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28 Oct, 18 tweets, 9 min read
Good Morning Alamein!
Alamein station opened in 1948. Originally on the outer circle line (no station) the section of the former outer circle railway from Riversdale to Ashburton was extended to Alamein in 1948.

Alamein line 1950
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1950…
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) Fri 28 May 1948 Page 5
ALAMEIN IN VICTORIA
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
The station served a new Housing Commission estate that had been constructed for people who were displaced after World War II. Named after the WW II battlefield in North Africa.
EL ALAMEIN RAILWAY STATION (Egypt).
THIS STATION HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO MUCH AERIAL AND ARTILLERY STRAFING IN RECENT WEEKS. NOTE EFFECT OF SHRAPNEL ON THE WALL ON EXTREME LEFT.
awm.gov.au/collection/C86…
Alamein station in Egypt 1942.
IT WAS NEAR HERE THAT THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION AND ALLIED TROOPS HALTED THE GERMAN PANZER DIVISION UNDER GENERAL ROMMEL IN HIS ADVANCE ON THE SUEZ CANAL AND EVENTUALLY COMMENCED THE OFFENSIVE THAT DROVE THE GERMAN FORCES OUT OF NORTH AFRICA.
awm.gov.au/collection/C20… 1942
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-12. EL ALAMEIN RAILWAY STATION CEMETERY WHERE BRITONS, PALESTINIANS, AUSTRALIANS AND ALLIED AIRMEN ARE BURIED.
awm.gov.au/collection/C85…
#LestWeForget
The end of the Alamein Line, c. 1960.
Photo: Margaret Lucas
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"Ashburton Forest", looking south, Guy Bakewell 1940. The settled parts of East Malvern are visible in the background. (Source: ARHS.)
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Former outer circle railway out of use.
Alamein Looking towards End of Track
Weston Langford 24 October 1992
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Outer Circle line and the Alamein line profiles
victorianrailways.net/grades/outerci…
PTC Open Day Alamein 1037 Up Suburban 3-car Tait 381 M leading
Weston Langford 20 October 1991
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Alamein station. Outer Circle Rail Trail sign.
R Dow 2012
Alamein
R Dow 2012
South of Alamein on the former railway reservation of the outer circle railway.. which forms part of the Outer Circle Rail Trail.
R Dow 2012
'OLE extends for some distance along the former Outer Circle Railway reservation beyond Alamein Station up to Gardiners Creek, this section has never been used by electric trains, with the wiring only carrying electricity from a nearby substation.'
vicrailstations.com/Outer_Circle/A…
63M at Alamein (10 October 2020)
reddit.com/r/MelbourneTra…
Outer Circle Rail Trail
railtrails.org.au/trail?view=tra…
The trail near Alamein Station (2012)
Film:
One Car Tait Suburban Train Alamein Line Victoria 1983
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29 Oct
Good Morning Cranbourne!
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Hurstbridge.
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Ping @InclusionMoves
Was this the cab mock up?
Possibly. Inside the 'cab' at Wulkuraka open day Feb 2016
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The one in the backyard was probably an earlier mock up?
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27 Oct
The Rosstown railway was a private railway from Oakleigh to Elsternwick. It had a short history, but if things worked out it could well be part of the Melbourne suburban rail network today. Construction planning from 1875 completed in 1891.
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Built by William Murray Ross for transporting sugar beet to his sugar mill, and the refined product to the Port of Melbourne. The mill failed to begin production, the line fell into disrepair without being used.

The mill with the planned railway 1876
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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
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4 of the Stephenson 2-4-0 WT were in service by 1855.
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Good Morning St Kilda!
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victorianrailways.net/vr%20map/vrmap…
St Kilda line diagram 1919
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
St Kilda station
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
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