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Powelltown railway station c. 1920 viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE5269… via @Library_Vic
The Powelltown Tramway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge tramway that operated between Powelltown and Yarra Junction, Vic, operated between 1913 and 1945.

@Library_Vic My father Bruce (the younger lad) and Uncle Ian at Powelltown c. 1936. Photograph P G Dow

@Library_Vic Powelltown train at Yarra Junction 1936. Ian and Bruce are looking out of the windows of the carriage.
PG Dow 1936

@Library_Vic Powelltown train at Blacksands 1939
PG Dow

@Library_Vic The Powelltown mill had a Shay locomotive to haul logs on the steep logging lines.
c. 1939 PG Dow

@Library_Vic Powelltown foot of steep haulage - Shay locomotive
c. 1939 PG Dow

@Library_Vic The Powelltown tramway Guards van. Abandoned at Powelltown 1957. PG Dow

@Library_Vic 'Railway Station, Yarra Junction'
Date c1920s-1930s
VR 5' 3" and the tramway 3' gauge.
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum
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