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Good Morning Upper Ferntree Gully!

The Railway Station, Ferntree Gully, Vic. viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE8713… via @Library_Vic
This is Upper Ferntree Gully. Note the VR narrow gauge rollingstock on the high side.
> c. 1940s ?

"FROM THE FERNTREE GULLY RAILWAY STATION, VIC." viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE8970… via @Library_Vic
Is UFTG. Before sparking. c. 1920

Layout Upper Ferntree Gully 1931. Was sparked 1925.
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NARROW GAUGE TRAIN NA CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.11 UPPER FERNTREE GULLY
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> c. 1940s
Excellent passenger transfer between the broad gauge and the narrow gauge at UFTG.

UPPER FERNTREE GULLY NARROW GAUGE TRANSFER SIDINGS
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The line on the right is the line to Gembrook.
? c. 1940s

OPENING OF ELECTRIFICATION TO UPPER FERNTREE GULLY STATION CIRCA 1925
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PUFFING BILLY TESTING AUTOMATIC SIGNALS BETWEEN UPPER FERNTREE GULLY AND TECOMA 1920S - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

DECEMBER 1954 UPPER FERNTREE GULLY US BUS AT STATION - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

UPPER FERNTREE GULLY STATION
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Shortly after sparking. c. 1926/27

HAROLD CLAPP GIVING SPEECH ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF ELECTRIC TRAIN TO FERNTREE GULLY
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1925

RY CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.461 AND Y CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.391 ON DOWN FERNTREE GULLY SUNDAY EXCURSION AT AUBURN 8-3-1914
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STAFF AT UPPER FERNTREE GULLY STATION
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Not dated, but probably the day the electrification was opened. c. 1925.

NA 7A at UFTG. Tait train in the background.
This was taken during the last runs of ' Puffing Billy ' prior to permanent closure UFTG - Belgrave section.
P G Dow c. 1955.

NG coal stage at UFTG
P G Dow c. 1955

Upper Ferntree Gully.
P G Dow c. 1955

Myself (blue jumper) and Uncle on the narrow gauge platform at UFTG.
P G Dow c. 1956.

Earthworks between UFTG and Belgrave for the broad gauge. Must have been summer, I don't have a jumper!
P G Dow c. 1959

K and NA at Upper Ferntree Gully c. 1955
P G Dow

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