The Braybrook Junction railway station was opened on 7th September 1885 at the junction of the railway lines to Ballarat and to Bendigo. In 1904 H. V. McKay purchased the Braybrook Implement Works nearby, and in 1906 he moved his Sunshine Harvester Works agricultural machinery business from Ballarat to Braybrook Junction. In 1907 the station and township were renamed Sunshine after the Sunshine Harvester Works. On 20 April 1908 (Easter Monday), Sunshine station was the scene of the biggest train disaster in Victoria, when 44 people were killed and 400 injured from the 1100 people that were aboard the two trains. A Melbourne bound train from Bendigo collided with the rear of a train from Ballarat. There is a memorial plaque on platform 1 at the present Sunshine station. Sunshine station has recently been undergoing a complete rebuild. On 20 January 2014 the station, although not yet completed, was opened for train use, after being closed for several weeks.This photograph is significant because it is a reminder that the present Sunshine station and the nearby area were once named Braybrook Junction. It also shows what the Station, the Signal Box, and the station personnel looked like in circa 1905.BRAYBROOK JUNCTNbraybrook junction station, railway, sunshine, train, transport, 1905, 1907, 1908, 7 september 1885

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Used to advertise 29 business and villa blocks that were up for sale near the Braybrook Junction Station.Mr. W. Smithers-Gadd|Gadd & Co., Limited|Braybrook Junction Railway Station|Devonshire Road|Extract from the Evening Herald, of Wednesday, 14th January, 1891|R. Henson Broadhurst|J. C. Stephensbraybrook junction

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Collection of S&DHS photos that were provided to Victorian CollectionsIndustrial Agreement between Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australan and Imperial Chemical Industries|Quarter Mile Bridge (C1928)|Hugh V. McKay Receipt for Mr. M. Norton|Sunshine Districal Community Hospital brass sign|Braybrook & District Motorcycle Club cloth badge|Braybrook & District Motorcycle Club metal badge|Braybrook Junction Railway Station|Sunshine Town Hall (Memorial Hall) Hampshire Rd|Sunvale Primary School A Scrap Book of Memories1957 - 1997 front cover|Kevin Wheelahan WW1 Memorial Sigh|Framed Helen Kellet signature in wood frame|Close up off Helen Kellet signature|Hellenic Prince Ship|WW1 Medals|Sunshine & District Friendly Societies Dispensary Past Presidents Honour Board|Sunshine State School Swimming Pool Shire of Braybrook Chairmen & Presidents Honour Board|Sunshine High School pennant|Shire of Braybrook Coat of Arms|Spalding 25 Years Service Roll Honour Board|McPhersons Boly & Nuts display|4th Liberty Loan pennant|SSW Supermarket paper bags|Souvenir Programe Diamond Jubille of the Sunshine Harvester|H.V. McKay Factory Rules January 1913|H.V. McKay Factory Rules May 1926|Phoenix Fireworks Sold Here postersunshine & district historical society

The model is an example of the type of goods wagons they manufactured at Wright & Edward Carriage Works, Braybrook Junction (Now Sunshine). The company also made passenger cars. Wright & Edwards was one of the earliest major industrial firms in what became Sunshine, operating in the 1880s–1890s as a railway carriage and wagon manufacturer. The company collapsed in the 1890s depression, but its legacy survives in street names and the Railway Station Estate. The factory stood near the Sunshine railway station area, later redeveloped as the Sunshine Reserve (Sports Ground), later to be renamed as the J.R. Pasons Reserve. This area became part of the Railway Station Estate, one of the earliest residential subdivisions in Sunshine and many of the streets are named after company directors or senior executive offices such as Wright Street, Standford Street, Morris Street, Chapman Street, Benjamin Street Couche Street (Couch Street).Plastic model railway goods wagonwright and edwards, railway, braybrook junction

Postcard Railway Museum North Williamstown|List of Railway Stations from Footscray - Sunshine and when they opened and closed|Letter regarding historic railway wagons dated 24 July 1979|Letter from Victorian Railways regarding QR wagon donation Dated 20 August 1979|Letter from Historical Society regarding wagons manufactured at Qright and Edwards Works. Dated 24 July 1979|Letter and Photocopy of Steam Locomotive 3801 at Anderson Road Level Crossing 23 April 1973|Drawing of Footscray Junction to Sunbury listing opening and closing dates|Large Drawing of Braybrook Junction Signal box tracks|Brochure for Steamrail Victoria The Vintage Train Mystery Tour on 1 July 1984|Bridge Inspection report for Devonshire Road Foot Bridge dated 26 March 1992|Complaint about goats tresspassing dated 7 July 1868|Drawing Footscray Junction Proposed alterations to Signal Arrangements 19 February 1900|Newspaper article Brimbank Messenger 8 September 1998 Technology signals new rail era about the closing of Sunshine Signal Box|Letter for amendment to 1994 Book of rules and Operating Procedures for Sunshine. Drawing of signalling Diagram included dated 19th May 1996 Sunshine Issue of Caution Orders|Photocopy of The Victorian Railways Magazine dated Aug 1929 Australias Highest Railway Bridge|Photocopy of Spencer Street - Sunshine showing extra train commencing Tuesday 3 May Dated 30 April 1921|Correspondene from Secretary of the Victorian Railways Books Series 422|Photocopy of Special Train Circular S2966 Special Funeral train for HV McKay funeral on 22 May 1926|Newspaper Article The Advocate Tracking History showing photograph of Tom Rigg dated 29 April 1998|Photocopy of Victorian Railways Timetable Dec 1865|Newspaper Article about Paddy Doyle an old locomotive Dated 20 May 1925|Extract from a book about the Big Bridge across the Maribyrnong River September 1927|Newspaper Article about Project Albion Maltese Club Dated 2 September 1992|Newspaper Article about Paddy Doyle and Patsy Dooley Dated 1925|Letter and a list in chronological events for the Braybrook Junction in 1908 smash dated 12 April 1988|Photocopy of the persons employed by the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company on 30 June 1878|Photocopy of Tom Riggs speech as a guest speaker at the Sunshine Historical Society dated 14 August 1988|Newspaper Articl e remembering Australias second worst rail disaster 90 years after dated 13 May 1997|Photocopy of the List of the Dead and addresses for the Rail disaster 27 April 1908|Photocopy of Selection of Names for S Class Locomotives|Photocopy of Maroona to Ararat Station Details|Notes about railway guages in Australia|Photocopy of a Letter regarding Main Road St Albans Railway Station Crossing Dated 6 May 2001|Brochure St Albans to Sydenham Rail Electrification Project Bulletin 2 May 2001|Brochure St Albans to Sydenham Rail Electrification Project Bulletin 3 December 2001|Brochure St Albans to Sydenham Rail Electrification Project Bulletin 4 January 2002|Newspaper Article Star Plainly its Keilor showing photograph of Keilor Plains Dated 18 December 2001|Newspaper Article Brimbank Leader showing All aboard for Keilor Plains Dated 18 December 2001|Media release regarding St Albans to Sydenham dated 12 December 2001|Brochure Its Steam Day Tours 1984|May of Victorian Railway|Brochure of North Williamstown Railway Museum|Photocopy of Map from Footscray and Bacchus March Line 12 June 2003|Newspaper Article Brimbank Independent Residents angry over freight rail decision dated 3 February 1998|Newspaper Article Advocate Greater respect urged for dead and rescuers Dated 16 December 1998|Extract Railway intercommunication Between Werribee and Braybook Junction|Newspaper Article Star Mixed Blessings for the HV McKay building in Devonshire Road added to Victorian Heritage register dated 16 April 2002|Newspaper Article Star Sydenham rail its electifying dated 18 December 2001|Newspaper Article Herald Sun Rail Horror at Sunshine Dated 27 May 1999railways

Collected by Tom RiggUntil about 1884 the general area now occupied by Sunshine / Braybrook was known as CUT PAW PAW. The Melbourne to Bendigo railway was built in 1859 and the railway to Ballarat began first to Melton in 1884 to Parwan in 1886 and to Bacchus Marsh in 1887. The junction of the two lines was known as Bacchus Marsh Junction during construction and after completion the area became Braybrook Junction no doubt influenced by the nearby settlement of Braybrook. In 1907 the Braybrook Junction Progress Association petitioned the Victorian Railways Commissioners requesting that the station name be changed to Sunshine Junction possibly recognising the dominating presence of the Sunshine Harvester Works. Approval was very promptly granted by the Commissioners and in the Victoria Gazette of July 17 1907 page 3419 the Victorian Railways gazetted that on and after Monday 15th July the name of Braybrook Junction station will be changed to Sunshine.sunshine railway station, railway