Thread by @ozbob13

Good Morning Yelta!
The broad gauge (5' 3") railway to Mildura opened in 1903, Merbein in 1910 and Yelta in 1925. Yelta to Dunolly converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge 2018, which connects with the standard gauge line to Maryborough.
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1940…

Line profile Carwarp to Yelta
victorianrailways.net/grades/mildura…

First train into Mildura
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1…
Possibly on the occasion of the opening of the Mildura railway station in 1903.
Locomotive is an ' Old R Class ' 0-6-0. Some were built by Beyer Peacock, majority Phoenix Ballarat c. 1880s.

Railway station, Mildura
picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/mildura/T…
Not dated, probably c. 1910

The Opening of the Mildura railway station 1903
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1…

Mildura, Victoria, 1929
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795888

Mildura line construction 10 miles from Mildura
S 199
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
S class 4-6-0 built Phoenix Ballarat 1883.

MILDURA RAIL CAR - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
RM1
In 1921 the Mildura Suburban Service started up from Merbein to Redcliffs with several daily trips with RM1. Judged a success.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) Tue 29 May 1923 Page 7
NEW RAIL MOTOR-CAR FOR COUNTRY LINES.
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…

Mildura Railway Station c. 1909
viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1603… via @Library_Vic
Must have been a special occasion.

1921-22 Railway survey team, Mildura
picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/mildura/p…
Probably working on the extension to Yelta.

Yelta End of track and Oil Siding
Weston Langford 21 May 1958
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Yelta N 462 running round AREA Special
Weston Langford 1 August 1964
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Mildura Down Goods to Yelta T 361
Weston Langford 29 December 1976
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Yelta T 369 running round 8189-8188 Special Passenger
Weston Langford 9 June 1996 westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Yelta 8192 Up SRV Special R 766
Weston Langford 25 April 1999
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Maryborough - Woomelang - Ouyen - Mildura - Yelta
1928 timetable
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…
Note the 'suburban' rail motor service between Redcliffe Mildura and Merbein in side notes.

Merbein station, Victoria, Mar 1918
'Big Lizzie': at the time the largest tractor built in Australia with a 60 hp 8 ton, 215 rpm single cylinder Blackstone oil engine. The tractor unit: 34 ft long x 11 ft, weighing 45 tons.
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795883

Wagon loads of wood at the Merbein Railway Station. Frederick Russell was the wood contractor. In the background, is the Mildura Co Operative Fruit Company.
1920
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795986

Merbein T 361 shunting
Weston Langford 29 December 1976
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Middle Footscray 9141 Down Merbein Superfreighter A 71
Weston Langford 7 November 1996https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/121282/

Mildura Sunlight was introduced by VR between Melbourne and Mildura on 3 Sep 1957. Ran 3 times a week. Replaced by night trains 1967 and the night Vinelander from 1972.

Ballarat North Down Mildura Sunlight B 84
Weston Langford 20 August 1964
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Ouyen Up Mildura Sunlight B 64
Weston Langford 29 December 1964https://www.westonlangford.com/images/photo/105333/

Spencer Street 8110 Up Vinelander N461 S 306
Weston Langford 14 August 1989 westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
The Vinelander was withdrawn in 1993.

Video:
On board RM 58 as it aproached Mildura Station 2016
(Last Broad Gauge Heritage Passenger Train to Murrayville, Mildura and Yelta)

Video:
Mildura '"Fruity" Freight Train at Speed - 9th July 2020

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