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Good Morning Darling ! 😘
Darling opened 1890 on the Burnley to Waverley Road line connecting with outer circle railway. Line beyond Darling closed in 1895
Burnley to Darling sparked 1922
Extended to East Malvern 1929, Glen Waverley 1930.
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1890…
1890 vs 1900

Darling to Burnley shuttle at Darling c. 1915
victorianrailways.net/photogallery/s…
Loco E 354 2-4-2T built Phoenix Ballarat 1889.

Darling layout 1929.
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
Karnak was changed to East Malvern 1929.

Glen Iris to Darling duplicated 1956.

Y 397 sign on front of engine has faint writing - 'Darling Glen Iris Lines.' at Glen Iris.
museumsvictoria.com.au/railways/image…
Y 397 0-6-0 built Phoenix Ballarat 1889

Gigantic subdivisional sale of Craigmore, E. Malvern, the Home Farm and part of twickenham Estates, Glen Iris : 315 acres at and around Darling railway station, Malvern East viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE7190… via @Library_Vic
1907. Outer circle railway shown, and a possible station.

Darling to near Mount Waverley duplicated 1958 & completed to Glen Waverley 1964.

Lawrence Road bridge over Glen Waverley railway line Mount Waverley
Wilfred Disney Chapman c. 1930
flickr.com/photos/monlib/…
Single Tait motor car. Probably East Malvern to Glen Waverley shuttle.

'The section of track from East Malvern to Glen Waverley was host to Australia's first Centralised Traffic Control (CTC) system, which became operational on September 7, 1958.'

Darling - Glen Iris Up Goods J 509
Weston Langford 23 October 1961
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Darling J 509
Weston Langford 23 October 1961
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Darling J 509
Weston Langford 23 October 1961
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Railway bridge over Warrigal Road under construction, Chadstone 1929
flickr.com/photos/monlib/…

Scenic View Estate GlenWaverley (sic), 1930
flickr.com/photos/monlib/…

F 140 with train at Darling 1908 "Flinders St"
mbemalvern.com.au/mhs/wp-content…
F 140 2-4-0 built Phoenix Ballarat c. 1877.

Hitachi 46M looks onto the ballast train at Darling whilst waiting to return the city
Saturday, 19th August 2006
Photo: James Hansen
vicsig.net/photo/6009

Glen Waverley, official opening, 5th May, 1930
flickr.com/photos/1439961…
Desto " DARLING "

SWING DOOR DOGBOX ELECTRIC TRAIN AT GLEN WAVERLEY STATION FOR THE OPENING - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
1930

Last train on Outer Circle railway, 1895
flickr.com/photos/1439961…
At Burwood. E class tank.

K153 at Darling 2007
stonnington.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus…

Construction work. Darling to Glen Waverley Line. viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE4834… via @Library_Vic 1928

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