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Good Morning Gembrook!
Gembrook terminal station on the VR narrow gauge (2' 6" gauge) railway from Upper Ferntree Gully. Opened 1900 closed 1954. Subsequently re-opened 1998 Puffing Billy Railway - Belgrave to Gembrook.
members.optusnet.com.au/~narrow.gauge/…
"Railway station, Gembrook" viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE40505 via @Library_Vic
c. 1900 not long after opening
Gembrook layout in VR operation.
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
Gembrook yard had a number of timber tramway connections. The tramways varied over the years but they allowed transfer of timber to the VR goods trucks. Tramways were 3' 6" or 3' gauge.
members.optusnet.com.au/~narrow.gauge/…
Tramways marked as red, VR 2' 6' purple.
Russell's Mill yard at Gembrook.
P G Dow c. 1949.
This was 3' gauge. The lady is my Nanna.
Earlier photograph of the same motor. Known as 'Rolls Can’ardly'
P G Dow c. 1935
Boy on the left my father, right uncle.
15A working down Saturday mixed train up the last 1 in 30 grade from Cockatoo towards Gembrook, near the site of Fielder in 1934
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155039…
The Age (Melbourne, Vic) Thu 27 Dec 1900 Page 6
THE GEMBROOK RAILWAY
A NARROW GAUGE EXPERIMENT
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
Interesting article after the line had been opened for a week.
Full article at link.
Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook line profile
members.optusnet.com.au/~narrow.gauge/…
First train to Gembrook 18 Dec 1900
puffingbilly.com.au/about/history-…
Note the NA is a compound. Loco is NA 4A built Newport June 1900. The other compound VR NA was 2A.
The line to Gembrook was closed in 1953 as a result of a landslide. The line officially reopened on Sunday 18 October 1998, a magnificent effort.

Gembrook 14A shunting Shakedown Special
Weston Langford 26 September 1998
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Film:
Gembrook Railway 1947-48

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