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A brief history of the railway station at Gordon on the Melbourne to Ballarat line from its construction to its restoration by the Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division.
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A brief history of the railway to Lilydale in Melbourne Victoria.
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A brief history of the Fitzroy and Whittlesea Railway 1889-1959 including current day operations.
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A descriptive history and lineside guide of the railways in the Daylesford District 1880-1978.
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A thesis on the effects of the building of the Australian Railways during the 19th century as part of an Honors Degree of a Bachelor of Economics.
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Reminiscence of railwayman Lloyd Holmes and his time working on the New South Wales and Victorian Railways in the 1950s.
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The life and times of Victorian Railway engine man Gerald Dee.
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A history of the Victorian Railways from 1854 to 2004 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the railway to Port Melbourne.
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A pictorial view of recent Victorian rail operations in the late 1980s & 1990s.
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A collection of railway photographs from Peter J.O. Ralph.
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Photographs of steam locomotives in Victoria.
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A collection of railway photographs from Michael Schrader.
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Reminiscence and anecdotes by the late Douglas McNaughton Trainor an employee of the Victorian Railways from 1921 to 1931.
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A promotional brochure from the Minister of Transport about public transport and the Country Roads Board.
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A brief history of the Victorian Railways condensed from the a history compiled by Leo J. Harrigan, for the celebration of the centenary of the opening of the railway to Port Melbourne.
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A thesis presented by Paul Francis Fearon to the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies about Boroondara's aspiration for a much-derided nineteenth century railway, as part of a Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in the field of History for the Faculty of Arts Melbourne University.
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A booklet produced on the occasion of a visit by the Victorian Railways Board to Deniliquin to celebrate the centenary of the railways opening in 1876.
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