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Lancefield
Railway branched off Melbourne-Bendigo line at Lancefield Junction (later Clarkefield) to Lancefield, open 1881 closed 1956.
Lancefield to Kilmore railway open 1892, closed 1897.

Local rail network diagrams
1900
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1900…
1930
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…
Clarkefield to Lancefield line profile
victorianrailways.net/grades/lancefi…
Lancefield to junction (Kilmore) grade profile
victorianrailways.net/grades/lanceki…
Lancefield and Kilmore line timetable 1892.
victorianrailways.net/grades/lanceki…
Article on the short-lived Lancefield to Kilmore railway.
VR Newsletter July 1956
victorianrailways.net/grades/lanceki…
Lancefield-Kilmore railway expensive to construct, indirect and ran through almost uninhabited land, with little or no passengers or freight use.
Clarkefield - Lancefield 1928 timetable
victorianrailways.net/timetables/192…
LANCEFIELD JUNCTION STATION 1890
PORTERS TULLOCH AND HOLMES
STATION MASTER H PITHEC
Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Note station sign "Change for Lancefield & Kilmore" this infers photograph is probably later than 1890 more likely c. 1892.
Clarkefield signal diagram 1947
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
D3 CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ON PASSENGER TRAIN. SOFT NEGATIVE DOWN LANCEFIELD AT CLARKEFIELD - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Train is on the branch to Lancefield.
Lancefield station c. 1908
scontent.fbne4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14614…
Loco W 221 4-6-0 built Baldwin USA c. 1880
Lancefield Railway Station 1920
museumsvictoria.com.au/railways/image…
Romsey Railway Station c. 1900
romseyaustralia.com/rombook1nextdo…
Loco W 221
Romsey Railway Station viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1897… via @Library_Vic c. 1905
Bolinda Creek (or Emu Creek) Railway Viaduct, on the Lancefield railway.
VHD
vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/65932
This bridge ranks as the second-oldest surviving timber VR bridge. Built 1880/81.
Last revenue service from Lancefield waits for
departure time
Brian Goodwin 11.8.1956
rtbuvicloco.com.au/wp-content/upl…
"The rails behind the photographer once
extended to the short-lived “Town Station” at the rear of the Macedonian Hotel and across the Mount
William range to Kilmore."
Lancefield railway station has been refurbished as the Old Railway Station B & B.
facebook.com/lancefieldtrai…
" If you close your eyes & listen very hard, you can hear the far-off sounds of a steam engine chugging in to the Lancefield Railway Station/Bed & Breakfast. "
😀
D3 659 puffs gently away from Clarkefield at the head end of the 5.04pm Lancefield pass on Melbourne Cup Day,
1st November 1955.
Brian Goodwin
rtbuvicloco.com.au/wp-content/upl…
Video:
Lancefield Railway Highlights
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Daylesford signal and track diagram 1930
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