Thread by @ozbob13

Good Morning Picola!
Nurmurka to Nathalia railway opened 1888,
extended to Picola in 1896.
Picola was a railhead for loading of wheat, livestock and timber.
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…

PICOLA STATION COPIED FROM COMMISSIONERS TOUR - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
c. 1950s ?

Picola station c. 1890s.
Timber via bullock train. Sleepers.
Lost Picola
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Loaded sleepers at Picola
Lost Picola
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N class at Picola. c. 1930s.
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Number is not readable but would have been between 110 - 139. These locos were renumbered 1949.

"Wheat special Picola 1933"
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N class, probably the same loco in previous photograph.

Picola 1933
Sleepers
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Goods train between Nathalia & Picola 1960s.
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Picola silo 1960s
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railway trucks on the right

1928 timetable Numurkah - Picola
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…

Picola AREA Special 13 RM
Weston Langford 3 May 1975
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Picola Down AREA Special 13 RM
Weston Langford 3 May 1975
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13 RM was a 102hp Walker railmotor.

Picola to Numurkah closed 1986.

Numurkah Up AREA Special from Picola and Down Tocumwal Passenger T 398
Weston Langford 3 May 1975
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Q CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AT NATHALIA DRIVER S WILSON - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Q class locos built Phoenix Ballarat 1873. The last was sold off in 1908. This photograph is probably shortly after the line opened c. 1890.

NATHALIA PLATFORM AND STATION YARD - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
c. 1900s.

Nathalia Down AREA Special 13 RM
Weston Langford 3 May 1975
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Picola Yard scene from platform looking East
Weston Langford 15 May 2010
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