Thread by @ozbob13

Maryborough station was completed in 1890. Mark Twain observed in 1895 that Maryborough was "A railway station with a town attached".
A very grand station indeed.

Railway Station, Maryborough , 1901
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-146708…

Maryborough was a junction for 4 lines:
N. Dunolly and Mildura.
S. Ballarat
E. Castlemaine
W. Ararat
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…
Maryborough fist opened in 1874.

As befits a major junction station the track layout at Maryborough was complex.

Maryborough 1934
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…

Railway Station Maryborough. c. 1900s
viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE4888… via @Library_Vic
Loco at platform is 0-6-0 P 5 built Beyer Peacock 1859
On the shunt is loco 2-4-0 F 144 built Phoenix Ballarat ~1876

D242 train at Maryborough Railway Station
victoriancollections.net.au/items/597c628a… via @VicCollections
D242 4-4-0 was built Phoenix Ballarat 1888.
So photograph is c. 1890s ?

ETCHING FIRST TRAIN TO MARYBOROUGH GOODS 1874
metadata.prov.vic.gov.au/imagefiles/128…
loco is depicted as 2-4-0 with large drivers. Probably represents a B class. First B class locos built 1862 Beyer Peacock.

STAFF AT MARYBOROUGH 1893
metadata.prov.vic.gov.au/imagefiles/128…

MARYBOROUGH REFRESHMENT ROOMS
metadata.prov.vic.gov.au/imagefiles/128…
Not dated ..

(OLD) S CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE S205 AT MARYBOROUGH 1890
metadata.prov.vic.gov.au/imagefiles/128…
S205 4-6-0 built Phoenix Ballarat 1883

MARYBOROUGH STATION PLATFORM HOARDINGS ADVERTISING BALLARAT STOUT AND BITTER, VICTORIA PALACE, BOVRIL, ROBUR AND ROBOLEINE. AEC BEETLE RAIL MOTOR AND STATION BUILDING IN BACKGROUND
metadata.prov.vic.gov.au/imagefiles/128…
Not dated ? c. 1930

A2 CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.905
MARYBOROUGH 1948
metadata.prov.vic.gov.au/imagefiles/128…

MELBOURNE - MARYBOROUGH VIA CASTLEMAINE LINE 100 YEARS OF SERVICE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS MINUTES OF MARYBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL COPIED 7-7-1974
metadata.prov.vic.gov.au/imagefiles/129…

MARYBOROUGH RAIL STATION 100 YEARS CELEBRATIONS ETC 1974
metadata.prov.vic.gov.au/imagefiles/128…

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
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155037…

Maryborough A71 is running around its train of 5 carriages on the "Sunraysia" daylight train to Mildura. It was diverted via Castlemaine for around three months, providing rare opportunities for photos. 11.38am. 1/8/89
stationspast.net/victoria/balla…

Was closed in 1993 when Vinelander ceased. Passenger services restored between Ballarat and Maryborough in 2010.
In 2006/07 Maryborough station building restored.

VLiner at Maryborough July 2010. Return of passenger services.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VLin…
Note dual gauge track.

First Railway Station, Maryborough July1874
cv.vic.gov.au/stories/a-dive…
Looks like opening day. Loco could be a B class, hard to discern. Cab windows are a match.

The new station was built over the old station.
Maryborough Railway Station in the early 1900s.
cv.vic.gov.au/stories/a-dive…
Loco in foreground is probably a F class 2-4-0

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