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Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of Tarnagulla Railway Station, Tarnagulla Railway Station, circa 1916
Murray Comrie Collection. Tarnagulla Railway Station has since been demolished/removed. Monochrome photograph depicting Tarnagulla Railway Station. This is a reasonable copy of an older original. Copy probably made in the 1960s. tarnagulla, railway, rail, transport, trains, station -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Beech Forest Railway Station, 1910
By 1910 revenue from the Beech Forest railway was $15,500, working expenditure $12,000, with a net loss (including interest charges) of about $4,000. This and the following year were the lowest net losses ever experienced. Passenger journeys rose steadily, outwards goods traffic rose to a record 12,959 tons (in 1911), and inwards goods traffic was a record 3,359 tons.. The railway station possessed a goods shed, stock race and yards, engine shed, coal stage, crew cabins, a refreshment room, and a four-roomed station building, with the station staff to match. Beech Forest was the principal despatch centre at this stage for split timber. Bill Devitt laid a timber tramway to the Beech Forest railway station to cart the palings for on-shipment..B/W. 177mm x 271mm. A general view from the eastern end of Beech Forest station in 1910. Note the Goods Shed, three tracks with No.3 Road having a NU louvre van and loaded NQR wagons, timber stacks to the left, and Devitt's Tramway with unloaded trolleys at the lower left. To the right, crew cabins with shops and houses in the background.beech forest; railways; timber; tramway; -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Map - plan, Engineer for Contruction Railways Dept, Toolamba and Tatura Railway, 18 August 1879
Original plan2 sheets stapled together, white paper. Plan of proposed railway line drawn in ink. Names of property owners transverse shown. Roads show. Existing buildings, dams (tanks), wells and railway culverts.Victorian Railways. signed by Engineer in ink.victorian railways plans -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Whycheproof Railway Line. 2018, 19/07/2018
Colour photograph of the railway line at Whycheproof.whycheproof, whycheproof railway line, railway -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood railway signal box
Colour photograph showing inside of signal box -Ringwood railway station"Written on back of photo" Ringwood railway signal box -
Puffing Billy Railway
Builders Plate - Replica Victorian Railways Locomotive, 2010
Produced for the running of locomotive 7A, dressed as 9A on the Thomson to Walhalla portion of the Moe to Walhalla narrow gauge railway for the Moe to Walhalla railway centenary in 2010. Historic - Puffing Billy Railway - Replica Victorian Railways Builders PlateHistoric - Puffing Billy Railway - Replica Victorian Railways Builders PlateReplica Victorian Railways Builders Plate Made from cast aluminium with blue and white paint.Manufactured at the V R Newport workshops 1910puffing billy, builders plate, moe, walhalla, 7a, 9a -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Rails to Rubicon-A History of the Rubicon Forest, 1994
A history of the Rubicon forestHardcover. Green dust cover. Front cover photograph is Krauss 0-4-OWT, builder's No. 2459 of 1891, takes water at the western end of Rubicon Lane in 1934. Driver Bob Rees attends to his engine while brakeman Hayden looks on. End papers show a photograph of a man standing besides a timber railway trolley holding onto the brake lever. There is a group of men, some sitting and some standing, on piles of cut timber under a large, open shed in the background.There are also some small, timber, tent like structures standing next to the railway tracks. There is a forest in the far background. Written in white is the line "Mr Clarke & Kidd's Sawmill". Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / PO Box 22 / Marysville 3779 Signed by the author, Peter Evansrubicon, timber, sawmill, railway, tramway, clarke and pearce, evans, peter -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Map, Crowlands & Navarre Railway Construction Trust, VR Plan Showing Railway Construction District Crowlands to navarre Line 1916, 4 July 1916
Two (2) Very large Coloured Maps. Scale 40 Chains to 1 Inch. rail Line Drawn in RedShire of Kara Kara. Shire of Stawell Shire of Ararat 4 July 1916railways -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - The NORTH EAST RAILWAY Melbourne to Wodonga- A Lineside Guide, Keith W. Turton, 1973
A detailed history and description of the North East Rail Line, including information about each station and siding and relevant maps.non-fictionA detailed history and description of the North East Rail Line, including information about each station and siding and relevant maps.railway transport victoria, north east railway victoria, victoria railways, lineside rail guide -
Federation University Australia Historical Collection
Document, Ballarat Railway Employees at the Ballarat School of Mines Student, 1910, 01/07/1910
Ballarat School of Mines invoice to the Secretary of Railways, Victoria relating to a subsidy for teaching railway employees telegraphy.ballarat school of mines, railway, telegraphy, letterhead -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Outer Circle Railway Bridge over River Yarra, c.1900
This photograph forms part of the Eric Sibly collection of images and information relating to the Outer Circle Railway which he donated to the Kew Historical Society in 1974. Heritage Victoria Citation (Abridged) "The Chandler Highway Bridge, a 137 metre wrought iron lattice-truss girder bridge with four spans supported on red brick piers with moulded bluestone cappings. The bridge has a cantilevered walkway along the west side. ...The Chandler Highway Bridge crosses the Yarra River and connects Alphington and Kew. It was completed in November 1890 as part of the Outer Circle Railway Line.Black & white photograph of the railway viaduct over Yarra River looking south towards Kew.Reverse: "Pre 1930. Outer Circle Railway Bridge over River Yarra (now Chandler Highway) - note bridge over line on Kew side for Asylum Farm". KH - 56. Kew Historical Society.chandler highway, railway bridges - kew (vic), sir john monash, outer circle railway, river yarra - kew (vic) -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Railway Station Stawell -- Postcard
Postcard No 6 Stawell Railway Station in distance shown monumental Masons left side B/W Postcard of Stawell Railway Station taken from Lower Main Street. showin the willow trees and approach to the StationThe Railway Station Stawell No.5 (In White) On the back - Postcard Correspondence Address 0279 On the left side running vertically The "Merle Studio" Main Street Stawell On the Right Side Hand written Robso's M/Masonsstawell railways transport, merle studio -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Railway Station Stawell -- Coloured -- Postacrd
Colour Postcard "Earthfocus" Stawell Railway Station Colour photo showing back of station.Coloured Photogrpah of Stwell Railway Station showing Train Tracks and the Verandah over the station platform.Eathfocus PO Box 535 Brighton South Australia 5048 Affix Stamp Here Over a barcode with number PostOffice preferred Stawell Victoria The grand old Stawell Railway Station, one of the towns attractive historical buildings. Photography: Peter Clayton copyright Symbol 03#3estawell railways transport -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Beech Forest: In the snow, 1908
B/W. At Beech Forest in heavy snow in 1908, locomotive 7A, four NQ filled wagons, an NM livestock wagon, and an NBDBD combined passenger-brakevan. The guard, driver and another person are on the engine, while a group of passengers are outside the passenger car.beech forest; railway; snow; -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Railway crossing, Bedford Road, Ringwood - c1925, 1925
Steam train at Bedford Road railway crossing, Ringwood. Ferntree Gully line.Written below photograph, "Bedford Road railway crossing - c1925". -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mitcham Railway Station, 1992
Coloured photo of Mitcham Railway Station. View from the northern platform, renovation complete.mitcham railway station, railway -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Charles Marshall, Railway station at Aslaj, 1917_
This photograph shows a railway station at AslajDigital copy of black and white photograph. "Railway station at Aslaj"charles marshall, world war 1 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Charles Marshall, Railway station at Ramleh, 1917_
This photograph shows a railway station at Ramleh.Digital copy of black and white photograph. "Railway station at Ramleh"charles marshall, world war 1 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Mansourah Picture Framing, Building Heathmont Railway Station Platform by Wieland Brothers 1926, 1926
Peter Le Get found three framed photos of Heathmont view in a Heathmont Opportunity Shop. Previous owners unknown.Framed photograph with inscription - Building Heathmont Railway Station Platform by Wieland Brothers 1926.Building Heathmont Railway Station Platform by Wieland Brothers 1926. -
Clunes Museum
photograph, 1909
PHOTOGRAPH OF McCALLUMS CREEK RAILWAY BRIDGE, TRAIN DISASTER 19 TH. AUGUST 1909 ON MARYBOROUGH - BALLARAT LINEORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF RAILWAY BRIDGE COLLAPSE OVER McCALLUMS CREEK, ON AUGUST 19TH. 1909McCALLUMS CREEK RAILWAY BRIDGE.local history, document, postcard, railway -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Digital photograph, Stairs, Ballarat Railway Station
Ballarat Railway Station opened on 11 April 1862. Most of the 19th century architectural features of the railway station are intact. Its signal boxes and goods sheds are preserved, and it is one of only three stations in Victoria to have had a 19th-century train shed. This photo shows the facade of the south side of the station.The stairway over the railway line at Ballarat Railway Station. ballarat railway station, stairs -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - hardback, Peter Evans, Rails to Rubicon-A History of the Rubicon Forest, 1994
Green dust cover. Front cover photograph is Krauss 0-4-OWT, builder's No. 2459 of 1891, takes water at the western end of Rubicon Lane in 1934. Driver Bob Rees attends to his engine while brakeman Hayden looks on. End papers show a photograph of a man standing besides a timber railway trolley holding onto the brake lever. There is a group of men, some sitting and some standing, on piles of cut timber under a large, open shed in the background.There are also some small, timber, tent like structures standing next to the railway tracks. There is a forest in the far background. Written in white is the line "Mr Clarke & Kidd's Sawmill". non-fictionrubicon, timber, sawmill, railway, tramway, clarke and pearce, evans, peter, marysville, krause, forest, mountain -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper Article, The Burma-Thailand Death Railway Film Poster
The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway, the Siam–Burma Railway, the Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, was a 415-kilometre railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma, built by the Empire of Japan in 1943 to support its forces in the Burma campaign of World War II. This railway completed the rail link between Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon, Burma. This is a poster advertising the showing of a film on the making of the railway.In all, 9,500 Australian prisoners of war worked on the construction of the Burma-Thailand Railway, which ran from Bampong, Thailand, to Thanbyuzayat, Burma . Building commenced at each end of the railway. Altogether, 2,646 Australians died working on the railway.Rectangular shaped black and white film poster.The Burma-Thailand Death Railway Film Posterposters, burma-thailand death railway film poster, world war two, lara r.s.l. -
Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre Heritage Collection
Digital photo, Surrey Hills Railway Station
Surrey Hills Railway Station before electrifation cir. ? looking towards Melbourne city. No people are identified.Surrey Hills Railway Station with railway staff and others. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Railway Station c1880
Railway station and goods yards, c1880tatura, buildings, historic, transport, railway -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Frank Parker Estate Agency sign over corner shops railway entrance Ringwood (undated)
Frank Parker Estate Agency sign over corner shops railway entrance, clocktower at left, 3 copiesBacking sheet reads, "Porters shop at Railway Station entrance". -
Puffing Billy Railway
Locomotive Head Board - 50th Anniversary Last Train to Beech Forest
Historic - Puffing Billy Railway Locomotive Head Board used in the Celebration of the Last Train to Beech Forest 50th Anniversary Last Train to Beech Forest 30 - 6 1962 G42 ran from Belgrave to Gembrook to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the closure of the Beech Forest Railway. Puffing Billy Railway, Victoria, 30th June, 2012. The Beech Forest line was opened in 1902 and later extended to Crowes. The line was closed in sections with the last section being between Colac and Beech Forest. The last train was hauled by locomotive G 42, which also hauled the re-enactment train in 2012.Historic - Puffing Billy Railway Locomotive Head Board used in the Celebration of the Last Train to Beech Forest 50th Anniversary Last Train to Beech Forest 30 - 6 1962 G 42 ran from Belgrave to Gembrook to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the closure of the Beech Forest Railway. Puffing Billy Railway, Victoria, 30th June, 2012.Wooden - Locomotive Head Board - 50th Anniversary Last Train to Beech Forest Puffing Billy Railway 30- 6 - 2012 50th Anniversary Last Train to Beech Forest puffing billy, head board, last train to beech forest -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Railway Track Looking East, 1/06/2009
One of a collection of photographs taken of the Nunawading Railway Station prior to the lowering of the railway line and building of the new railway station on the western side of Springvale Road so that the Springvale Road Rail Crossing can be eliminated.Black & white photograph of he precinct surrounding the Nunawading Station and the Springvale Road Railway crossing. This photograph is of the railway track looking east from railway crossing in Springvale road. Note the railway station in the distance. See NP 3545 to NP3567 for the complete set of photographsnunawading railway station, springvale road nunawading, redevelopment of railway line/springvale road. -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Digital photograph, Lisa Gervasoni, Coburg Railway Gates, 2017
Colour photograph of a Coburg railway boomgate down, and preventing Bell Street traffic from crossing the railway line. coburg, railway, gates, bell street, boom gate, boomgate -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Railway Step Bridge Stawell 1991 -- 4 Photos 2 on one page & 2 Individual Photos
Series of four photos of Railway Step Bridge Stawell 1991Four (4) Colour Photographs, two on one page and 2 individual Photographs.The Two photographs one showing a footbridge in the distance with two cement pipes in front, and a pile of soil further back. A Truck is parked under the bridge. Buildings are in the distance on the lsft side. The Lower photograph is showing the bridge almost dismantled with the surfces of the bridge being held by two cranes with a person on the brdge. The other two photgraphs show the bridge from the groundlooking across the railway tracks one is a clsoe up of the bridge. On the rear of the tow Individual Photographs 224-2a on the top from the left Stawell Old Railway Bridge Bottom left corner ST1-2 224-2b From top left Stawell Old Railway bridge 1991. Bottom left ST1-4stawell, railways