flour Mill c1890's
... railways ...Stawell Flour Mill in Taylor Street with a number of horse drawn carts loaded with wheat out front of building. Also shows train wheat carriages on Railway Spur Line to Milltransport, agriculture, railways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO RAILWAY STATION: RAILWAY STATION GOODS SHED
... RAILWAYS ...Colour photo, laminate 4d for display. On back of image ' The Bendigo Railway Station today, showing the formers Goods Shed ( now the Discovery Centre) in the foreground. This was rebuilt after the fire of 1965'railways, bendigo to melbourne, bendigo station -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Sandridge, Department of Lands and Survey, "The Township of Sandridge", 5 Nov 1860
Map of Sandridge, lithographed 1860, showing subdivisions on Evans Street, but no other development West of the railway Lihographed at the Department of lands and Survey, Melbourne 5th November 1860. Hand drawn annotations added at unknown date.Hand written "clay ground" 18 chains long, 7.5 chains broad, 26 chains from railwayengineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, sandridge lagoon, transport - railways, town planning, local government - borough of sandridge -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, 1916
This photograph shows the pile drivers at work in the construction of the viaduct across the Snowy River flats. The Snowy River Floodplain Railway Bridges, two sequential and exceptionally long and low timber railway bridges on the Snowy River floodplain just west of Orbost, were built in 1916, and provided the original terminus point for the Bairnsdale-Orbost railway. The bridges are 770 metres and 183 metres long respectively. The shorter bridge is of uniformly 4.57 metre timber-beam construction, and has a sweeping curve in its deck. The longer bridge has a combination of 4.57 metre and 6.1 metrespans, and two 3.66 metre spans. The bridges are constructed from 'Southern Mahogany', Eucalyptus Botryoides, which grew along the coast east of Bairnsdale. The Snowy floodplain bridges were initially built in the context of an early twentieth-century interest in American-style 'Developmental Railways', designed to open remote areas to closer settlement, even if that meant running at a loss. The line was closed in August 1987. (information from Victorian Heritage Database)This item is associated with the history of the Orbost-Bairnsdale railway line and therefore reflects the role that the rail line played in the social and economic history of Orbost.A black / white photograph of the farming flats at Orbost during the construction of the East Gippsland railway.orbost-railway east-gippsland-railway viaduct-orbost transport railway -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Domestic object - Mug, 150 years of railway and pier, c. 2004
Purchased from Aust Railway Historical Society (VIC) members who spoke at PMH&PS meeting 27-09-2004..01 - Mug celebrating 150 years of railway & pier. White with gold rim. Front pic of 1st loco and "Melb & Hobson's Bay Railways / Australia's First Steam Hauled 'Passenger Train". On back M&HB and a RHS logo. On bottom of mug: "Designed & Decorated in Australia by CR Hose Glassware Pty Ltd. Glass & Ceramic Decorators est 1949. Made in Australia.transport - railways, australian railway historical society (victorian division inc.), melbourne & hobsons bay railways -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Functional object - Railway Spikes (Burma Railway), 28 April 2022
Retrieved from original location by Kevin Myers during official military preparations for a Hellfire Pass memorial in recognition of the allied POW lives lost during construction of the Burma-Thailand railway during WW2.Direct connection between local (Montmorency and Victorian) soldiers in WW2 and the work undertaken by allied prisoners of the Japanese Army.Steel spikes used in construction of the Burma-Thailand railway during WW2.Noneprisoner of war, burma, ww2, railway -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Wiblin, Meg, 2011
Date made December 2011|This bridge is one of the few remaining of the several constructed on the Bairnsdale to Orbost railway line from 1913 to 1915.|Also eight photographs similar views, four taken of the top, four from below the bridgeColour photograph showing different views if the timber railway trestle bridge at Wairewa. Railway line and sleepers have been removed, structure appears to be reasonably intact. Nowa Nowa Victoriabridges, historic site, transport, waterways -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Brett Leslie, Great Western Railway Station Demolition 1986
... Railways ...Four photographs of demolition of Great Western Railway Station April 1986. Individuals shown Horwoods transport, railways -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Archive - Notes on Fort Collins Municipal Railway, Wal Jack, c1950
Wal Jack kept extensive notes on railways and tramways around the world, provided by his correspondents and research. This sheet gives details of the Fort Collins Municipal Railway in Colorado USA. The 7.5mile system operated a small fleet of Birney type tramcars. Includes a map of the system. Bickarts were Ballarat Watchmakers and Jewellers.Yields information about type of work undertaken by Wal Jack.Orange colour quarto sheet on the rear of Bickarts' letterhead providing Notes on Fort Collins Municipal Railwayletters, wal jack, archive, usa, records, bickarts, fort collins, birney tramcars -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Map, 1885
... railways ...Significant collection relating to the social history across the shire.Map, Victoria. Skeleton map of Telegraph Circuits and Railways 1885. Scale 16 miles to 1 inch.map, skeleton map, telegraph, railways, 1885, 1880s -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, LWR, c1920
Copy photographs . Photograph, Black and White of MMTB tram F46 about to pass under the railway bridge at Caulfield. Photo is very poor copy. Has the Caulfield loop junction in the foreground.In ink on the rear: " Melbourne Probably F46, under railway bridge at Caulfield, About 1920." Has KSK number LWR5 and ADV322trams, tramways, f class, pmtt, bridges, caulfield, tram 46 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RAILWAY MAP: VICTORIAN LINES 1973
... RAILWAYS ...Railway map - Victorian lines 1973 with list of stations and grid reference for location of stations. Inset for detail of Ballarat and Melbourne lines and stations. Shows distance from Melbourne (Spencer Street station).railways, bendigo to melbourne, stations -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Audio - Making Tracks, c1980s
Bendigo Workshops is a railway workshop in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north of the city beside the junction of the Swan Hill and Deniliquin railway lines. The site covers 10.3 hectares of land and has 31 separate buildings, including a 10,000 sqm main workshop building and six kms of railway track. The workshops were opened in November 1917 by the Victorian Railways. It opened in response to political pressures from provincial groups for decentralization, with the Victorian Railways preferring the cheaper option of expanding the existing Newport Workshops in suburban Melbourne. The 1980s were a time of restructuring, and on the breakup of the Victorian Railways the workshops passed to the State Transport Authority and then the Public Transport Corporation.Three Audio Files - by David Bennet, Davis Moon and Kevin Whelan who worked at the Bendigo Railway Workshops. The three share their working life memories history, bendigo, bendigo railway workshops -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Knox Collection, Beech Forest railway embankment under construction, 1901
A four-wheeled, two-horse buggy and, further along, two men standing on a railway embankment before laying the track, near McDevitt in 1901A horseshoe curve near McDevitt during the course of construction of the Beech Forest railway, 1901.beech forest; mcdevitt; embankment; railway; -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Cash Bag, late 1800s to early 1900s
The leather bag is a Railway Cash Bag. It was used to transfer cash between the the railway stations of Merino and Casterton. The Casterton Railway Station was Merino's banking station. This Cash Bag is an example of the connection between people in the remote areas of Victoria. The railway system was used to transfer people, goods and cash between the districts of western Victoria.Railway Cash Bag; a rectangular leather bag with rounded bottom corners, stitched, with brass peg for securing opening. Has stitched leather rectangle frame and brass nameplate with inscription."MERINO"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, cash bag, railway cash bag, merino railway station, casterton railway station, banking station, rural banking, finances