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5 Oct, 17 tweets, 9 min read
Yarrawonga to Oaklands NSW railway.
Railway open to Yarrawonga 1886. 1922 Border Railways Act line was extended another 61 km to Oaklands, completed 1932. Oaklands was then a break of gauge station with the standard gauge NSWGR.

1929 construction plan
victorianrailways.net/grades/plan_se…
Yarrawonga was on the south bank of the Murray River. A wooden bridge was built to cross the river. Construction of Yarrawonga weir began early in 1935 and was completed in 1939.

Constructing rail bridge over Murray River, Yarrawonga, circa 1930.
museumsvictoria.com.au/railways/image…
Railway Bridge Over The Lake, Yarrawonga, Vic.
viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE8945… via @Library_Vic c. 1940s
The wooden bridge was replaced by an earthen embankment in 1975, and the last remaining section of wooden railway bridge was replaced by concrete and steel in 1989.
Railway and road bridges over Yarrawonga Weir
mdba.gov.au/water-manageme…
When the line reached Frewin in 1930 (named as Rennie when line opened) wheat started to be transported before line officially open.

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW)
Fri 14 Mar 1930 Page 42
YARRAWONGA
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
Joint VR and NSWGR station at Oaklands
1932 track and signalling diagram
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
During WW II additional sidings for Victorian broad gauge and NSW standard gauge were provided, to serve Australian defence installations located at Oaklands.
Turntable std gauge.
Oaklands looking towards Yarrawonga
Weston Langford 3 January 1960
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Dual gauge platform
Myself at Oaklands 1959
P G Dow
ARHS weekend tour which included Spencer St -Peechelba East - Beechworth - Bright (overnight) - Benalla - Oaklands - Spencer St. Walkers RM except steam for Peechelba East.
Yarrawonga Down Oaklands Goods K 164 K 1xx
Weston Langford 2 January 1960
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Yarrawonga Weir Down ARE Special D3 639
Weston Langford 18 July 1964
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
I was onboard the train.
Rennie Looking towards Oaklands
Weston Langford 30 June 1995
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Sloane Looking towards Oaklands
Weston Langford 6 April 1996
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Oaklands NSW Turntable
Weston Langford 18 April 1998
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Not dual gauge was only ever 4' 8.5" gauge.
Yarrawonga Weir Bridge
Up Special Passenger R 707
Weston Langford 6 April 1996
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Benalla to Oaklands was converted to standard gauge in December 2009. The line carries seasonal grain traffic.

Former NSWSRA locomotives 8156 and 8177 depart Benalla on the Oaklands branch line with a down empty grain train on the evening of 9 June 2013.
GM36, along with TL 155, TL154 and T385 from Benalla to Oaklands with empty grain wagons.
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slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
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