Thread by @ozbob13

Good Morning Gembrook!
Gembrook terminal station on the VR narrow gauge (2' 6" gauge) railway from Upper Ferntree Gully. Opened 1900 closed 1954. Subsequently re-opened 1998 Puffing Billy Railway - Belgrave to Gembrook.
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"Railway station, Gembrook" viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE40505 via @Library_Vic
c. 1900 not long after opening

Gembrook layout in VR operation.
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Gembrook 1912
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Gembrook yard had a number of timber tramway connections. The tramways varied over the years but they allowed transfer of timber to the VR goods trucks. Tramways were 3' 6" or 3' gauge.
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Tramways marked as red, VR 2' 6' purple.

Russell's Mill yard at Gembrook.
P G Dow c. 1949.
This was 3' gauge. The lady is my Nanna.
Earlier photograph of the same motor. Known as 'Rolls Can’ardly'
P G Dow c. 1935
Boy on the left my father, right uncle.

15A working down Saturday mixed train up the last 1 in 30 grade from Cockatoo towards Gembrook, near the site of Fielder in 1934
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic) Thu 27 Dec 1900 Page 6
THE GEMBROOK RAILWAY
A NARROW GAUGE EXPERIMENT
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Interesting article after the line had been opened for a week.
Full article at link.

Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook line profile
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First train to Gembrook 18 Dec 1900
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Note the NA is a compound. Loco is NA 4A built Newport June 1900. The other compound VR NA was 2A.

The line to Gembrook was closed in 1953 as a result of a landslide. The line officially reopened on Sunday 18 October 1998, a magnificent effort.

Gembrook 14A shunting Shakedown Special
Weston Langford 26 September 1998
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Film:
Gembrook Railway 1947-48