Beechworth was on the Yackandandah line NE Victoria.
Everton - Beechworth open 1876
Beechworth - Yackandandah open 1891 closed 1954
Everton - Beechworth closed 1976
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
1912 Brighton Beach station picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/bayside/B…
'The building in the right hand corner to the left of the water tower is the old engine shed ... '
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.