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Good Morning Robinvale!
Korong Vale - Boort open 1883, Quambatook 1894, Ultima 1900, Chillingollah 1909, Manangatang 1914, Annuello in 1921, Robinvale in 1924. 1930 extended to Koorakee NSW as part of the proposed Lette railway line, never used, closed 1943.

Korong Vale diagram 1929
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
Junction for Robinvale (Boort) and Kulwin (Sea Lake).
Major railway junction.

FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN TO ROBINVALE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
1924 loco D2 ?

Euston to Robinvale Murray River Crossing lift bridge
rms.nsw.gov.au/about/environm…
Location board on approach to Euston 1948
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155389…
The bridge was built for the railway that was never used!

Railway And Traffic Bridge, Robinvale, Vic c. 1930
viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE8656… via @Library_Vic

Commissioner Clapp, Koorakee
museumsvictoria.com.au/railways/image…
Commissioner Clapp no doubt on an inspection tour of the railway. Site for Koorakee station. c. 1930.

Robinvale Bridge Up Home Signal looking towards Koorakee
Weston Langford 2 January 1959
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Koorakee Goods Platform
Weston Langford 2 January 1959
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Robinvale Bridge NSW Approach Spans looking towards Koorakee
Weston Langford 2 January 1959
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

63RM at Korong Vale with an up Robinvale rail motor, probably the last regular service on 3 June 1978.
flickr.com/photos/gcargee…

63RM at Mysia with an up Robinvale rail motor, probably the last regular service on 3 June 1978
flickr.com/photos/gcargee…

Robinvale Station 2006
nswrail.net/locations/phot…

Robinvale D3 639 K 190 8091 Down SteamRail Special
Weston Langford 5 November 2000
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Robinvale G 515 S 313 S 307 X 52 stabled
Weston Langford 6 November 2000 westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Robinvale Murray River Bridge viewed from upstream side
Weston Langford 6 November 2000
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
The bridge was replaced in 2006. The lift span is preserved at a local park in Robinvale.
robinvaleeuston.com/bridge-and-pun…

In 2008 the line was cut back to Manangatang. It is proposed that the line to Manangatang will be converted to standard gauge as part of the Murray Basin Rail project. But there have been problems with this project.
corporate.vline.com.au/getattachment/…

Troubled Murray Basin rail project subject of complaint to Vic's IBAC
abc.net.au/news/2020-03-1… 17 Mar 2020
"But three years after work started, the money has run dry, with half the project — including hundreds of kilometres between Manangatang and Dunolly — still broad gauge."
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Video:
'Last Passanger Train to Manangatang' - 16.12.2017

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