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Good Morning Werribee !

Werribee railway station. wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/148…
c. 1910. Original high pitched roof. Damaged by fire 1927

Werribee railway station. wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/148…

Steam train leaving Werribee Station
pictures.libraries.vic.gov.au/site/wyndham/m…
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Werribee's first railway station with the footbridge across the rail line and a gas light overhead
trove.nla.gov.au/work/191468190
X 355 0-6-0 these were built Phoenix Ballarat 1886-87
so date probably c. 1890

Werribee rail yards looking towards the rail crossing at Cherry Street.
wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/1402

A view of Station Street, Werribee, taken from the footbridge over the railway lines. c. 1917
wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/1400

Werribee Station Fire 1927
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…

Y CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.108. 1960'S SPECIAL TO WERRIBEE FROM FLINDERS STREET.
metadata.prov.vic.gov.au/imagefiles/128…

DRC40 at Werribee station
Taken just after a derailment of a wheat train which demolished most of the station.
1979
flickr.com/photos/1047318…

"A Very Fast Train and R707 cross at Werribee Station."
2007
flickr.com/photos/8779110…
V/Line VLocity
R707 ' City of Melbourne'

On 11 October 1979 a wheat train derailed and some wagons ploughed into the station building, partly demolishing it, and causing $2 million worth of damage at Werribee

UP view
robx1.net/b501_525/b510_…

Down view, derailed GY's, 14/10/1979
robx1.net/b501_525/b510_…

Down platform minus coping, 14/10/1979
robx1.net/b501_525/b510_…
Good view of the low pitched roof that was built after the fire in 1927.
Werribee station has had a few misfortunes!

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