Good Morning Walhalla!
VR 2' 6" narrow gauge railway from Moe to Walhalla 26.5 miles in length. Opened 1910.
Closed Platina - Walhalla 1944, Erica - Platina 1952,
Moe - Erica 1954. At time of construction Walhalla was a major gold mining centre.
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VR 2' 6" narrow gauge railway from Moe to Walhalla 26.5 miles in length. Opened 1910.
Closed Platina - Walhalla 1944, Erica - Platina 1952,
Moe - Erica 1954. At time of construction Walhalla was a major gold mining centre.
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Moe to Walhalla grade profile
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Erica was the highest elevation point above sea level on the line. It was a steady climb from Moe to Erica.
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Erica was the highest elevation point above sea level on the line. It was a steady climb from Moe to Erica.
Walhalla railway terminal, not long after line was completed in 1910
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Tents of construction workers.
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Tents of construction workers.
Crowds greeting the first train to Walhalla, March 1910
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Unfortunately for Walhalla and the railway, the major gold mine closed in 1914 and there was a slow decline from that point. It remained a popular tourist destination.
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Unfortunately for Walhalla and the railway, the major gold mine closed in 1914 and there was a slow decline from that point. It remained a popular tourist destination.
Walhalla railway, about 1912
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Photo stop! 😀
Locomotive is NA 2-6-2 1A. This locomotive was built by Baldwin USA 1898 together with 2A. The rest of the NAs 3A to 17A were built at Newport VR 1900 to 1915.
2A & 4A were compound.
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Photo stop! 😀
Locomotive is NA 2-6-2 1A. This locomotive was built by Baldwin USA 1898 together with 2A. The rest of the NAs 3A to 17A were built at Newport VR 1900 to 1915.
2A & 4A were compound.
WALHALLA STATION 1929 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
The station building seen in this photograph was moved to Hartwell in December 1938. The decline in passenger and freight traffic was such that closure was imminent, in fact closed 1944.
The station building seen in this photograph was moved to Hartwell in December 1938. The decline in passenger and freight traffic was such that closure was imminent, in fact closed 1944.
Walhalla railway station
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This photograph shows the yard layout clearly.
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This photograph shows the yard layout clearly.
WALHALLA STATION 15 MARCH 1910 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
A few months before the opening. Late construction stage.
A few months before the opening. Late construction stage.
Walhalla Railway Station, circa 1940
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This is two years after the station building had been moved to Hartwell. Standard VR shelter shed in place.
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This is two years after the station building had been moved to Hartwell. Standard VR shelter shed in place.
Walhalla Station, pre 1945
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Note the shelter shed. This dates the photograph between 1938 - 1944.
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Note the shelter shed. This dates the photograph between 1938 - 1944.
Late 1920s VR obtained 2 narrow gauge Garratt locomotives G class 2-6-0+0-6-2.
G41 was used on the Beech Forest - Crowes line.
G42 was allocated to the Walhalla line.
Lady hanging off G42 is my Nanna.
My Grandpa & Nanna spent their honeymoon at Walhalla.
P G Dow c. 1935
G41 was used on the Beech Forest - Crowes line.
G42 was allocated to the Walhalla line.
Lady hanging off G42 is my Nanna.
My Grandpa & Nanna spent their honeymoon at Walhalla.
P G Dow c. 1935
G42 in the engine shed at Walhalla
P G Dow c. 1935
The line of the left going past the shed is the line to Moe.
P G Dow c. 1935
The line of the left going past the shed is the line to Moe.
G 42 at Walhalla 1928
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The Garratt still has that ' new engine smell ' ...
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The Garratt still has that ' new engine smell ' ...
VR, G Class, No. 42 Beyer Garratt type, and D2 Class No. 730, Moe, Vic, [1930s]
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The D2 (5' 3" gauge loco) is on the dual gauge turntable at Moe. The narrow gauge locomotives were reversed from time to time to even out wheel wear.
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The D2 (5' 3" gauge loco) is on the dual gauge turntable at Moe. The narrow gauge locomotives were reversed from time to time to even out wheel wear.
Narrow gauge yard at Moe is on the top. The dual gauge turntable at the far right of the diagram.
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Moe Turntable and signal box at down end
Weston Langford 3 December 1958
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This was 4 years after the narrow gauge operations had ceased. Dual gauge turntable.
Weston Langford 3 December 1958
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This was 4 years after the narrow gauge operations had ceased. Dual gauge turntable.
The Walhalla Goldfields railway restored to operation a section of the line from Thomson to Walhalla.
Thomson - Cascade HaltOctober 1997
Cascade Halt - Happy Creek HaltMarch 1998
Happy Creek Halt - WalhallaMarch 2002
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Thomson - Cascade HaltOctober 1997
Cascade Halt - Happy Creek HaltMarch 1998
Happy Creek Halt - WalhallaMarch 2002
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Fowler diesel #14 crosses the Thomson River bridge with a service bound for Walhalla. 31/10/16
Dave O'Brien
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Dave O'Brien
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7A visits the Walhalla line - May 2010 One hundred years since opening.
(7A fitted with (9A plates, 9A hauled the first official train to Walhalla)
NA 7A was brought down by road from Puffing Billy for the weekend.
(7A fitted with (9A plates, 9A hauled the first official train to Walhalla)
NA 7A was brought down by road from Puffing Billy for the weekend.
Puffing Billy 7A at Walhalla 2010
Footage from the train as 7A (with 9A's plates) climbs the 1 in 30 grades through the Stringers Creek Gorge between Thomson and Walhalla.
Footage from the train as 7A (with 9A's plates) climbs the 1 in 30 grades through the Stringers Creek Gorge between Thomson and Walhalla.
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