Good Morning Cressy!
Cressy was at the junction of two cross-country lines and was an important railway centre. The line from Colac reached Cressy 1910, Newtown 1911. The Gheringhap - Cressy - Maroona line completed 1913.
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Cressy was at the junction of two cross-country lines and was an important railway centre. The line from Colac reached Cressy 1910, Newtown 1911. The Gheringhap - Cressy - Maroona line completed 1913.
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CRESSY STATION BUILDING - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
CRESSY STATION BUILDING, PLATFORM AND SIGNAL BOX FROM TRACK SIDE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Cressy Railway Station viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1251… via @Library_Vic c. 1914
Locomotive is R class 321 0-6-0 (later old R class) built Phoenix Ballarat c. 1883.
Locomotive is R class 321 0-6-0 (later old R class) built Phoenix Ballarat c. 1883.
Cressy Station viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1250… via @Library_Vic 1914
A good view of the facilities when first opened. The station building, signal box and refreshment rooms added a few years later. Cressy was a busy place, in 1916, on a single day 26 trains passed through Cressy.
A good view of the facilities when first opened. The station building, signal box and refreshment rooms added a few years later. Cressy was a busy place, in 1916, on a single day 26 trains passed through Cressy.
D2 CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.702 ON GOODS TRAIN AT CRESSY - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
REMAINS OF UP DISTANT SIGNAL ON IRREWARRA LINE AT CRESSY - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
This was the connection from Colac. The line from Colac through to Newtown closed 1953.
This was the connection from Colac. The line from Colac through to Newtown closed 1953.
CRESSY STATION YARD AND REMAINS OF NEWTOWN LINE IN FOREGROUND - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
After the closing of the Colac-Ballarat line in 1953 station was progressively downgraded, and was closed in the 1990s.
This is all that remains at Cressy. A reminder of what was once. Photograph taken from The Overland on the now standard gauge line to Ararat.
R Dow Jan 2020
This is all that remains at Cressy. A reminder of what was once. Photograph taken from The Overland on the now standard gauge line to Ararat.
R Dow Jan 2020
The old formation from Colac at Cressy.
Photograph taken from The Overland
R Dow Jan 2020
Photograph taken from The Overland
R Dow Jan 2020
N 469 has backed its train onto the old Beeac line (Colac) at Cressy, c. 1960
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A2 947 stopped for Engine Requirements, A2 964 on 10.45 am Ararat. Cressy Oct. 14 1960
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Gheringhap - Cressy - Maroona was converted to standard gauge, open 1995. Part of the Melbourne to Adelaide railway.
Cressy looking West from platform
Weston Langford 28 May 2005
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Standard gauge.
Cressy looking West from platform
Weston Langford 28 May 2005
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Standard gauge.
Railway holds the line on history
Geelong Advertiser August 5th, 2013
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Mixed train at Cressy
Geelong Advertiser August 5th, 2013
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Mixed train at Cressy
Gheringhap to Maroona railway centenary celebrations
The Ararat Advertiser August 9 2013
araratadvertiser.com.au/story/1692867/…
The Ararat Advertiser August 9 2013
araratadvertiser.com.au/story/1692867/…
ARHS Tour Mar 1958.
Grandfather's ticket. I remember bits and pieces of this tour. A real rail adventure.
Grandfather's ticket. I remember bits and pieces of this tour. A real rail adventure.
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