Poonboon (later known as Stony Crossing) railway.
Kerang to Murrabit opened 1924. Murrabit to Poonboon NSW 1928. Constructed as part of the Border Railways Act 1922.
Combined rail/road bridge at Gonn Crossing on Murray River was opened on 1 July 1926 vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…
Line profile Kerang to Stony Crossing
A turning triangle was provided at Stony Crossing victorianrailways.net/grades/stonex.…
Line was flat, down and up permitted loads equal.
First all-steel construction lift span bridge across the Murray and was designed to carry road and rail traffic. Using the winch lifting device one man can lift the span in about 5 minutes. The rail component of the bridge closed in 1943. flickr.com/photos/boobook…
Stony Crossing viewed from up end of triangle looking towards end of track
Weston Langford 2 January 1959https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/133569/
'Official bridge keeper “Scottie”. He lived in a railway hut at the bridge where the road now lies, and wore a railway uniform with “Bridge Keeper” on his cap' 1938. facebook.com/18377299398488…
20 April 1961 a steam locomotive had an accident on a small bridge between Kerang and Murrabit, and services between Kerang and Murrabit were suspended.
Closed 20 Dec 1961.
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