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Good Morning Newport!
Opened as Geelong Junction 1859
Renamed Williamstown Junction 1869
Renamed Newport 1881

Local network 1870
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1870…
Williamstown Jn = Newport
Newport-Braybrook Junction (renamed Sunshine 1907) line opened 1887.
Newport workshops established in the 1880s. At its peak around 5000 employees at the workshops. Major engineering facility.

Local network 1890
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1890…
Network around inner Melbourne 1947
victorianrailways.net/vr%20map/vrmap…
Newport diagram 1934
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
Junction station for a number of lines.
Newport 1927
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
Line to Williamstown electrified 1920, Altona 1926.
Newport to Werribee was electrified in 1983.
Car and Wagon Depot, Railway workshops, Newport, Victoria - early 1900s
flickr.com/photos/7099484…
Victorian Railways Newport Shops c. 1910
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
Newport Wheel Shop. viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE5337… via @Library_Vic c. 1915
RY 475 at Newport c 1920s
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
RY 475 originally one of 25 New R class 0-6-0 built c.1890 Robinson Bros. Campbell & Sloss South Melb. rebuilt c. 1905 with larger boiler and cylinders & reclassed as RY.
Reclassed as Y 1924-31.
Newport. Bird's-eye view of yards and buildings viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE4466… via @Library_Vic c. 1910-20
CONSTRUCTION OF AIRCRAFT AT NEWPORT WORKSHOPS 25.9.40 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
During World War II the workshops were turned over to military production - parts for planes and other military vehicles and boats.
MUNITIONS BOATS IN WATER CONSTRUCTED AT NEWPORT WORKSHOPS - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
LAUNCHING H/CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 7 FEBRUARY 41 NEWPORT - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
' Heavy Harry ' H 220 4-8-4
A line up of LP1 carriers, all with Commonwealth Registration outside the Victorian Railways, Newport workshop
awm.gov.au/collection/C39…
AWM
NEWPORT WORKSHOPS BRIGHTON TO ST KILDA TRAM NUMBER 32 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
The St Kilda - Brighton tram line was 5' 3" gauge. There was a connection at St Kilda station to tow trams into Newport for work as needed.
S CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE NO.300 AT NEWPORT WORKSHOPS FRONT VIEW UNSTREAMLINED - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
1ST SEPTEMBER 1973 3 CAR SWING DOOR TRAIN AT NEWPORT 1ST SEPTEMBER 1973 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Newport Workshops Shunter E 371
Weston Langford 9 February 1964
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Hello old friend ..
Newport Up Special Passenger D3 639
Weston Langford 18 October 1988
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
For more information on Newport workshops
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_W…

Newport 707 Ops Special to Seymour T 413
Weston Langford 8 January 2010
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Video:
Trains at Newport a few weeks before Regional Rail opened
2015
Film:
E class Steam Shunters of Newport Railway Workshops 1968
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14 Nov
Broadmeadows opened 1872 as part of the North East line. A line connecting Broadmeadows to Albion open 1929 for freight to by pass via Essendon line.
Essendon - Broadmeadows electrified 1921.
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Network 1947
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Good Morning Nyora!
Nyora on the South Gippsland line
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Open 1890.
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Nyora diagram 1968
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South Yarra railway station opened Dec 1860 by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company, as "Gardiner's Creek Road". Renamed South Yarra Jan 1867. South Yarra became part of the VR network in 1878.

Network 1947
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Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway loco no. 20
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The Argus Fri 18 Jun 1886
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Good Morning Wodonga!
Wodonga original terminus North East line open Nov 1873. Connection to Albury 1883. April 1962 standard gauge line was extended to Melbourne.
Station closed 2008, replaced by a new station in 2011 on new rail bypass.

Network 1930
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930…
Wodonga diagram 1931
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
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RAILWAY STATION WODONGA APPROX 1880 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
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Heathcote was on the cross country line from Heathcote Junction on the NE main line across to North Bendigo.
North Bendigo Junction - Heathcote opened 1888
Heathcote - Tooborac 1889
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Heathcote Junction - Kilmore 1888

Network 1947
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