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Good Morning Castlemaine !

CASTLEMAINE STATION AND O CLASS STEAM LOCO No.41
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O 41 (0-6-0) was built in 1862 Stephenson England.
Castlemaine opened in 1862. Photograph ? c. 1870/80s

CASTLEMAINE STATION
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Not dated. Signal box was built ~1888. Probably early 1900s.

Castlemaine 1889. Termini of the Maldon and Moolort (cross-country line which connected Maryborough and Castlemaine) lines, and on mainline to Bendigo etc.
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CASTLEMAINE STATION PARCELS OFFICE c1924
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CASTLEMAINE PLATFORM HOARDINGS, SIGNAL BOX AND FREIGHT TRAIN
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? c. 1920s

RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER CALDER HIGHWAY CASTLEMAINE APRIL 1919 STEAM HAUL TRAIN ON BRIDGE
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Loco looks like a DD to me. 4-6-0 261 of them built between 1902-1920.

Goods train coming into Maryborough Victoria, from Castlemaine Victoria, behind locomotives J537 and R747 at 11.35 am on the 14th of June 1965
Keith Turton
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Locomotive C22 [on] down passenger [train] at Castlemaine, December 1948] [picture] / R. B. McMillan
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Railway station and gaol, Castlemaine
c. 1870-5
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Castlemaine Railway Station c. 1940
viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1159… via @Library_Vic

For anyone interested some more photographs of Castlemaine railway at victorianrailways.net/photogallery/n…
The view looking south (towards Melbourne)
David Langley June 1978

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