Digital image of "Watsonia" weekly train tickets, 1982-1983Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. White colour and black text.train tickets, watsonia station

A colour photograph of a log train that was used at a sawmill in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of a log train that was used at a sawmill in Marysville in Victoria. The Log Train was originally in use at Anderson's Mill - Marysville. The original log came from a Messmate Stringy bark (Eucalyptus Obliqua), age 134 years; height 53.3 metres; felled in 1970 at Elliots Creek, Mt. Margaret. The volume of the log was 6,000 super feet. The original log was destroyed in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. This postcard was produced by Nucolorvue Productions as a souvenir of Marysville.MARYSVILLE VICTORIA A display of early timber log/ transportation using narrow/ gauge rail. NU-COLOR-VUE/ AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL POSTCAD COMPANY AFFIX/ STAMP/ HERE/ 11MA014/ NCV 7956 ADDRESS/ POSTCODE COPYRIGHT Nucolorvue Productions Pty. Ltd./ Telephone (03) 560-1788/ Made in Australiamarysville, log train, anderson's mill, messmate stringy bark, eucalyptus obliqua, victoria, nucolorvue productions, postcard, souvenir

A colour photograph of a log train that was used at a sawmill in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of a log train that was used at a sawmill in Marysville in Victoria. The Log Train was originally in use at Anderson's Mill - Marysville. The original log came from a Messmate Stringy bark (Eucalyptus Obliqua), age 134 years; height 53.3 metres; felled in 1970 at Elliots Creek, Mt. Margaret. The volume of the log was 6,000 super feet. The original log was destroyed in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. This postcard was produced by Nucolorvue Productions as a souvenir of Marysville.MARYSVILLE VICTORIA A display of early timber log/ transportation using narrow/ gauge rail. NU-COLOR-VUE/ AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL POSTCAD COMPANY AFFIX/ STAMP/ HERE/ 11MA014/ NCV 7956 ADDRESS/ POSTCODE COPYRIGHT Nucolorvue Productions Pty. Ltd./ Telephone (03) 560-1788/ Made in Australiamarysville, log train, anderson's mill, messmate stringy bark, eucalyptus obliqua, victoria, nucolorvue productions, postcard, souvenir

Digital image of "Rosanna to Watsonia" single use train ticket issued 05/04/1979.Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. White with black text.train tickets, watsonia station, rosanna station

Digital image of "Watsonia to Dennis, and, Watsonia to Ivanhoe" single use train tickets issued 1979.Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. Pink with black text.train tickets, watsonia station, ivanhoe station, dennis station

Drivers were highly skilled enginemen. Taking a train from Beech Forest to down to Gellibrand required the train to be controlled at 10 mph (16 km) without running out of air. When a brake application was made the brakes on the locomotive were applied harder than the train brakes. The brakes locked up and the engine would just slide along. Drivers used a retention valve on the loco, then released the loco brakes so as not to wear out the brake shoes. So the train pulled into Gellibrand ready to pull out again after refilling the loco with water.At Gellibrand, a Down goods train is about to depart the station on 14 December 1955. The train consists of the locomotive G42, a louvre van NO, two NQ wagons and a guard's or brake van NC. B/W.gellibrand; colac; beech forest; railway;

Digital image of train ticket, Albury to Watsonia, First Class, no date visible.Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. Light brown with black text.train tickets, watsonia station, albury station

Digital image of train ticket, Greensborough to Wattleglen, single, not dated, circa 1990.Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. Red and white with black text.train tickets, greensborough station, wattleglen station

This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand.The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.A print made by/for Dorothy Rogers in the 1960s from an original in the La Trobe Library (State Library of Victoria) showing one of the trains on the Outer Circle Railway."Train used on Outer Circle Railway 1893. Only ones available supplied by La Trobe Library"outer circle railway, rowan car, dorothy rogers

Digital image of "Watsonia to Melbourne", off peak day train ticket, undated 1970s.Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. Pink and grey with black text.train tickets, watsonia station

Digital image of train ticket, Greensborough to Jolimont, single, issued 14/07/1969.Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. Light brown with black text.train tickets, greensborough station, jolimont station

Railway systems have methods by which trains can proceed in safety from station to station, free from the risk of collision with other trains. These methods are generally known as "Safeworking" and they particularly apply to trains on single lines where trains run in opposite directions. The stations between these two sections are called crossing stations. A "Train Staff", a thick, round metal rod, bearing the name of the two stations is issued and these places are designated as Train Staff stations. No train is permitted to proceed through the section unless the train driver either takes the staff for the section into his possession or personally sights the staff. (Note that every station on the line is not a crossing station. These roles were performed at Barongarook, Gellibrand, Banool, Beech Forest, Wyelangta, Weeaproinah and Crowes.) Except for the period 1927-1939 when Train Section Orders were applied instead, due to declining business Train Staff and Ticket working was used throughout on the line.B/W. Driver Bill Brady holding the Train Staff in the cabin of Garratt locomotive G42, at Weeaproinah 1961 railways, bill brady, train driver, weeaproinah, train staff

Train and red carriages Port Fairy railway station c.1970Coloured photograph of train with red ‘rattler’ carriages at Port Fairy Stationtransport, rail, road, carriage, railway station, 1970

Photograph of retired steam train at Poulter Reserve Greensborough in the 1980s. This train was used as a playground attraction.Digital copy of colour photograph.greensborough railway station, trains, poulter reserve greensborough

Postcard photograph of a train leaving Natimuk as part of the War effort. Train contains 'flour for the Allies'.An example of support for the War, World War I.Digital copy of black and white photograph.Caption on front of photograph: "Flour for the Allies. 450 tons leaving Natimuk 17.5.17"natimuk, world war i, trains

Digital image of "Watsonia to Collingwood" weekly train ticket [undated, circa 1970s]Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. White with red stripes and black text.train tickets, watsonia station

This was a train that brought internees and POW's to the Loveday Camps at Barmera South Australia. The train and guards are preparing to depart, south of Barmera.Black and white photograph. Train extended full width of the photograph. Several men "guards" standing in the foreground.internees, pow's, loveday camp, internee camps south australia, pow transportation, barmera sa

Memories of Train Travel compiled by Wendy Barrie 4/09/2013 Train travel had changed very little from the time my mothers generation to mine. The timetable meant the usual rush to Melton South by bike in her case and if she was running late the train pulled up on the crossing. I was driven to the Station from home past Keith and Mary Gillespie’s house near the Ferris Road rail crossing to Bridge road to Melton South for the 7.32 train. While attending Sunshine High School in 1961 I would meet up with three other students, two of whom I knew from Bacchus Marsh High School days. We usually got into the same compartment on the train, it was a typical country train with a corridor along the side and compartments with a door, roof racks and sometimes heated metal containers for the feet in the winter. Some of the trains came through from Horsham and Ballarat, and the Overland from Adelaide passed through in the evening, we could hear it in the distance from the Ferris Lane home. The carriages had 1st and economy class compartments showing photographs of county scenes and holiday destinations. The engine was the large A class diesel. They are still running to Bacchus Marsh 50 years later, due to the need for the greatly increased number of commuters travelling to work in the city. Sometimes the carriages were pull by a Steam engine, these were a problem in the summer time because the sparks caused fires along the train lines and then quickly spread into the dry grass, crops and stubble. The Motor Train left Spencer Street at 4.23 pm and was the best train for me to catch. Ferris Road was a designated stop and train pulled up on the road crossing. It had steps at the door and rungs to hold while alighting to the ground. The ballast along the tracks was rough and uneven and awkward to land on. The train was painted blue and yellow with the letters VR pained on the front. This saved may parents the afternoon trip to collect me from the Station. On the walk home on the gravel road I would pass Uncle Tom and Aunty May’s house before reaching home. Melva Gillespie was studying at Sunshine Technical School and we sometimes both got off the train at the same time. On other occasions the Motor Train was replaced with a diesel engine with carriages, it was also required to stop and the driver had to be notified in advance. This meant getting into the guards van a Rockbank. It was more difficult alighting from the carriage as the gap was greater and more precarious to swing out and land on the ground. A few times in my last year of study at Melbourne Teachers College in Grattan Street Carlton. I managed to catch the 2.30 pm train to Serviceton, it was express to Melton and was very quick trip. The last train, was the 5.25 pm diesel to Ballarat and I usually caught this train to Melton South Station. On one occasion after being held up on the tram in Bourke street I had to make a mad dash to the platform chasing the train as it was just moving off and yelling to the guard, fortunately I was noticed and the train ground to halt. I scrambled into the end door and took most of the journey home to recover. After the last year at High School I continued to travel on the train, 2 years to Prahran Technical School changing at North Melbourne. There were a lot school children travelling to private schools and some at the primary level and mainly from Bacchus Marsh. Rockbank children also travelled by train from the beginning of their high school years, quite a few went to Sunshine High School. Book provided a timetable and information about the stations the train travels to from Melbourne to Adelaide. transport

Digital image of "Montmorency to St Kilda" weekly train ticket, [undated, circa 1970s] Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. White with red stripes and black text.train tickets, montmorency station

B/W photo of Signal Box 2 and train coming into Stawell Railway station. Signal box also called Signal box b.Black & white photo of train coming into station with person at signal box holding up ring for exchange with person leaning out of train. Pedestrian bridge above rail lines. stawell

Digital image of "Princes Bridge to Aircraft or Greensborough" child's train ticket, single journey, November 1977. Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. White with red strip and black text.train tickets, greensborough station, princes bridge

Compiled from articles submitted by member societies of the Association [regional] Historical Societies. A collection of stories about holidays, camping, picnics, sporting carnivals and more. How people enjoyed their leisure time n the early 1900's. Empire Day train services to Surrey Hills 24th May 1907 by Jack McLean is of particular local interest on page 23.A collection of stories about holidays, camping, picnics, sporting carnivals and more. How people enjoyed their leisure time n the early 1900's. Empire Day train services to Surrey Hills 24th May 1907 by Jack McLean is of particular local interest on page 23.scouts, doncaster, empire day, surrey hills, 1907, (mr) jack mclean, trains, box hill, sports and recreations

Digital image of "Watsonia to Heidelberg" child's train ticket, return journey, [undated, circa 1970s) Part of a collection of miscellaneous historical images with a connection to the local area.Digital image of train ticket. Pink and white with red stripe and black text.train tickets, watsonia station, heidelberg station

Thought to be local enlisted men boarding train at Rutherglen Railway Station preparatory to leaving for overseas dutyPhoto of crowd at Rutherglen Railway Station for the inspection of the war trophy train 1920rutherglen railway station, world war i

Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 10 April 2012.A5 folded cardboard card, imprinted on the front with an invitation to ride the re-enactment train on 10 Apr 2012.Inside is a commemorative 'Edmondson' train ticket, and written information about the ticket.150th Anniversary / Opening of Railway from / Geelong to Ballaarat / GEELONG - BALLARAT - GEELONG / FIRST CLASS / The ticket is dated on one end '10 APR 2012' and numbered 0042 on the other endgeelong ballarat railway, railway anniversary, 150th re-enactment train., edmondson railway ticket

A coloured photograph of a steam train. The black steam engine has a number J515 on the side of it, and a red stripe along the lower edge. There is a red coloured carriage being pulled behind it.J515 At / Surrey Hillssurrey hills, trains, steam train, sunbury crescent

Advertising brochure for Sunrise Estate, Mitcham. Includes train timetables and list of local factories and schools.Advertising brochure for Sunrise Estate, Mitcham. land subdivision, sunrise estate, mitcham, garden avenue, sunshine avenue, creek road, aylmer avenue, aroona avenue, glide, farrell & co.