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29 Oct, 17 tweets, 8 min read
Hurstbridge.
Eltham - Hurst's Bridge open June 1912.
Renamed Hurstbridge Dec 1912.
Heidelberg - Eltham open June 1902
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1950…
Hurst's Bridge Railway Station, Opening Day, 25 June 1912
victoriancollections.net.au/items/59c7485d…
Ministerial train.
Hurst's Bridge Railway Station
(waiting for the Ministerial train)
Leader (Melbourne, Vic) Sat 6 Jul 1912 Page 30
OPENING THE HURST'S - BRIDGE RAILWAY
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
Wet day ... some other photographs at link.
Princes Bridge to Hurstbridge line profile
victorianrailways.net/grades/pbhurst…
First train to "Allwood" c. 1912.
The Hurstbridge area was originally known as Allwood.
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795918
This is a construction train. Locomotive is a 4-6-0 W class.
Built Baldwin USA 1879-83.
Hurstbridge Railway Opening 1912
Nicky Bourne
facebook.com/LostHurstbridg…
Appears the crowd is beginning to disperse after the official ceremonies. Train is still at the platform.
Steam Train 1911 Hurstbridge line
facebook.com/LostHurstbridg…
This is our lucky day.
W 197 was originally S 197 (4-6-0) built Phoenix Ballarat 1883. It was rebuilt with a W class boiler in 1908 and reclassed W 197.
Hurstbridge railway station 1961
facebook.com/LostHurstbridg…
The line through to Hurstbridge was sparked in 1926.
Special dog box set at end of line Hurstbridge
Andrew Cook 19 February 1972
tdu.to/178478.msg
Hurstbridge Up Suburban 472 M
Weston Langford 19 July 1981
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Hurstbridge stabling yard
R Dow 2013
Hurstbridge Terminated Suburban Connex Comeng
Weston Langford 14 July 2001
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Sections of the railway to Hurstbridge were built as single lines.
Project: Hurstbridge Line Duplication
levelcrossings.vic.gov.au/projects/hurst…

Hurstbridge - Northbound view in November 2015 after derailment of a x'trapolis train
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurstbrid…
Video: Hitachi on the Hurstbridge Line - January 2012
Film: K191 with swingdoor suburban cars and country vintage corridor cars to Hurstbridge August 26th 1967
Video:
28th August 2016, Steamrail's K153 & K190 were chartered for the annual Wattle Festival in Hurstbridge north east of Melbourne. The train ran from Flinders Street to Hurstbridge in the morning before shuttles between Eltham and Hurstbridge.
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29 Oct
Good Morning Cranbourne!
Cranbourne open Oct 1888, station on the South Gippsland line. Now the terminus of that line. Passenger trains ceased 1981, reinstated in 1984 until 1993. Dandenong to Cranbourne was sparked in 1995 and services returned.
victorianrailways.net/vr%20map/vrmap… Image
Cranbourne layout 1963
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
There were also some sidings for sand workings about a mile south of the station. These were in use from 1920 to 1956. Image
Cranbourne station. c. 1920s
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28 Oct
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.
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28 Oct
Ping @InclusionMoves
Was this the cab mock up?
Possibly. Inside the 'cab' at Wulkuraka open day Feb 2016
railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?…
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.
flickr.com/photos/past2pr…
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
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page…
Construction trains using hired Y classes operated on the line. It is recorded Ross ran one passenger train on the line.

Ross also proposed a line from the Rosstown railway up to the Dandenong line. Rosstown was the 1st name for Carnegie. This is why some of the streets curved.
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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…
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.

VR Power Parade 1954
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.
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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…
St Kilda line diagram 1919
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
St Kilda station
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
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!
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