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RB Dow Public transport advocate Ex soldier RAAMC PTE CPL SGT SSGT LT CAPT (Ret'd) Retired Medical Scientist FAIMS

Sep 13, 2020, 18 tweets

Good Morning Picola!
Nurmurka to Nathalia railway opened 1888,
extended to Picola in 1896.
Picola was a railhead for loading of wheat, livestock and timber.
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…

PICOLA STATION COPIED FROM COMMISSIONERS TOUR - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
c. 1950s ?

Picola station c. 1890s.
Timber via bullock train. Sleepers.
Lost Picola
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Loaded sleepers at Picola
Lost Picola
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N class at Picola. c. 1930s.
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Number is not readable but would have been between 110 - 139. These locos were renumbered 1949.

"Wheat special Picola 1933"
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N class, probably the same loco in previous photograph.

Picola 1933
Sleepers
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Goods train between Nathalia & Picola 1960s.
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Picola silo 1960s
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railway trucks on the right

1928 timetable Numurkah - Picola
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…

Picola AREA Special 13 RM
Weston Langford 3 May 1975
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Picola Down AREA Special 13 RM
Weston Langford 3 May 1975
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13 RM was a 102hp Walker railmotor.

Picola to Numurkah closed 1986.

Numurkah Up AREA Special from Picola and Down Tocumwal Passenger T 398
Weston Langford 3 May 1975
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Q CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AT NATHALIA DRIVER S WILSON - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Q class locos built Phoenix Ballarat 1873. The last was sold off in 1908. This photograph is probably shortly after the line opened c. 1890.

NATHALIA PLATFORM AND STATION YARD - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
c. 1900s.

Nathalia Down AREA Special 13 RM
Weston Langford 3 May 1975
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Picola Yard scene from platform looking East
Weston Langford 15 May 2010
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