Historical information

The Sunshine rail disaster occurred at the Sunshine Station which is the junction for the Ballarat and Bendigo railway lines.
On April 20th1908, 44 people were killed and over 400 were injured when the Bendigo passenger train collided with the Ballarat mail train.

Physical description

Collection of historical documents relating to Sunshine railways.

Inscriptions & markings

Sunshine Railway Disaster Plaque Unveiling 1998 with photographs Speech by Ian Baker. List of people killed. History of Braybrook Junction. The Deer Park Workmen's Trains 1929 - 1954