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Good Morning Noojee!
Noojee line opened in stages:
12 May 1890 (Warragul to Rokeby),
18 March 1892 (Rokeby to Neerim South),
27 March 1917 (Neerim South to Nayook),
26 April 1919 (Nayook to Noojee)
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…
Noojee Railway Station c1919
Greenwood collection
flickr.com/photos/7849945…
Possibly the ' opening ' to Noojee
V511 built Phoenix Ballarat 1902
Originally compound converted to simple expansion c. 1912.
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ON RAILWAY BRIDGE, NOOJEE LINE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Noojee trestle bridge built 1919, in 1939 was completely burnt down and rebuilt in the same year. Bridge spans 102 meters and is 21 meters high.
Steam locomotive V-521 at Noojee Station
1921 J.F. Bawden
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155050…
V class 2-8-0 The last V class was scrapped 1930.
K 2-8-0 and N 2-8-2 locos were also used regularly on the line.
Warragul was the junction station for the Noojee branch line. The line to Neerim (Noojee) top right of the diagram.
translink.com.au
Noojee, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 1934
CreatorC Henshaw, 1934
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795741
Loco possibly K class.
1928 timetable for Warragul - Noojee passenger services
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…
Dedicated passenger services ceased 1930. Replaced by road coach, but travel was possible on the less frequent freight trains with a carriage attached.
Four men standing on the charred remnants of the trestle railway bridge after the bushfires, Noojee, Victoria, 13 January 1939
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-141683…
Timber tramway Noojee c. 1934
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795742
There was more than 200 km of tramways around the rail head at Noojee. Timber was the main freight on the line.
Steam locomotive K107, holiday special passenger train arriving at Noojee Station April 1935
John Buckland
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155051…
Goodwood Timber Company, Noojee
3'6'' gauge 2-6-0 loco built by Beyer Peacock
ex WAGR 'A' Class no. 5 and ex WA Goldfields Firewood Supply Company (Kurrawang)
J.L. Buckland 1936
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155028…
Appears to be adjacent to 5' 3" siding.
Noogee - June 1933
flickr.com/photos/5452214…
Appears to be on the 3' 6" gauge tramway.
Neerim- Noojee Railway opening 1919
flickr.com/photos/7849945…
Line closed beyond Nayook on 27 March 1954.
Nayook and Warragul closed in 1958.
Last train to from Nayook was when residents travelled by train to Warragul on 3 March 1954 to see Queen Elizabeth.
The Noojee Railway Station Precinct
noojeerailwaystationprecinct.com
J 550 is on display.
Noojee Trestle Bridge Rail Trail
visitvictoria.com/regions/Gippsl…
Restored Noojee Trestle Bridge short scenic trail
Correct link for the diagram is victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
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