bib, maps, p.80.non-fictionA thesis for the Master of Arts Preliminary Course of the History school at Melbourne University, on the empire building by the Victorian Railways with the Railway Construction act of 1884... known as the Octopus Act.victorian railways construction - history, railway expansion - victoria - history

bib, p.22.non-fictionAn economic history essay on the policies of the Victorian Government for building trunk railways in the 1870s and 1890s.railway construction - australia, victorian railways construction - history

This item was made for the Orbost Railway 100 Years Exhibition held at Orbost in March, 2016. It is a copy of an original paper delivered by Maurice Kernot to the Victorian Institute of Engineers in 1917. Maurice Edwin Kernot was the vice president and managed the construction of the Bairnsdale-Orbost Railway in 1912. The Bairnsdale-Orbost railway was opened in 1916 to serve the agricultural and timber industry. Because of the decline in traffic and heavy operating costs, the line was finally closed in August, 1987.This item is associated with the history of the Orbost-Bairnsdale railway line and therefore reflects the role that the rail line played in the social and economic history of Orbost.Seventeen pages of photocopied document in a black plastic folder. The pages are in separate sleeves. On the back is a price sticker $1 flat file Marbig Single - Red Orbost Authorid News.orbost-bairnsdale-railway east-gippsland-railway kernot-maurice railway

This photograph shows the pile drivers at work in the construction of the viaduct across the Snowy River flats. The Snowy River Floodplain Railway Bridges, two sequential and exceptionally long and low timber railway bridges on the Snowy River floodplain just west of Orbost, were built in 1916, and provided the original terminus point for the Bairnsdale-Orbost railway. The bridges are 770 metres and 183 metres long respectively. The shorter bridge is of uniformly 4.57 metre timber-beam construction, and has a sweeping curve in its deck. The longer bridge has a combination of 4.57 metre and 6.1 metrespans, and two 3.66 metre spans. The bridges are constructed from 'Southern Mahogany', Eucalyptus Botryoides, which grew along the coast east of Bairnsdale. The Snowy floodplain bridges were initially built in the context of an early twentieth-century interest in American-style 'Developmental Railways', designed to open remote areas to closer settlement, even if that meant running at a loss. The line was closed in August 1987. (information from Victorian Heritage Database)This item is associated with the history of the Orbost-Bairnsdale railway line and therefore reflects the role that the rail line played in the social and economic history of Orbost.A black / white photograph of the farming flats at Orbost during the construction of the East Gippsland railway.orbost-railway east-gippsland-railway viaduct-orbost transport railway

x, 150 p.; 21 cmnon-fictionThis book explores the construction, operation, and eventual closure of the railway line in South Gippsland, Victoria. (AI generated)koo wee rup (vic.), mcdonalds track railway

index, ill, p.248.non-fiction A history of the Victorian Railways Chief Mechanical Engineers Alfred.E. Smith and Fred.J.Shea.locomotive engineers - victoria - biography, locomotives - design and construction - history

ill, maps, p.31.non-fictionA history of the Tasmania railways both government and private to mark the centenary of the first railway in 1871.railway operations - tasmania - history, railway construction - tasmania - history

ill, maps, p.64.non-fictionA history of the Port Arthur Railway across the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania.railway operations - tasmania - history, railway construction - tasmania - history

ill, maps, p.74.non-fictionA brief history of the Launceston Western Railway Company Ltd and their railway from Launceston to Deloraine from 1867 to 1904. This includes their 5'3" gauge railway and the re-gauged 3'6" railway.railway operations - tasmania - history, railway construction - tasmania - history

index, ill, maps, p.64.non-fictionA brief history of the Tasmanian Government Railway branch line from Railton to Roland in Tasmania in the Municipality of Kentish.railway operations - tasmania - history, railway construction - tasmania - history

ill, p.52.non-fictionA pictorial history of the railways and tramways of western Tasmania including government and private, 3'6" gauge and smaller gauged tramways.railway operations - tasmania - history, railway construction - tasmania - history

ill, maps, p.162.non-fictionA history of the railways, locomotives and rollingstock of the Tasmania Government Railways from 1830 to 1962.railway operations - tasmania - history, railway construction - tasmania - history

index, ill, maps, p.212.non-fictionA history of the railways and tramways of the West Coast of Tasmania both private and government, 3'6" and narrower gauge lines.railway construction - tasmania - history, mineral industries -- tasmania

index, ill, maps, p.130.A illustrated history of the building of the line in South Gippsland Victoria.south gippsland - railways - history, railroad construction - victoria - history

index, ill, maps, p.104.non-fictionA history of the electrification of the Victorian railway in Melbourne and Gippsland.railway construction - victoria - history, electric trains - victoria - history

index, ill, p.184.non-fiction A short history of the Victorian Railwaysrailroads - victoria - history, railroad construction - 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.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.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.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.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

index, ill, maps, p.190.non-fictionA history of the Canterbury Provincial Railway out of Christchurch in the South Island New Zealand from it's 5'3" gauge days.railroads - new zealand - south island - history, railroads 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.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

ill, p.40.non-fictionA history of steam locomotives used by the New Zealand Public Works Department for construction and maintenance projects.railroad locomotives - new zealand - pictorial, railroads - new zealand - history

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