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Good morning Outtrim!

Outtrim banch line was 6 mile (10 km) long, connected with the main line near Korumburra railway station. Was for coal workings in the Outtrim area. Opened to Jumbunna 1894, Outtrim 1896. Outtrim to Jumbunna closed 1951, Jumbunna to Korumburra closed 1953.
Outtrim Railway Station
c. 1900
researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/H…
Outtrim, showing the cutting. Road bridge overhead.
This was the deepest cutting on the VR system, and was done with pick and shovel.
inverlochhistory.com/exhibition-201…
c. 1919.
D1 571 is pictured waiting to return to Korumburra at Outtrim railway station
facebook.com/swgt.org.au/ph…
North Outtrim
victoriancollections.net.au/items/5bc0b733… via @VicCollections
Locomotive appears to be S class 4-6-0. Built Phoenix Ballarat 1883. Not dated ? early 1900s.
Outtrim mine. This is were the line effectively terminated.l
victoriancollections.net.au/items/5bc0b864… via @VicCollections
Cutting at Outtrim. Township in background.
inverlochhistory.com/exhibition-201…
Outtrim was a busy township in its day. In 1902 around 2500 residents with 350 children at the local state school
Outtrim. Train has left Outtrim station and is heading towards North Outtrim.
inverlochhistory.com/exhibition-201…
The trainload of coal is shown climbing the 1 in 45 grade just north of the terminus. c. 1896
victorianrailways.net/photogallery/e…
W155 4-6-0 built by Baldwin USA c. 1880
House Moving Outtrim
victoriancollections.net.au/items/5bc0bc5e…
Bullock teams.
Outtrim declined from 1903. Concise history > victorianplaces.com.au/outtrim
It is very well documented with photographs. Plenty here > victoriancollections.net.au/organisations/…

Southern end of the long, deep cutting 2015
abandonedbutnotforgotten1.blogspot.com/2015/07/korumb…
The Jumbunna Embankment just before Outrim on the Korumburra - Outrim branch, now closed.
This was reputed to be the largest earthern embankment constucted by the Victorian Railways.
Stunning! Recorded 2017.
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Good Morning Waubra !

VR branchline to Waubra was opened in 1889. In 1931, passenger services were withdrawn and the line continued as a "goods only" line through to its closure in January 1968.
(upper top left of track diagram)
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930… Image
F-class steam locomotive hauling passenger carriages and goods trucks, Waubra, 1910
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795826
F-class 2-4-0 type steam locomotive No.126 (built by Phoenix Foundry Co., of Ballarat, 1876) Image
Meeting of the Waubra Farmers Association and the rail goods shed Waubra, 1910
waubra.org.au/our-area/histo…
Waubra was around 16 miles from Ballarat by rail. Image
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Good Morning Lilydale !

Lilydale Railway Station, 1907
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum
ww1.yrrmuseumcollection.com/Presto/search/…
Train from either Warburton or Healesville is arriving. Image
Lilydale opened 1882, Healesville 1889, Warburton 1901.
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1920…
Lilydale station had refreshment rooms from 1914. Image
Railway Station, Lilydale, 1910
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum
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Good Morning Strzelecki !
Branch line from Koo Wee Rup, ~30 miles (49 km).
Opened 1922. Section Triholm - Strzelecki closed 1930 due to a 'swaying' trestle bridge which VR decided to not repair. Yannathan to Triholm was closed on 7 August 1941.
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…
NEW RAILWAY.
Koo-wee-rup to Strzlecki.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) Tue 27 Jun 1922
Page 4
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
Strezlecki line was also known as McDonald's Track Railway.
Bayles to Yannathan closed on 15 April 1950. The line to Bayles was kept open until 4 February 1959 to serve a butter factory.
Yannathan Station, Easter 1940
…eycardinialinkstoourpast.blogspot.com/2008/05/railwa…
D1 locomotive 4-6-0
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