Thread by @ozbob13

Good Morning Wahgunyah!
The Wahgunyah branch line left the NE line at Springhurst and ran northwards to the Murray River. Opened in 1879, services suspended in 1995. Passenger services withdrawn on 13 April 1962. This was the last mixed train service to operate in Victoria.

D3 635 on Springhurst-Wahgunyah mixed train
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155017…
c. 1940s

Springhurst - Wahgunyah 1928 timetable
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…

Springhurst layout 1950.
Junction for the Wahgunyah branch (top right)
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…

The Wahgunyah mixed shortly after leaving Springhurst.
P G Dow 1950

Wahgunyah Line at Black Dog Creek Down Car Goods (mixed train)
D3 Class
Weston Langford 27 May 1960
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Springhurst to Wahgunyah grade profile
victorianrailways.net/grades/wagunya…

Station and yard at Wahgunyah 1956
Andrew Blair
vicsig.net/infrastructure…

K184 with a special train in the goods shed at Wahgunyah
Andrew Blair 1973
vicsig.net/photo/9310

The Railway Station Rutherglen c. 1910
viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE5219… via @Library_Vic
Locomotive T 125
0-6-0 built Beyer Peacock Manchester 1873

Lilliput station
vicrailstations.com/Wahgunyah/Lill…

Slideshow:
Black & white photos of Y169 from Springhurst to Wahgunyah and return on Thursday 2 October 1986

Post by @danielbowen
'The old railway line to Rutherglen and Wahgunyah'
2 December 2013
danielbowen.com/2013/12/02/old…

Wahgunyah Up 'Lil Red' No 1 and trailer
Weston Langford 28 Dec 2002
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
After closure 'Green TRail Associates Group' operated a trolley service between Wahgunyah & Rutherglen for a number of years, known as the 'Stringybark Express - Lil Red Postal Motor'.

Rutherglen to Wahgunyah is now a rail trail
explorerutherglen.com.au/listing/murray…

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