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Sep 13, 2020, 16 tweets

Rushworth railway branched off the Goulburn Valley Line at Murchison East. Opened 1890.
Extended to Colbinabbin 1914, branch from Rushworth to Girgarre opened 1917.
Girgarre to Stanhope closed in 1975, rest closed 1987.
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…

Line profile Murchison East to Colbinabbin
victorianrailways.net/grades/murchcl…

RAILWAY STATION RUSHWORTH EARLY 1900's - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
"Arrival of midday train .. "
Locomotive is possibly a H class 4-4-0 built Phoenix Ballarat 1877. Last of the class scrapped 1917.

Colbinabbin railway station
bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/1756237/…
Not dated ? c. 1920/30s

End of the line at Girgarre , here the loco will return to Rushworth and then head out to Colbinabbin
John Phillips
pinterest.com.au/pin/4331900578…
Tour

Stanhope Looking towards Girgarre
Weston Langford 25 September 1975
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Rushworth Y 115 shunting
Weston Langford 25 September 1975
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Murchison East Goods from Rushworth Y 115
Weston Langford 25 September 1975
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

D3 676 at Girgarre 1963
geoffsrailpix.com/sep1963.html

A goods platform at Colbinabbin Railway Station circa 1940s
bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/1756240/…
Bagged wheat stacks

Rushworth 15 years after closure in 1987.
vicrailstations.com/Colbinabbin/Ru…

'Benalla artist takes isolation creativity to new heights painting six silos during coronavirus pandemic'
16 May 2020
abc.net.au/news/2020-05-1…
Artwork on six silos in Colbinabbin

Stanhope Up Goods
Weston Langford 25 September 1975
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

1928 timetable
Murchison East - Rushworth - Colbinabbin - Girgarre
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…

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