Labourers excavate a cutting for the new railiway extension from Eltham to Hurstbridge. Men are working with shovels and buckets, dropping dirt into horse and carts. A pile of newly cut sleepers sit on the sidelines waiting to be laid. The new extension is approx. seven miles in length and opened on 2 January, 1912.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, diamond creek, hurstbridge, wattle glen, railway line construction, railroad construction workers, railroad construction

ill, maps, p.226.non-fictionA thesis for a Masters of Arts degree on the construction of the Great Northern Railway in New South Wales from Sydney to Wallangarra 1854-1889: An economic and labour history.railroad construction - new south wales - history, railroad construction - australia - history

index, ill, maps, p.154.non-fictionA history of the building of the railway from Brisbane to Cairns in Queensland.railroad construction - australia - history, railroad construction - queensland - history

index, App, ill, p.216.non-fictionA history of the 'railway navvy' who built the railways of Great Britain in the 19th century.railroad construction workers -- great britain -- history -- 19th century, railroad construction - united kingdom - history

256 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.non-fictionJuvenile Fiction held in Reference Section. Illustrated by J. Macfarlane. lillian pyke, country life -- queensland -- juvenile fiction., railroads -- construction -- juvenile fiction., children's stories., railroad construction workers -- queensland -- juvenile fiction., railroads -- design and construction -- juvenile fiction., australia -- social life and customs -- juvenile fiction., target audience, book

p.12.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the question of a connecting railway in the Upper Acheron Valley district in Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history

p.9.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the question of re-opening the Fawkner and Somerton Railway in Victoria in 1918.railroad construction - victoria - history, fawkner and somerton railway - victoria - history

p.8.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on re-opening the Outer Circle Railway in Victoria in 1918.railroad construction - victoria - history, outer circle railway - victoria - history

p.26.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the question of selecting localities for the permanent survey of narrow gauge lines in Victoria in 1896.railroad construction - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history

p.13.non-fictionThe parliamentary standing committee on Railways on the Colac-Crowes Non-Paying railway line in Victoria in 1931.railroad construction - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history

ill, maps, p.88.non-fictionA pictorial history of the last 125 years of the Tasmanian Railways up to 1996.railway history - tasmania, railroad construction - tasmania - history

ill, maps, p.107.non-fictionA pictorial history of the Lancefield and Kilmore Railway with historic & contemporary photos.lancefield to kilmore railway - history, railroad construction - victoria - history

ill, maps, p.18.non-fictionA booklet commemorating the opening ceremony for the Rimutaka Tunnel in the North Island near Wellington 3-11-1955railroads - new zealand - pictorial, railroad construction - new zealand

ill, maps, p.24.non-fictionThe story of the construction and development of the Napier to Gisborne railway in the North Island of New Zealandrailroads - new zealand - north island - history, railroad construction - new zealand

ill, maps, p.61.non-fictionThe history of the Catlins River branch railway from Balclutha on the South Island Main Trunk railway New Zealand, to the town of Tahakopa.railroads - new zealand - south island - history, railroad construction - new zealand

ill, maps, p.24.non-fictionThe history of the Wellington to Johnsonville Railway in New Zealand from the time it was the Main North Island Trunk railway to a suburban branch line.railroad construction - new zealand, railroads - new zealand - south island - history

ill, maps, p.7.non-fictionA history of the railway from Christchurch to Picton in the South Island New Zealand.railroad construction - new zealand, railroads - new zealand - north island - history

ill, p.32.non-fictionA history of the first railway in Wellington to Lower Hutt, to celebrate the centenary of its opening.railroad construction - new zealand, railroads - new zealand - north island - history

ill. p.120.non-fictionA pictorial history of the building of the railway from Alice Springs to Darwin.railroad construction - australia - history, railroads - northern territory - pictorial

ill, maps, p.22.non-fictionA short history of the Rotorua railway in the North Island of New Zealand.railroad construction - new zealand, railroads - new zealand - north island - history

ill, p.111.non-fictionA photographic record by Wilf Henty of the construction of the 2'6" VR narrow gauge railway from Moe to Walhalla in Gippsland Victoria in 1904.vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, railroad construction - victoria - history

ill. maps. p.27.non-fictionA celebration of one hundred years of operations on the Great Southern Railway from Perth to Albany in Western Australia between 1889 & 1989.railroad construction - western australia - history, great southern railway - western australia - history

ill. p.36.non-fictionA short history of the logging railway from Manjimup to Northcliffe in south west Western Australia.railroad construction - western australia - history, logging railroads - australia - history

ill, maps. p.24.non-fictionA short history of the Bunbury to Boyanup Railway in Western Australia from 1891 to 1991. railroad construction - western australia - history, railroad operations - western australia - history

ill. maps. p.48.non-fictionA short history of the horse tramway from Victor Harbor to Granite Island in South Australia.railroad construction - south australia - history, granite island - tramway - history

ill, maps, p.28.non-fictionA revised history of the railway from Sydney to Lithgow over the Blue Mountains in New South Wales & the preserved Zig Zag Railway operating out of Lithgow.railroad construction - new south wales - history, preserved locomotives - new south wales - history

Ill, maps, p.64.non-fictionA history of the mountain railway from Unanderra in the Illawarra region of New South Wales to Moss Vale.railroad construction - new south wales - history, railroad operations - new south wales - history

ill, maps, p.32.non-fictionThe background to a walking tour over the old railway route from Waterfall to Stanwell Park in the Illawarra region of New South Wales.railroad construction - new south wales - history, railroads - new south wales - history

ill, maps, p.88.non-fictionA history of closed single line railway from Mortdale to Como, Waterfall, Helensburgh, Otford & Coal Cliff in the Illawarra south of Sydney.railroad construction - new south wales - history, illawarra district - railways - history

ill, maps, p.31.non-fictionA short history of the branch line from Yass Junction to Yass town in southern New South Wales.railroad construction - new south wales - history, railroad branch lines - new south wales - history