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VR Oxley Railway Station (Wangaratta-Whitfield Line 2'6" Gauge) with three NQ Type open wagons stored in goods siding [c.1930s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/4934

Whitfield 1954
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitfield…

Rekindling memories of the ‘Spirit of Salts’ wangarattachronicle.com.au/2017/10/02/rek… via @wangchronicle

@wangchronicle 'Spirit of Salts' motor trolley service which used to ply the railway linking Wangaratta to Whitfield through the first half of the 20th Century.
Source ARHS Film Strip. Not dated but probably 1940s ..

@wangchronicle On a run. Looks like Whitfield ? ..
Source ARHS Film Strip. Not dated but probably 1940s ..

@wangchronicle Wangaratta yard c. 1949 NG rollingstock, possibly a NA in the distance.
PG Dow
(Another VR yard with a double slip .. )

@wangchronicle Slightly different view of Wangaratta yard, NG side.
Certainly looks like a NA down there ..
PG Dow c. 1949

@wangchronicle Yes, it's a NA 😆
Wangaratta c. 1949 PG Dow

@wangchronicle A train on the Whitfield line.
Not dated.
kingvalley.org.au/tag/spirit-sal…

@wangchronicle I think the lad on the left of the photograph is my father. The other Uncle.

@wangchronicle This is an interesting photograph. I looks like it was taken not long after the NG was lifted. So date is probably c. 1956.
Wangaratta yard
trove.nla.gov.au/version/255648…

@wangchronicle Wangaratta Narrow Gauge Rails at Hume Highway Level Crossing Looking North
Weston Langford 1972
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

@wangchronicle Wangaratta Down side remains of narrow gauge
Weston Langford 1960
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

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