Carriage and half-loaded goods wagon behind a flat railway wagon, all in front of the station building, Beech Forest, 1908.beech forest; passenger car; goods wagon;

With the approval of the railways, in February1959 a special tourist train was organized by the Australian Railways Historical Society in conjunction with the "Kanyana: Festival Committee of Colac, Victoria, to run from Colac to Beech Forest. Eight NBH carriages, in store at Newport, were transferred to Colac. The train proved to be so popular that additional trains were later run over the next two years until the temporarily disused Puffing Billy needed the NBH carriages returned.Locomotive G42, labelled "A.R.H.S., Special Excursion, Kanyana", with a guard's van, eight NBH excursion carriages and an additonal guard's van attached, stands at Gellibrand Station with a large group of passengers milling outside the train. Note on the left a group of domestic railway dwellings, and, on the right side, two empty wagons. B/W.beech forest; colac; railways; a.r.h.s.; kanyana festival committee;

The Webster family disembarking from a 7 NB passenger carriage at Laver's Hill in c.1920. B/W. lavers hill; colac; beech forest; railways;

G41 engine and mixed goods carriages on the southern track nearest the Goods Shed, NQ trucks laden with timber next, an empty line, and further carriages next to the station building at Beech Forest in 1950. B/w.beech forest; colac; railways;

On the 1st March, 1959, the first special train was organized by the Australian Railways Historical Society in conjunction with the Kanyana Festival Committee of Colac, Victoria. It proved so popular that additional trains were later organized. Temporarily in storage at Newport railway yards eight NBH excursion carriages were transferred to Colac which ran on the special trains until early-1962. A A.R.H.S. "Kanyana" special excursion locomotive G41, an NC guard's van and NBH excursion carriages at halts at Gellibrand while the fireman attends to the engine requirements (or 'ER' in railways' parlance). The passengers are milling outside the excursion carriages while two are talking to the driver. Houses are in the background. B/W.gellibrand; railways; kanyana special; colac; beech forest; loco g41;

On 21 November 1959 yet another special train was run, this time on a G41 engine showing the sign "Puffing Billy Preservation Society, Beech Forest, 25-11-59", with eight NBH excursion carriages and a guard's van. The train stopped at Beech Forest where people removed themselves and wandered around the station. Mixed goods wagons loaded with wood and louvred van rest in the background. Note the delta or 'scissors' crossover between lines in the centre of the picture.B/W. Beech Forest Railway Station with a G41 locomotive, showing the sign "Puffing Billy Preservation Society, Beech Forest, 25-11-59" on track number one, mixed goods trucks on track number three, passengers throughout, and the delta or scissors crossover line, at 21 November 1959.beech forest; railways;

Colour. Locomotive G42, an NC guard's van and eight NBH excursion carriages packed with children round a bend near Tulloh at March, 1961. Two people stand watching.tulloh; railway; colac;

B/W. "G" class locomotive and goods carriages crossing from No.1 road to No.2 road after leaving the balloon reversing loop at Beech Forest station. In the background are stacks of timber awaiting collection, and further in the background, the edges of the tennis courts.beech forest; railways; reversing loop;

With the fireman coaling up at Beech Forest "The Otway Ranger", arranged by the Puffing Billy Preservation Society, on 31 March 1962, gets ready to continue its trek pulling eight NBH excursion carriages and an NC guard's van. The buffer beams on the G42 engine have been recently painted red. B/W. G42 locomotive being coaled up and watered at Beech Forest coal stage by the fireman.beech forest: railways; otway ranger;

On 24 March 1962 the special train marking the closure of the Colac-Beech forest railway line was again put on by the Australian Railway Historical Society, this time called the "Bye-Bye Beechie". It had G42 as the locomotive, eight NBH excursion carriages with NC guard's vans at either end, pulling a crowd of keen passengers. Special excursion trains until mid-1962.Colour. G42 locomotive inscribed "Australian Railway Historical Society, Bye-Bye Beechie, 24-3-62", an NC guard's van, eight NBH excursion carriages and another NC guard's van on No.2 Road at Beech Forest Railway Station, with dismounted passengers all around. On No.4 Road a number of loaded or semi-loaded NQR wagons and an NUU louvre van, with a truck, a car, and a van at the end of the row. A parked red truck in the foreground is next to a timber stack.beech forest: railways; "bye bye beechie";, beech forest: railways; "bye bye beechie";

The Puffing Billy Preservation Society came into existence by a popular desire to retain something of our narrow gauge railway past, leisurely in this age but a boon to the sparsely settled areas it served in the past. It served the Wangaratta-Whitefield line, the Upper Ferntree Gully-Gembrook line, the Colac-Beech Forest-Crowes line, and the Moe-Walhalla line, the last railway line served being the Colac-Beech Forest line. None of these railways were a paying proposition but they played an important part in the areas they served. Nowadays, the last bit of line is a portion of the Upper Ferntree Gully-Gembrook line, from Belgrave to Lakeside, run by the Society. The Engine Shed has several small NA-class locomotives with NBH excursion carriages, and at the moment the Garratt G class in pieces. Here comes Puffing Billy! Puffing Billy Preservation Society; Belgrave (Vic); nd (after Aug. 1962). 18 p.; illus., maps. Soft cover.puffing billy preservation society; railways; wangaratta; whitefield; upper frentree gully; gembrook; colac; beech forest; crowes; moe; walhalla;

B/W. On 26 February 1902, on opening day, six men face the camera, including the Governor of Victoria. Other men and a dog at varying distances circulate around three passenger carriages on the Beech Forest line.beech forest; railways; opening;

B/W. Led by locomotive G42, the last NBH excursion carriage passenger train near Friend's Road, Tulloh, on 31 March 1962.tulloh; railways; loco g42;

In February 1959 eight NBH carriages were tranfered from storage at Newport to Colac in time for the first tentatively organized trip over the Colac-Beech Forest railway line. Eventually seventeen excursion trains ran, with carriages and an NC guard's van, usually hauled by G41 or G42, but occasionally 14A locomotive. The train run by 14A ran soon after the carriages were delivered.B/W. At McDevitt station locomotive 14A passes through on a rare NA-hauled eight excursion carriage and NC guard's van train. The front of the engine is labelled "The Ridge; 21 M(arch) 1959; ARHS", the Australian Railways Historical Society.colac; beech forest; railways; mcdevitt;

Yields information about Ballarat, it businesses, identifies and its locations or environs through photos and advertisements and articles.The body of the "Christmas Number of the Ballarat Courier, Special Edition - December 1922" = coves missing. See attached listing with worksheet for summary of contents. Contains many advertisement for local business houses, photos and fiction and articles , pages 3 - 94 still existing, stapled. Notes on contents of Christmas Number of The Ballarat Courier Special edition, December 19, 1922. Photos Ballarat Association Cricket Team, winners Country championship - 1922 and photo of dinner at Sth Melb. Town Hall by VCA. - p83 Ballarat Golf club, Arch of Victoria and Club House - p63, 65 Ballarat Imperial Football club - league premier- 1922 - p19 Ballarat Miners Turf Club - showing stands and office bearers - p43 Ballarat North Golf Club - p67 Ballarat Town hall - p87 Ballarat Turf Club Office bearers and race finish - p45 Ballarat Yacht club - opening day and yacht race - p89 Black Hill Progress Association, - members and scenes - p33 Eureka Monument - p79 Finish of a race at Miners RC - p45 Head of the Lake and St. Patrick's the winning crew - p47 1.ake Wendouree - boating on (Gardens side - p] 1 Lake Wendouree, rowing and club houses - p28 Lal Lal waterfalls - p61 Lydiard St. View - Railway Station, Cemetery gates, Mining Exchange, Post Office and Banks - p71 National Federation Conference - 1922 - p39 South city Football club, Ballarat Assoc. Premiers 1922 - p25 Sturt and Lydiard St - top photo Town Hall and T&G building, with ESCo tram (pencil note "Tram No- 3 - Peckham Truck" written in - p75. Bottom photo, looking south from Town Hall. The Western Oval during a football match - p23 Victorian Farmers Union Conference, Ballarat 1922 - p37 Victorian Railway photos of various scenes around Victoria: Pages 3, 5, 7, 55, 59 Views of Victoria Park - p91 VR Ballarat Railway Workshops - p9 Advertisements on even numbered pages, featuring in particular: Ballarat Motor Garage - with photos - p88 C.A.V. Willard - storage battery service Stn - p76 with photo. CA Mitaxa - Builder - includes photos of new homes - p38 Coles & Pullham - stock sales - with photos - p86 ESCo - p70 Geo E. Dibble, machinery merchant - includes photos - p26 Geo. Waller - asphalt and carrier - photos of work and buildings Hanrahan's of Ballarat - Garage and stables - p30 J.L.Ridings - dentists, - photos of surgery p14 Longhurst's Bakeries - Mair and Yuille St. Includes Photos. - P84 Preston Motors, Melbourne - The Maxwell Sep Morse - Motor and Carriage builders - photo - p78 St. Patrick's College - photos of students and buildings - p46 State Savings Bank of Vic. - p20 T-J. Brown house remover and general carrier, photo of traction engines - p90 T.J.Haymes - Wallpaper etc. - p33 The Ballarat Co-Op Distribution Society - includes photos - p44 The Hupmobile - McLean Richards Motors - p22 Wallace Butter Factor - p82 Articles Black Hill Progress Association - p35 Damaged pages - cut outs clippings etc. Page 17/18 - top half bottom 1/3 of page 21/22 Pages: 9, 70, 71, 75, 87 and 90 imaged. Record reviewed and images of some of the pages added 10-9-2013p74. Note re tram 33.trams, tramways, ballarat, commerce, ballarat business, sports, science, esco

The Kew railway was opened in 1887, and diverged from the main (Box Hill–Lilydale) line about half-way between Hawthorn and Glenferrie. From the point of divergence the line was slightly less than one mile long, and it had only one intermediate station — Barker. There were four road over-bridges and two level crossings, including one over the busy Barkers Road. The line supported a passenger and goods service, and was electrified in December 1922, at the same time as the main line to Box Hill. There were a number of peak hour services which ran from Flinders Street station (Melbourne) to Kew, but in 1938 all but one of these were diverted to the Ashburton line, where traffic was growing. This had an adverse effect on Kew traffic, as passengers from Kew needed to cross over a footbridge at Hawthorn to change trains, and the main line trains were usually already crowded by the time they reached Hawthorn. At about the same time the off-peak trains were replaced by road buses. In 1952 all passenger trains were withdrawn, but the road bus service continued for many years. Goods trains were finally withdrawn in 1957, and the railway was dismantled in 1958-59. (Source: Frank Stamford, 'The Hawthorn - Kew Railway')Small black and white snapshot of a seven carriage train approaching Barker Railway Station. The photograph, one of 12, is part of a larger album of newspaper clippings, timetables, tickets and photos relating to the Kew Railway Line, taken and compiled by Lachlan Richardson, while a resident of Kew. The album dates from the 1950s. The album is part of a larger subject file on the Kew Line, compiled over time by members of the Kew Historical Society."Seven Carriage Train at Barker Station"kew railway line, transport -- railways -- kew (vic.), barker railway station, kew branch line

One of a number of 'real photo' and commercial postcards created by or owned by members of the Christian and Washfold families of Kew. The postcards are part of a larger collection of photographs, postcards and publications donated to the collection in May 2021.Sepia postcard of train carriages showing damage. Three workers in foreground.christian-washfold collection, train crashes -- richmond (vic.)

The photograph has recorded rail smash which occurred at Sunbury on 17th April 1919 when a stock train crashed into a goods train. It caused a lot of damage to the rolling stock and blocked rail traffic on the Bendigo and Maryborough lines. The driver and the firemen of the stock train were injured.This accident is only one of a number which have happened on the Sunbury Bendigo rail track over the years.A black and white photograph with a white border in postcard format of a rail accident where some of the carriages are on their side and workman are in the railway yard inspecting the damage.sunbury, rail accidents

Railway Yards Stawell looking towards Wakeham Street with water tank on left. c1960B/W Photgraph of Rail yards looking towards Wakeham Street. View shows water tank which was used in Steam engine days. house on left, Cnr. Sloane & Wakeham Streets No. 50 was adapted into two flats ( Possibly in the 190's. The weatherboard building on the right was the headquarters for the Stawell Homing Club ( Pigeon Club) Circa 1960's The Word Shell is visible on a train carriage.stawell railways transport

This photo originally appeared in the Canterbury Courier in an article by Dave Staig. This type of train was used on all the rail lines in 1883 - the date when the railway came through to Surrey Hills. it is thought that the photo was taken in the Spencer Street yards. There is a copy of the article in this collection. Black and white photo of a steam train with more than four carriages. It was taken in an unidentified railway yard. railways, canterbury courier, public transport, david staig, crack express, dave staig

A Yarra Glen Special in 1986 at Surrey HillsA coloured photograph of a steam train bellowing lots of smoke approaching Surrey Hills station. On the LHS is Stirling Crescent; on the RHS is Sunbury Crescent. There is graffiti on the buildings adjacent to the railway line on the LHS.On rear of photo : "A Yarra Glen Special / 1986/ at Surrey Hills"graffiti, surrey hills, steam train, trains, 1986, harris carriages

Steam Rail Victoria is a Preservation Society which runs tour specials throughout Victoria. This particular train is being pulled by an R Class loco on a Yarra Glen Special. The carriages behind are Blue Harris carriages which were normally used on the electrified system. the train is approaching Surrey Hills from Chatham station.A coloured photograph of a Steam train blowing steam as it plows along pulling a number of blue carriages. There is some graffiti on the back of a building that backs onto the railway line.On back of photo: "A Yarra Glen Special / 1986 / At Surrey Hills"graffiti, surrey hills, steam trains, trains, 1986, harris carriages

The occasion was a Railfan tour for the Association of Railway Enthusiasts Belgrave. Photo taken on 15 February 1964.A black and white photocopy of an electric train with about 7-8 carriages. The pedestrian overpass (later demolished) at Surrey Hills railway station can be seen in the background.surrey hills, associations of railway enthusiasts belgrave, trains, 1964, railfan tour, surrey hills railway station, loco e1106

The G42 Garratt Steam Locomotive was one of two heavier more powerful locomotives that operated on Victoria's narrow gauge railways. These Beyer Garratt locomotives were built in Manchester, England and delivered in 1926. They were numbered G41 and G42. They operated on the Colac–Beech Forest–Crowes line and the Moe–Walhalla line respectively. After the line from Moe closed in 1954, G42 was sent to Colac, where it worked until closure of that line in mid-1962. At that time the G41 was in poor condition and was scrapped. G42 was offered to the Puffing Billy Preservation Society.A black and white photocopy of a goods train and carriages.surrey hills, trains, goods carriages, g42 garratt steam locomotive, puffing billy preservation society, victorian railways

This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.art, artwork, train

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

Guns arriving in Warrnambool for Warrnambool and Port Fairy ArtilleryBlack and White Photograph of Soldiers standing on train carriages with guns and gun carriages aboarddefence, guns, artillery, rail, railway, soldiers, warrnambool, port fairy

Two copies of Australian Red Cross Society Knitting Book, one small and one larger. The front cover shows the name of the society, a large red cross with the title Knitting Book underneath. The smaller book has information about the purpose of the Australian Red Cross Society in war times, Price: Threepence. Second Edition. The back cover has information regarding free carriage on S.A Railways and by Adelaide Steamship Company. It also has a 5 inches ruler on the left edge of the back cover.The larger book has the same title with the addition of Parcels addressed "Australian Red Cross" are carried free over the railways. On the back cover is printed Copies of this knitting book may be obtained upon application to any Red Cross Emergency Service Company in Victoria. Inside are various patterns for clothing - caps, sleeveless pullover, waistcoat muffler, armlets, man's socks and mittens, kneecaps, hot water bottle covers and scarves. non-fictionTwo Australian Red Cross knitting pattern booklets for home knitters, c.1940's. They were used by Ms Dorothy Hunter. These booklets were collected over 15 years and were used for exhibition at Memo, Gallery Healesville Friday 23rdOct to 18th November 2015.knitting, knitting patterns, knitting equipment