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Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Brook, Arthur, Buffer Stops and Baulks, 2007
... Railway infrastructure - Victoria...Railway infrastructure - Victoria Railway infrastructure ...A reference booik for historians, museums and discerning modellers about the different buffer stops and baulks used on the Victorian Railways.ill, p.104.A reference booik for historians, museums and discerning modellers about the different buffer stops and baulks used on the Victorian Railways.railway infrastructure - victoria, railway infrastructure - australia -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, The Association of Railway Enthusiasts, 1927 Victorian Railways Grades Book, 1975
... Railway infrastructure - Victoria...Railway infrastructure - Victoria Railroad operations ...A reprinted edition of the gradiant and curvature diagrams of all the Victorian Government Railways in 1927maps, p.197.A reprinted edition of the gradiant and curvature diagrams of all the Victorian Government Railways in 1927railway infrastructure - victoria, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, The Association of Railway Enthusiasts, 1927 Victorian Railways Grades Book - Supplementary Diagrams
... Railway infrastructure - Victoria...Railway infrastructure - Victoria Railroad operations ...A reprinted edition of the gradiant and curvature diagrams of all the Victorian Government Railways in 1927maps, p.198.A reprinted edition of the gradiant and curvature diagrams of all the Victorian Government Railways in 1927railway infrastructure - victoria, railroad operations - victoria - history -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Lantern Slide, c1900
This slide shows a train proceeding along the Beechworth rail trail in approximately 1900. The rail line to Beechworth was the subject of significant lobbying by local officials such as John Orr and G.B. Kerferd in the 1860s, as it was recognised that the poor quality of roads to Melbourne and Albury hindered trade and formed a barrier to the social development of the town. The subsequent positioning of Beechworth on a branch rather than a main line was not considered ideal to achieve these aims, but the Everton-to-Beechworth and Beechworth-to-Yackandandah components of the line cost an average of £7,277 per mile and State Government officials felt the need in the area did not justify the cost of a direct line. The Beechworth Railway Station was officially opened on the 29th of September 1876 and ran services twice daily to Melbourne, transporting nearly 12,000 passengers and around 6,500 tons of cargo in 1900. It closed in 1976 and is today used as a cycling trail used by locals and promoted as a feature of the area to tourists. Lantern slides, sometimes called 'magic lantern' slides, are glass plates on which an image has been secured for the purpose of projection. Glass slides were etched or hand-painted for this purpose from the Eighteenth Century but the process became more popular and accessible to the public with the development of photographic-emulsion slides used with a 'Magic Lantern' device in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Photographic lantern slides comprise a double-negative emulsion layer (forming a positive image) between thin glass plates that are bound together. A number of processes existed to form and bind the emulsion layer to the base plate, including the albumen, wet plate collodion, gelatine dry plate and Woodburytype techniques. Lantern slides and magic lantern technologies are seen as foundational precursors to the development of modern photography and film-making techniques.This glass slide is significant because it provides insight into Beechworth's social amenities and transport infrastructure in the late Nineteenth Century. It is also an example of an early photographic and film-making technology in use in regional Victoria in the time period.Thin translucent sheet of glass with a circular image printed on the front and framed in a black backing. It is held together by metal strips to secure the edges of the slide.burke museum, beechworth, lantern slide, slide, glass slide, plate, burke museum collection, photograph, monochrome, indigo shire, north-east victoria, rail trail, beechworth rail trail, beechworth station, everton, wangaratta, wodonga, albury, rail transport, cargo transport, g.b. kerferd, john orr, murray to mountains rail trail, cycling, biking, railway -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Jill Barnard et al, Welcome and Farewell: The Story of Station Pier, 2004
In the mid-nineteenth century, Victoria’s primitive maritime infrastructure was not coping with the volume of passenger and cargo traffic arriving in and departing from the burgeoning gold-fevered colony. However, the opening of Railway Pier at Port Melbourne in 1854 greatly improved the situation. Railway Pier serviced the steamships, which plied Port Phillip Bay and the Victorian coastal waters beyond, and also offered berths for vessels on the regular runs to other Australian colonies and to overseas destinations. However, as the larger and more powerful steamships of the early twentieth century found berthing increasingly difficult at Railway Pier, the need for a more modern pier became apparent. By 1930, the new Station Pier had replaced its predecessor. Itself extended and upgraded several times including during the past decade, Station pier still offers every contemporary convenience to shipping services using its busy facilities, just as did its predecessor Railway Pier, 150 years ago. The Victorian Government commissioned Welcome & Farewell to celebrate the 150 years since the opening of the Railway Pier. In doing so, it was mindful that the story of the site is not limited to its contribution to national and state economies, or to its physical development. The Government wanted a history that would also speak to ordinary Victorians, and other Australians, of their own experiences of this significant place. For indeed the Station Pier site has played its part in almost every milestone or phase in our history: at moments of celebration and commemoration, during economic booms and depressions, during times of war and peace. It has also won a place in the hearts of ordinary individuals affected by the welcomes and farewells they have experienced there: those for visiting royalty and celebrities, for servicemen and medical personnel off to war or returning home, for migrants from distant countries and refugees from war zones, for friends and family travelling for personal, professional or cultural reasons. Welcome & Farewell thoughtfully examines Station Pier’s significance and offers a splendid visual panorama of the experiences lived out there between 1854 and 2004.Illustrated large-format book with 224 pages [36] p. of plates. : ill., maps, ports.Bibliography: p. 199-201non-fictionIn the mid-nineteenth century, Victoria’s primitive maritime infrastructure was not coping with the volume of passenger and cargo traffic arriving in and departing from the burgeoning gold-fevered colony. However, the opening of Railway Pier at Port Melbourne in 1854 greatly improved the situation. Railway Pier serviced the steamships, which plied Port Phillip Bay and the Victorian coastal waters beyond, and also offered berths for vessels on the regular runs to other Australian colonies and to overseas destinations. However, as the larger and more powerful steamships of the early twentieth century found berthing increasingly difficult at Railway Pier, the need for a more modern pier became apparent. By 1930, the new Station Pier had replaced its predecessor. Itself extended and upgraded several times including during the past decade, Station pier still offers every contemporary convenience to shipping services using its busy facilities, just as did its predecessor Railway Pier, 150 years ago. The Victorian Government commissioned Welcome & Farewell to celebrate the 150 years since the opening of the Railway Pier. In doing so, it was mindful that the story of the site is not limited to its contribution to national and state economies, or to its physical development. The Government wanted a history that would also speak to ordinary Victorians, and other Australians, of their own experiences of this significant place. For indeed the Station Pier site has played its part in almost every milestone or phase in our history: at moments of celebration and commemoration, during economic booms and depressions, during times of war and peace. It has also won a place in the hearts of ordinary individuals affected by the welcomes and farewells they have experienced there: those for visiting royalty and celebrities, for servicemen and medical personnel off to war or returning home, for migrants from distant countries and refugees from war zones, for friends and family travelling for personal, professional or cultural reasons. Welcome & Farewell thoughtfully examines Station Pier’s significance and offers a splendid visual panorama of the experiences lived out there between 1854 and 2004.port melbourne, station pier -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Presentation kit, 150th Anniversary M&HB Railway, Aug 2004
Kit presented to attendees at celebratory breakfast for 150th Anniversary of the M&HB railway, in pink & copper. .02: Invitation to the breakfast .03: Badge '150 Victoria' gold coloured .04: Set of 4 railway postcards ('maximum cards') .05: Fridge magnet from PROV (grey & black) .06: Card designating table 16, where 9 PMH&PS members sat .07: "Sandridge Railway Trail" - DL tour guide .08: "Making Tracks" - DL brochure about RHSV exhibition .09: "Stampspotting" - DL exhibition brochure (Aust Post) .10: "Rebuilding Regional Rail" - A4 brochure re new developments in Vic Rail .11: "Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Victorin Railways" - double-sided A4 fact sheet, copper & pink .12: Seven related media releases from various auhorities .13 RHSV form for telling railway stories. (May be missing August 2013)transport - railways, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - railway pier, peter batchelor, department of infrastructure, melbourne & hobsons bay railway -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Badge - 150 Victoria, Aug 2004
Kit presented to attendees at celebratory breakfast for 150th Anniversary of the M&HB railway, in pink & copper. .03: Badge '150 Victoria' gold coloured transport - railways, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - railway pier, peter batchelor, department of infrastructure, melbourne & hobsons bay railway -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: HISTORY OF THE FIELD (GOLD)
Three pages of History of the Field, A Brief History of Mining in Bendigo. The history starts in 1851 when gold was discovered along the Bendigo Creek to 1992 when Bendigo Mining NL purchased the licences and infrastructure from WMC. There are four small photos: Two men working a puddling machine; Victoria Hill - 1850's Open Cut; Victoria Hill Quartz Mine, and the Central Deborah Mine. There is also a web address in the top right corner.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - history of the field (gold), mrs margaret kennedy, mrs farrell, edward nucella emmett, cave and amos, victoria quartz, new chum railway, bendigo amalgamated gold mies, bendigo mines ltd, deborah mines, william burrell, wmc, williams united, charshalton, bendigo mining nl, new bendigo project, trevor clark, shelley saunders, peter wiseman, new bendigo - 10 million ounces of gold -
Puffing Billy Railway
Equipment - Victorian Railways Carriage Foot Warmer
During prestige, long distance train journeys some carriages had air-conditioning, and the majority of passengers had to brave unheated carriages. To offer some comfort during the winter months, the non-air-conditioned carriages were provided with footwarmers. These were metal containers roughly 100 mm thick and 300 mm wide, and about 750 mm long, which were filled with salt crystals (concentrated crystalline hydrated sodium acetate). The footwarmers were covered by sleeves of thick canvas, and two footwarmers were usually placed in each compartment of non-air-conditioned carriages. To activate the chemicals, the footwarmers were heated almost to boiling point. This was done by removing the canvas sleeves and placing the footwarmers in a large bath of very hot water. After they had been heated, they were removed from the bath and the sleeves refitted. They were then ready to be placed in the carriages. The McLaren patent foot warmer was used on railways in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia as well as South Africa and New Zealand. It was during the 1901 royal visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall that these foot warmers were first used in New Zealand in the royal carriage. Before railway carriage heating was introduced, McLaren patent foot warmers were placed on the floor of New South Wales government railway carriages from 1891 to provide a little passenger comfort. The rectangular steel container worked a bit like a hot water bottle but instead of water contained six and a half kilograms of loosely-packed salt crystals, (concentrated crystalline hydrated sodium acetate). This was permanently sealed inside the container with a soldered cap. After the foot warmer was heated in vat of boiling water for about one and a quarter hours the crystals became a hot liquid. (The melting point for sodium acetate is 58 degrees). There was a whole infrastructure of special furnaces set up at stations for the daily heating of foot warmers. By 1914 the Victorian railways had 4,000 foot warmers in service and by 1935 there were 33 furnaces at principal stations to heat them. After about 10 hours the container was picked up by the handle and given a good vertical shake which helped the cooled liquid reform into a solid mass of hot crystals. Staff or sometimes passengers shook them en route when the foot warmers began to get cold. However, as they were heavy this was only possible by fit and agile passengers. At the end of the journey the containers were boiled again for reuse on the next trip. Sodium acetate railway foot warmers were introduced in Victoria in 1889, Adelaide to Melbourne express in 1899. "Shaking up" on this service took place at Murray Bridge and Stawell on the tip to Melbourne and at Ballarat and Serviceton on the trip to Adelaide. The use of foot warmers began to decline in New South Wales from the 1930s with the first trial of carriage air-conditioning in 1936, steam heating from 1948 ad LP gas heating from 1961. By the early 1960s the main services using foot warmers were the overnight mail trains. info from : http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=67564#ixzz4UBNzVf6t Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial There was a whole infrastructure set up at stations for the daily heating of foot warmers in special furnaces. In Victoria alone in 1935 there were 33 heating works.Historic - Victorian Railways - Carriage Heater - Foot warmerA rectangular-shaped stainless steel casing with a welded seam down the back and welded ends. There is a handle at one end for carrying and shaking. Inside the foot warmer are two baffle plates and three trays to contain the sodium acetate. There was a cast-iron ball in each internal compartment. puffing billy, victorian railways, carriage haeter, foot warmer, passenger comfort, station furnace, railway ephemera, early heating methods -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, "Fast Rail Links to Regional Centres", Feb. 2002
Pamphlet - 8 pages, centre stapled, full colour printed on heavy paper, titled "Fast Rail Links to Regional Centres", dated February 2002, outlining the Fast Rail to the regions, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Latrobe Valley by the Labour government as part of its "Linking Victoria" program. Has a image of the proposed Velocity of the front cover Has a forward by Steve Bracks, Peter Batchelor. Covers journey times, benefits, statement by David Vendy, Mayor of Ballarat, train services, benefits, land requirements safety and timetable for construction and contacts. Made by the Rail Projects Group of the Department of Infrastructure.trams, tramways, ballarat, railways, timetables, vline -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, "Linking Victoria - issue 1 February 2002", Feb. 2002
Book - 20 A4 pages, centre stapled printed on gloss paper titled "Linking Victoria - issue 1 February 2002", published by the Victorian Department of Infrastructure. Includes a message from Steve Bracks Premier and Peter Batchelor Minister for Transport. Looks at Transport Planning, Spencer St Station redevelopment, Fast rail regional links, passenger services, new low floor trams, notes Yarra and M>Tram rollingstock, route 109 to Box Hill, buses and other transport projects underway or planned. Not known if there were further publications with this title.trams, tramways, planning, doi, m>tram, spencer st, public transport, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, "A transport system that works for all Victorians", Apr. 2001
Report or Book - 28 A4 pages, full colour centre stapled printed on gloss paper titled "A transport system that works for all Victorians", published as a progress from the Bracks Government, April 2001. Includes a message from Peter Batchelor. Looks at the forward planning for transport in Victoria, including various public transport projects.trams, tramways, planning, doi, m>tram, spencer st, public transport, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, "Transport past gets $400,000 polish", 15/2/1995
Newspaper cutting from The Age, titled "Transport past gets $400,000 polish", about the expenditure on heritage transport infrastructure following a grant from Heritage Victoria. Includes the tramway poles in Dandenong Road, Peel St North Melbourne and railway station. Quotes Mr Brown, Transport Minister and Rohan Storey of the National Trust. Dated 15/2/1995.. Has a photo looking along Dandenong Road from an over bridge. Story by Bruce Tobin, Photo Michael Clayton-Jones.trams, tramways, overhead, heritage victoria, grants, poles, national trust -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Victorian Railway Station Diagrams 1956-1960 - Western District, 1956-1960
... Prahran railroad infrastructure - Victoria railroads - Victoria ...Railway diagrams of all the stations in the Western district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.maps, p.56.non-fictionRailway diagrams of all the stations in the Western district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.railroad infrastructure - victoria, railroads - victoria -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Victorian Railway Station Diagrams 1956-1960 - South Western District, 1956-1960
... Prahran railroad infrastructure - Victoria railroads - Victoria ...Railway diagrams of all the stations in the South Western district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.maps, p.76.non-fictionRailway diagrams of all the stations in the South Western district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.railroad infrastructure - victoria, railroads - victoria -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Victorian Railway Station Diagrams 1956-1960 - Eastern and South Eastern District, 1956-1960
... Prahran railroad infrastructure - Victoria railroads - Victoria ...Railway diagrams of all the stations in the Eastern and South Eastern district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.maps, p.67.non-fictionRailway diagrams of all the stations in the Eastern and South Eastern district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.railroad infrastructure - victoria, railroads - victoria -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Victorian Railway Station Diagrams 1956-1960 - North Eastern District, 1956-1960
... Prahran railroad infrastructure - Victoria railroads - Victoria ...Railway diagrams of all the stations in the North Eastern district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.maps, p.132.non-fictionRailway diagrams of all the stations in the North Eastern district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.railroad infrastructure - victoria, railroads - victoria -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Victorian Railway Station Diagrams 1956-1960 - Suburban District Part Two, 1956-1960
... Prahran railroad infrastructure - Victoria railroads - Victoria ...Railway diagrams of all the stations in the Suburban district of Melbourne Victoria in 1956 to 1960.maps, p.52.non-fictionRailway diagrams of all the stations in the Suburban district of Melbourne Victoria in 1956 to 1960.railroad infrastructure - victoria, railroads - victoria -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Victorian Railway Station Diagrams 1956-1960 - Suburban District Part One, 1956-1960
... Prahran railroad infrastructure - Victoria railroads - Victoria ...Railway diagrams of all the stations in the Suburban district of Melbourne Victoria in 1956 to 1960.maps, p.64.non-fictionRailway diagrams of all the stations in the Suburban district of Melbourne Victoria in 1956 to 1960.railroad infrastructure - victoria, railroads - victoria -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Victorian Railway Station Diagrams 1956-1960 - Northern and Midland District, 1956-1960
... Prahran railroad infrastructure - Victoria railroads - Victoria ...Railway diagrams of all the stations in the Northern and Midland district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.maps, p.43.non-fictionRailway diagrams of all the stations in the Northern and Midland district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.railroad infrastructure - victoria, railroads - victoria -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Victorian Railway Station Diagrams 1956-1960 - North Western District, 1956-1960
... Prahran railroad infrastructure - Victoria railroads - Victoria ...Railway diagrams of all the stations in the North Western district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.maps, p.84.non-fictionRailway diagrams of all the stations in the North Western district of Victoria in 1956 to 1960.railroad infrastructure - victoria, railroads - victoria -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, A Story of Stations The Architecture of Victoria's Railways in the Nineteenth Century, 2019
Details of the architecture of railway stations building in Victoria Australia in the 19th century.index, ill, maps, p.337.non-fictionDetails of the architecture of railway stations building in Victoria Australia in the 19th century.railroad infrastructure - victoria, railroads - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Beyond the Facade Flinders Street, more than just a railway station, 2008
A history of the Flinders St station and the shops and facilities in the 1910 built building.index, ill, p.338.non-fictionA history of the Flinders St station and the shops and facilities in the 1910 built building.railroad infrastructure - victoria, flinders st station - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Victorian Railways History Series No. 1 Lamps and Lighting, 2019
... Prahran railroad infrastructure - Victoria Railway lamps ...Details and history of railway lamps and station lighting on the Victorian Railways.index, ill, p.202.non-fictionDetails and history of railway lamps and station lighting on the Victorian Railways.railroad infrastructure - victoria, railway lamps and lighting - victoria - history