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25 Oct, 23 tweets, 11 min read
Good Morning North Melbourne!
Open 1859 2 platforms. Six platform station opened 1886. Between Spencer St and North Melb. was located the Melb. Yard and the North Melb. locomotive depot was located near the station.

Inner & Western Melbourne 1930
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…
The North Melbourne locomotive deport was described in VR circles as ' the hub of the universe '.

Melbourne goods yard 1914.
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
The North Melb. loco depot is top right. It replaced the Spencer Street loco depot in the 1880s. Three turntables were provided.
North Melbourne Station layout 1923
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
North Melbourne locomotive depot layout 1914
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 2-8-0 WITH Oo CLASS COAL WAGONS AT NORTH MELBOURNE COAL STAGE ON TRAIN - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
V class is still in compound configuration so date c. 1900s.
North Melbourne station c. 1983
flickr.com/photos/7849945…
North Melbourne 1963
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Station was upgraded and project finished 2009.
steel.com.au/showcase/proje…
Excellent blog post by Marcus Wong @aussiewongm
'Then and now at North Melbourne station'
wongm.com/2018/06/then-a…
Video:
'The History of North Melbourne Station'

Shows present day train movements through North Melbourne
Depot with locomotives, North Melbourne, Victoria, 25 May 1958
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155398…
STEAM CLASS LOCOMOTIVES E 462, R 483, AND M 224 AT NORTH MELBOURNE DEPOT TURNTABLE CIRCA 1905 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
A2 CLASS No.935 AND D3 CLASS STEAM CLASS LOCOMOTIVES TAKING COAL AT NORTH MELBOURNE DEPOT - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
North Melbourne Locomotive Depot c. 1900
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
Loco in foreground A (new) class 4-4-0
A2 CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES Nos. 837 AND 920 BESIDE TURNTABLE NORTH MELBOURNE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Y CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.420 SUPPLIES STEAM TO CARRIAGE DEPOT DUDLEY STREET NORTH MELBOURNE WORKSHOPS. 1947 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
North Melbourne E 371
Weston Langford 24 November 1961
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
My twitter profile pic is onboard this locomotive in the 1950s.
North Melbourne
Up Passenger from Bacchus Marsh D3 676
Weston Langford 22 February 1962
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
North Melbourne Locomotive Depot K 188 demolition in progress
Weston Langford 20 January 1965
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
South Dynon Locomotive Depot was opened as part of the standard gauge project and North Melb. loco depot demolished in 1965.
North Melbourne 12:15pm Geelong Passenger B 63
Weston Langford 17 February 1973
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
North Melbourne Flyover Up Empty Cars Y 166 and Up Tait Suburban
Weston Langford 31 March 1973
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
M CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.40 ON DOWN SUNSHINE SUBURBAN TRAIN AT NORTH MELBOURNE 19-4-1913 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
M 40 Beyer Peacock 1878
4-4-0T
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27 Oct
Port Melbourne was known as Sandridge until 1884, was the first railway in Victoria. Melbourne terminus (later Flinders Street Station) to Sandridge, and the Railway Pier ( later rebuilt 1930 known as Station Pier ) open 1854.

1870 rail network
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1870… Image
Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company built the line which opened in September 1854. VR took over 1878.
4 locomotives had been ordered from Stephenson England but had not arrived for the opening. A local firm built the first engine in 10 weeks.

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SANDRIDGE STATION YARD
2-4-0 TANK ENGINE AND PIER DONKEY OR SHUNTING ENGINE No.5 WITH 4 WHEEL GOODS WAGONS MELBOURNE AND HOBSONS BAY RAILWAY COMPANY
metadata.prov.vic.gov.au/imagefiles/128…
4 of the Stephenson 2-4-0 WT were in service by 1855. Image
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26 Oct
Good Morning St Kilda!
St Kilda line was built by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company, opened 1857. Line taken over by VR 1878. In 1906 VR opened a 5' 3" gauge street tramway from St Kilda Station to Brighton Beach. St Kilda line sparked 1919.
victorianrailways.net/vr%20map/vrmap… Image
St Kilda line diagram 1919
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St Kilda station
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The tram terminus was alongside the station building, permitting an easy interchange between modes (bottom right of the diagram). In 1920s St Kilda was the second busiest station on the network. Loco facilities too! Image
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24 Oct
Good Morning Murrumbeena!
When in Melbourne this is my home station.
Opened May 1879 single line, duplicated 1883.
Sparked 1922.
A signal box was at the northern end of platform 1 removed in 1979. Two sidings were located southern end of platform 2.
victorianrailways.net/vr%20map/vrmap…
Line profile (part) South Yarra - Noble Park
victorianrailways.net/grades/eastern…
Murrumbeena Railway Station Estate c. 1880 viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1550… via @Library_Vic
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23 Oct
Good Morning Flinders Street Station!
The first station on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets was the Melbourne Terminus, terminus of the Sandridge (Port Melbourne) line, opened in 1854.

Flinders Street Station c. 1854
pmhps.org.au/2013/09/the-fi…
The first terminus had a single platform 30 m long and was located beside Fish Market building on the SW corner of Swanston & Flinders Streets.
Additional platform in 1877, along with 2 overhead bridges to provide passenger access.

FSS 1886
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
Passenger carriages at Flinders Street Station c. 1870-80s
search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1c…
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23 Oct
Princes Bridge Station
Opened as the isolated city terminus of the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Co. line to Punt Road (Richmond) in 1859. Extended to Prahran in 1859 and Chapel Street (Windsor) in 1860.
The station was connected to Flinders St in 1865.
railstory.org/chapter-one/
Isometrical plan of Melbourne and suburbs in 1866
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230008…
Princes Bridge Station, Swanston St, Flinders St Station.
Second Princes Bridge spanning the Yarra river.
Princes Bridge station was closed in 1865 but reopened in 1879 for terminating Gippsland trains.
Princes Bridge 1886
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Engine shed, coal stage and turntable in the yard.
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22 Oct
Spencer Street station established 1859, 5 years after the Melbourne Elizabeth Street (later Flinders Street) station 1854. Princes Bridge 1859. Direct connection between Flinders Street - Spencer Street 1875. Princes Bridge - Flinders Street 1865.
railstory.org/chapter-one/
1866 Isometrical plan of Melbourne & suburbs
emhs.org.au/gallery/maps/1…
Princes Bridge station left. Melbourne (FSS) across Swanston Street. Round the corner Spencer Street station and yard can be seen. Early Sandridge railway bridge can be noted.
SPENCER STREET STATION CIRCA 1872 B CLASS LOCOMOTIVE No.64 LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS LOCOMOTIVE SHEDS - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Single main platform with a dock platform at the north end.
B 2-4-0 passenger built Beyer Peacock 1862.
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