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Good Morning Wonthaggi!
The Wonthaggi line branched of the South Gippsland line at Nyora. Open 1910 closed 1978. The line was built for coal transport, but passenger and general goods services provided. Extensions were built to access coal mines.
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Line profile Nyora - Wonthaggi
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W CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES No.231 AND UNKNOWN No. LEAVING WONTHAGGI STATE COAL MINE CIRCA 1910
Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
W 4-6-0 built Baldwin USA 1879-83
'Departure of the 5 o'clock Double-Header'

WONTHAGGI STATION GENERAL VIEW APPROXIMATELY 1918 DD CLASS LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

Entrance To Railway Station Wonthaggi viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1265… via @Library_Vic
c. 1918

Railway Station, Wonthaggi, Vic. viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE8755… via @Library_Vic
c. 1930

Rail trucks at State coal mine, Wonthaggi, circa 1919
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795882

WONTHAGGI MIXED TRAIN CROSSING POWLETT RIVER W CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE CIRCA 1910 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Possibly W 155

1928 Nyora - Wonthaggi timetable
2 services to and from Melbourne daily ..
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…
Passenger services from Nyora to Wonthaggi were withdrawn on 4 Dec 1977 with the last train being a 153hp Walker railmotor.

TRAIN LOAD BLACK COAL STATE COAL MINE WONTHAGGI 18TH JULY 28 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Loco C class 2-8-0 number 10. Built at Newport c. 1920

Kilcunda railway station viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE7249… via @Library_Vic c. 1925.
The Wonthaggi line was right on the beach at Kilcunda.
I used to fish on this beach for Australian Salmon in the surf. A dangerous beach for swimming.

Kilcunda Trestle looking towards Wonthaggi
Weston Langford 9 May 1977
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Kilcunda Trestle Up Railcar 102 HP DRC -1
Weston Langford 9 May 1977
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Weston took this photograph from the beach.

Kilcunda up side Mile 78.25 Up Goods J 500
Weston Langford 15 October 1965
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J518 hauls an up Wonthaggi goods over the Bourne Creek Trestle Bridge at Kilcunda on Wednesday the 16th of November 1960.
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Bass Coast Rail Trail
Wonthaggi to Woolamai
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The bridge is now part of the rail trail.

Wonthaggi railway station - rail trail
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Wonthaggi 34 RM 61 MT
Weston Langford 3 December 1977
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Last day.

Film:
Wonthaggi Railway Line before closure

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