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8 Sep, 16 tweets, 8 min read

G'day Briagolong !
Briagolong branch line ran from Maffra to Briagolong.
Opened 1889 closed 1952. Goods mainly timber and agricultural produce including milk trains twice a day to Maffra.
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…

Track profile Maffra to Briagolong and track layouts.
victorianrailways.net/grades/briagal…

1928 timetable
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…
Passenger services Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays Maffra <> Briagolong. I expect it would have been possible to travel in the guard vans of goods trains on an opportunity basis as well.

BRIAGOLONG STATION - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Not dated probably c. 1900

Railway bridge over the Avon River at Bushy Park
facebook.com/MaffraHistSoc/…
Not dated. The cab shape, tender and dome position suggest a Q class 0-6-0. These were built Phoenix Ballarat 1873. Date is probably c. 1890 - 1900.

D1 540 up train on Avon river bridge 1933
facebook.com/MaffraHistSoc/…

Remains of the Bushy Park Weighbridge, which was at the railway station/siding/post office. It is seen here in 1965.
facebook.com/MaffraHistSoc/…

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"Main street in Briagolong, 1910" viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE4622… via @Library_Vic

1903 the Australian handbook described Briagolong as a thriving agricultural town.
victorianplaces.com.au/briagolong

D1 517 at Briagolong 1933
facebook.com/BriagolongHist…
Wood for boilers in factories in Maffra

Briagolong Station
facebook.com/BriagolongHist…
Not dated. Possibly opening of the line and the first train 1889.

Train at Boisdale.
Albert Fixter photo, 1924
facebook.com/BriagolongHist…

Avon River Bridge Briagolong Line looking towards Briagolong
Weston Langford 23 May 1958
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Six years after the line closed.

'Geoffrey Benton, with part of the old Maffra to Briagolong train line behind him, is working on a movie about the fascinating history of the line.'
Gippsland Times 11 Feb 2020
gippslandtimes.com.au/story/6622605/…

Boisdale beet siding and station, 1912
victorianplaces.com.au/node/68017

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10 Sep

Good Morning Beech Forest!
29.75 mile (47.6 km) narrow gauge line (2' 6" gauge) from Colac to Beech Forest. Opened on 1 March 1902, extended 14.11 miles (22.6 km) to Crowes on 20 November 1911.

Beech Forest had a reversing loop around a tennis court.
Layout 1949.
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
Line to Crowes bottom line of the two lines left.
Colac line on top.

Colac layout updated 1944
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
No dual gauge turntable at Colac (Moe and Wangaratta both had one). Use was made of the loop at Beech Forest to reverse locos to even wear. NG bottom of diagram.

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9 Sep

Good Morning Red Hill!
Red Hill line branched off from the Stony Point line at Bittern.
Opened 2 December 1921 closed 29 June 1953.

Line profile
victorianrailways.net/grades/redhill…

The Argus Sat 3 Dec 1921 Page 28
BITTERN-RED HILL LINE.
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
Details of the formal opening of the line. Full article at link.

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6 Sep

Patchewollock line
Sections opened:
1886 Murtoa - Warracknabeal
1893 Warracknabeal - Beulah
1894 Beulah - Hopetoun
1925 Hopetoun - Patchewollock (closed 1986)
Murtoa - Hopetoun converted to standard gauge 1995

1930 VR network
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…

1928 timetable
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…

Patchewollock Silo at end of track
Weston Langford 5 January 1958
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

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6 Sep

Yaapeet (originally known as Turkey Bottom). Line from Dimboola opened in stages, section Rainbow to Yaapeet open 1914. VR requested name change from Turkey Bottom to Yaapeet. The line was re-gauged to standard gauge in 1995.

1930 VR network
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…

1894 - Dimboola to Jeparit
1899 - Jeparit to Rainbow
1914 - Rainbow to Yaapeet
The Yanac branch from Jeparit opened in 1912 (closed 1984).

First sod turning for the extension from Rainbow to Yaapeet.
facebook.com/50055024336523…

The line was principally for transport of wheat.
Rail motor service to Rainbow ceased in 1954.

1928 Timetable
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…

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6 Sep

Carpolac
Carpolac line was a line serving grain silos in Victoria's Wimmera district. Horsham to East Natimuk opened in August 1887. East Natimuk to Goroke opened in July 1894 and to Carpolac in May 1927.
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…

CARPOLAC STATION - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

1928 timetable Mortat was the limit for passengers.
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…

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5 Sep

Good Morning Coleraine!
The Hamilton to Coleraine branch line opened in 1888, closed in 1977. Features of the line included 15 bridges (3 major works) and several massive embankments and cuttings. About 22 miles in length.
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…

Passengers waiting for train, Hamilton Railway Station, circa 1920
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795864
Cavendish opened 1915 was extended to Balmoral in 1920. So this is probably c. 1915-1919