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24 Nov, 18 tweets, 8 min read
Beechworth was on the Yackandandah line NE Victoria.
Everton - Beechworth open 1876
Beechworth - Yackandandah open 1891 closed 1954
Everton - Beechworth closed 1976

Network 1947
victorianrailways.net/vr%20map/vrmap…
Beechworth diagram 1942
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
RAIL CUTTING BEECHWORTH APPROX 1876 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Opening Of The Railway To Beechworth.-view Of The Township And Terminus. viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE7981… via @Library_Vic November 1, 1876.
T255 at Beechworth April 1901.
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
T class 0-6-0 goods loco. No. 255 built Phoenix Ballarat 1884.
Panorama of Beechworth
digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/Deliv…
At source this photograph can be enlarged in good resolution. c. 1876.
Section of the previous photograph enlarged.
Locomotive is at the water tank. This might be the opening day in 1876.
The loco doesn't have a dome, so probably either loco no. 103 or 105 0-6-0. These locos 2nd and 3rd locos built by VR Williamstown in 1873.
Beechworth looking towards Yackandandah
P G Dow c. 1959
Beechworth looking towards Everton.
Engine shed off to the right.
P G Dow c. 1959
Beechworh. Looking north from the engine shed.
Hard to see but there is a D3 in the shed.
P G Dow c. 1959.
Beechworth - D3 684
Weston Langford 26 May 1960
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Beechworth Down Goods with AREA Car T 388
Weston Langford 28 December 1972
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Technically a mixed train. Carriage attached as a tour.
T CLASS LOCOMOTIVE No.333 BEECHWORTH GOODS 4TH SEPTEMBER 1973 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
T CLASS LOCOMOTIVE No.333 BEECHWORTH GOODS 4TH SEPTEMBER 1973 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Beechworth Looking South from North End
Weston Langford 19 April 1990
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Station building, platform and goods shed all remain in a good condition. The station building is used as a youth centre a rail trail runs through the middle of the station grounds.
Murray to Mountains Rail Trail cycling and walking rail trail extends from Wangaratta to Bright with a side branch to Beechworth. This side branch trail is being extended from Beechworth to Yackandandah.

Spring on the rail trail near Beechworth
railtrails.org.au/trail?id=50&vi…
Video:
Rail Trail downhill run from Beechworth 2015

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24 Nov
Everton railway station was on the Beechworth Yackandandah railway line, junction for the Bright line.
Bowser - Everton 1875 Everton - Beechworth 1876
Everton - Myrtleford 1883 Myrtleford - Bright 1890.
Everton closed 1987.

Network 1947
victorianrailways.net/vr%20map/vrmap… Image
EVERTON STATION - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS… c. 1900s
' Everton change for the Bright Line '
Signal box on the platform. Image
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22 Nov
Good Morning Moyhu!
Moyhu station was on the Wangaratta - Whitfield VR 2' 6" railway. Around 16 miles from Wang' and about 14 miles from Whitfield. Open 1899 closed 1953.

members.optusnet.com.au/~narrow.gauge/…
Moyhu diagram
members.optusnet.com.au/~narrow.gauge/…
The siding to Hanson's Dairy Co. was opened on 1/3/1920
The postal motor & trailer ' Spirit of Salts ' at Moyhu.
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155049…
c. 1950s
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22 Nov
Ingliston was a station on the Ballarat line (via Bacchus Marsh). The station was at the top of a bank (sustained climb) known as the 'Ingliston Bank' 1:48 grade that trains climbed leaving Bacchus Marsh. Ingliston open 1889.

Network 1890
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1890…
Bacchus Marsh is 343 ft (105 m) above sea level,
Ingliston (the top of the grade) is 1513 ft (461 m)
and Ballan 1666 ft (508 m).

Ingliston diagram 1890
vrhistory.com/Locations/A034…
Guard sitting on ganger's trolley, Ingliston Station, 1939
collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/795913
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20 Nov
Good Morning Brighton Beach !
Open 1861 as Beach renamed Brighton Beach 1867.
Brighton Beach - Sandringham open 1887
South Yarra - Sandringham sparked 1919
St Kilda - Brighton Beach VR electric street railway (tram) 5' 3" gauge open 1906 closed 1957
victorianrailways.net/vr%20map/vrmap…
Grade profile Flinders Street to Sandringham
victorianrailways.net/grades/shm.html
1912 Brighton Beach station
picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/bayside/B…
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17 Nov
Flemington Racecourse (FR) station opened 1861 by Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company. Closed 1864, reopened in 1867 by VR. The FR line electrified 1918 for testing of electric trains, the first line to be sparked.

Network 1870 inner Melbourne
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1870…
Network 1920 inner Melbourne
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1920…
Flemington Racecourse Line 1915
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
Read 20 tweets
17 Nov
Sunshine 7:14am Up Passenger from Bacchus Marsh A2 884
Weston Langford 20 February 1962
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Sunshine Down NE Goods X 36
Weston Langford 3 February 1960
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Sunshine - C 15 Prior to grade separation
Weston Langford 3 February 1960
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
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