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Number of Images on this Page = 49

General Victorian Scenes

These are some general scenes around the Victorian system, mostly of stations and track work, but some fun bits, too!

For example, Patrick Gigacz posted in the Victorian Railway Enthusiasts Facebook page this URL for V/Line working timetables. (accessed on 20190620:140557)

Gippsland Railway scenes

I moved all the miscellaneous Victorian stuff taken in Gippsland to this page.

Skyrail

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 155595 bytes, 800x450 pixels Date : 11 Jan 2020, catalogued 12 Jan 2020 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon SX230), image location 20200111-135015 Description : The new "SkyRail" overhead railway at Hughesdale

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 109913 bytes, 800x450 pixels Date : 11 Jan 2020, catalogued 12 Jan 2020 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon SX230), image location 20200111-135253 Description : The new "SkyRail" overhead railway at Hughesdale

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 124290 bytes, 800x450 pixels Date : 11 Jan 2020, catalogued 12 Jan 2020 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon SX230), image location 20200111-141118 Description : The new "SkyRail" railway at Oakleigh, here at ground level

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 120813 bytes, 800x450 pixels Date : 11 Jan 2020, catalogued 12 Jan 2020 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon SX230), image location 20200111-142406 Description : The new "SkyRail" overhead railway at Hughesdale, showing the approach ramp

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 100142 bytes, 800x450 pixels Date : 11 Jan 2020, catalogued 12 Jan 2020 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon SX230), image location 20200111-142423 Description : The new "SkyRail" overhead railway at Hughesdale, showing the approach ramp into the station.

Around the System

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 167921 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 02 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12202 Description : The formation of the old Bright railway line, near Everton.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 96688 bytes, 600x800 pixels Date : 2002, catalogued 25 Aug 2003 Photographer : Lloyd Allison Medium : digital camera, image location cheviot-t Description : One of the few tunnels on Victorian Railways, the now-abandoned tunnel at Cheviot can be driven through by car.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 59519 bytes, pixels Date : 1973, catalogued 08 Oct 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Agfachrome, slide number 3622 Description : A (technically not very good) view of the Dynon locomotive depot. Notice the various steam cranes about.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 117965 bytes, pixels Date : May 1988, catalogued 28 Jan 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 17284 Description : A view of the railway miscellany at the Echuca Wharf.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 83462 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 25 Jun 2001, catalogued 31 Dec 2001 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 2001-07-37 Description : The classic lines of the Echuca locomotive shed, now disused, but preserved as a heritage site.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 101594 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 25 Jun 2001, catalogued 31 Dec 2001 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 2001-07-38 Description : The delightful architecture of the Echuca Railway Station

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 51651 bytes, 800x505 pixels Date : 1968, catalogued 31 Dec 2003 Photographer : Richard Felstead Medium : email digital image, image location Lake Eildon Train 1968 Description : A delightful photo sent to me by Richard Felstead. An AHRS special (loco unidentified) crossing a very full Lake Eildon. Both lake and railway are but shadows of the glory seen here. Check out Richard's web site .

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 271345 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 26 Nov 1997, catalogued 8 Dec 1997 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : colour print Description : Taken in late Nov 1997 from the eastern end of Flinders St station, this view shows the construction work for Federation Square proceeding. Much remodelling (and simplification) of the station throat resulted, and this area is now all under cover.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 103266 bytes, pixels Date : Nov 1988, catalogued 22 Feb 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 17414 Description : A view from the west end of Flinders St station, looking towards Spencer St.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 56029 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 24 Jun 2002, catalogued 03 Mar 2003 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon S40), image location IMG_0021_1600x1200 Description : Near the end of the Glen Waverley line, looking west towards Syndal and the setting sun.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 65216 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 24 Jun 2002, catalogued 03 Mar 2003 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon S40), image location IMG_0022_1600x1200 Description : The Glen Waverley line looking towards the terminus

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 82866 bytes, 400x600 pixels Date : Sep 1989, catalogued 15 May 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 18054 Description : The remains of a tramway at Heatherlie Quarry in the Grampians. This quarry was used for mining Stawell Stone, a fine sandstone used for building many Melbourne city buildings, including Parliament House itself.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 111711 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : Sep 1989, catalogued 15 May 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 18055 Description : The author's wife, Barbara, admires (if that is the right word?) a derelict trolley at the site of the Heatherlie Quarry in the Grampians. The rails run up to an embankment, where a stage allowed the tipping of materials directly into waiting trains below.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 151708 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : Sep 1989, catalogued 16 May 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 18072 Description : A derelict tramway at Heatherlie Quarry in the Grampians

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 121067 bytes, pixels Date : Jan 1982, catalogued 05 May 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 11959 Description : I think this is actually Hinksons Halt on the Kerang-Koondrook tramway, but there wasn't any sign left on the platform, such as it was.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 61328 bytes, pixels Date : Jan 1982, catalogued 08 May 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 11960 Description : Same spot. Road vehicles winning at the moment.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 142509 bytes, pixels Date : Jan 1982, catalogued 08 May 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 11961 Description : The old tramway into the Koondrook sawmill was still in place when I visited the site in Jan 1982. I originally thought this was at Echuca (the layouts have a certain similarity), and this image (and the two following) were incorrectly labelled as Echuca-1/2/3. Thanks to an email from Darren French, we now have the site correctly identified! I revisited the site in Jun 2001, and you can see the changes that have taken place in subsequent images.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 147196 bytes, pixels Date : Jan 1982, catalogued 08 May 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 11962 Description : The connection between the main line and the wharf line at Koondrook. (I have since discovered that this name is pronounced as though it were spelled "Kondrok".) The old goods shed in the background is still in use as a storage depot.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 87566 bytes, pixels Date : Nov 1981, catalogued 08 May 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 11963 Description : The connection between the main line and the wharf line at Koondrook. Taken looking to the right of the above photo. In the background on the right hand side is the old "main line" platform.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 64622 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : Dec 1989, catalogued 17 May 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 18293 Description : The magnificent but rather lonely Serviceton Railway Station, built in the days when steam was king, and locos were changed here between the Victorian Railways (to the left) and South Australian Railways (to the right). The location is a rather desolate spot near the Victorian-South Australian border, on the main Melbourne to Adelaide line, and was the scene of a fatal accident involving the Overland and a goods train in 1954, almost at the end of steam on passennger service between the two cities. In fact, the accident hastened the introduction of the B class diesel electric (q.v.)

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 75074 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : Dec 1989, catalogued 17 May 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 18295 Description : "No Road" the sign says, and there certainly are a few roads missing in this photo. The area to the left of the line across to the water tanks was once a thriving engine roundhouse, turntable, coaling stage and watering facilities, now all gone bar the turntable pit and the water tanks. In a sense, the sign is a forlorn protest against the intrusion of roads into the railway scene, such that the thriving interstate traffic is now reduced to the occasional through goods that no longer even stops at this point. Most of the freight traffic, and virtually all passenger traffic now goes by road -- at least, what doesn't go by air!

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 67786 bytes, 800x527 pixels Date : 1966, catalogued 31 Dec 2003 Photographer : Richard Felstead Medium : email digital image, image location Spencer Street Station 1966 Description : A photo from the archives of Richard Felstead. Check out Richard's web site .A D3 (? I think) shunts carriages at Spenser Street Station. Both D3 and background are no more: the loco to the scrap heap, and the goods yard to the (insert your favourite sponsor here) Stadium. Bah!

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 54753 bytes, 800x527 pixels Date : Jun 1982, catalogued 11 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12233 Description : The low level of the water in Lake Hume means that the original site of Tallangatta can be discerned in this (rather gloomy) photograph. The line of the original railway is appears just to the foreground of the almost circular pool in the near distance. In the foreground, a large rock testifies to the closed state of the relocated railway, moved during the 50s when the Hume Weir was extended.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 83614 bytes, pixels Date : Jun 1982, catalogued 12 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12234 Description : Same position as Tallangatta-1 above, but looking along the line towards Melbourne.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 60441 bytes, pixels Date : Jun 1982, catalogued 12 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12236 Description : Similar to Tallangatta-1 and Tallangatta-2 above, but further along the line towards Cudgewa.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 81347 bytes, 400x600 pixels Date : Jan 2001, catalogued 15 Apr 2001 Photographer : Nathan Hurst Medium : digital camera (Kodak DC290), image location P0002074 Description : A rail has been absorbed by the encroaching forest: a relic of Victoria's bygone timber railways. Near Marysville.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 175818 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : Jan 2001, catalogued 15 Apr 2001 Photographer : Nathan Hurst Medium : digital camera (Kodak DC290), image location P0004876 Description : A display at Marysville reminds visitors of the once-extensive use of timber tramways used in extracting wood resources of the area. A Fordson tractor has been somewhat rearranged for railway use!

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 82064 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 4 Apr 2004, catalogued 23 May 2004 Photographer : Mick Bush Medium : email digital image, image location RIMG2925 Description : some rather rusty carriages at Warrnambool

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 116716 bytes, pixels Date : Oct 1988, catalogued 21 Feb 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 17413 Description : A row of derelict Z vans in storage (?) at Wallan.

Central Highlands Tourist Railway

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 103232 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : May 1989, catalogued 08 May 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 17865 Description : The scene at Daylesford Railway Station on the Central Highlands Tourist Railway.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 186202 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : May 1989, catalogued 08 May 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 17866 Description : The recently (re-)installed turntable at Daylesford.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 77200 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : May 1989, catalogued 08 May 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 17867 Description : trolley rides on the Central Highlands Tourist Railway: the view near Daylesford.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 161192 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : May 1989, catalogued 14 May 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 17870 Description : The view from a trolley ride on the Central Highlands Tourist Railway.

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 80723 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : May 1989, catalogued 14 May 2000 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 17872 Description : Approaching Daylesford, from the train line.

Derailments

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 287002 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 03 May 2007, catalogued 09 Sep 2009 Photographer : Anonymous Medium : email, image location OakleighDerailment1 Description : This train is obviously not staying on the tracks! Oakleigh Derailment, May 2007

For Fun

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 77046 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 1973 (created 22 Mar 1998), catalogued Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Description : R707 is hot on the heels of D3-639! Will she catch up? What has gone wrong with the safeworking? For the answer, see spoiler

State Carriages

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 365079 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 29 Sep 2006, catalogued 19 Nov 2006 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Canon EOS350D, image location /home/ajh/Pictures/Albums/2006/09/29/20060929-101510.jpg Description : The author's wife sitting in the seat of State Car number 4 (where the Queen sat)

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 225541 bytes, 600x800 pixels Date : 29 Sep 2006, catalogued 19 Nov 2006 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Canon EOS350D, image location /home/ajh/Pictures/Albums/2006/09/29/20060929-101657.jpg Description : The author enjoying the atmosphere of State Car 4

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 208321 bytes, 600x800 pixels Date : 29 Sep 2006, catalogued 19 Nov 2006 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Canon EOS350D, image location /home/ajh/Pictures/Albums/2006/09/29/20060929-101833.jpg Description : The interior of one of the compartments

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 265755 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 29 Sep 2006, catalogued 19 Nov 2006 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Canon EOS350D, image location /home/ajh/Pictures/Albums/2006/09/29/20060929-102206.jpg Description : The bedroom where Princess Diana slept

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 317431 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 29 Sep 2006, catalogued 19 Nov 2006 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Canon EOS350D, image location /home/ajh/Pictures/Albums/2006/09/29/20060929-102411.jpg Description : One of the compartments in State Car 5

Walhalla Goldfields Railway

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 292004 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 30 Mar 2022, catalogued 08 Sep 2022 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon EOS600D), image location 20220330-152223 Description : "Spirit of Yallorn" crossing the King River Bridge

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 213017 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 30 Mar 2022, catalogued 08 Sep 2022 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon EOS600D), image location 20220330-112118 Description : "Spirit of Yallorn" at Walhalla Station

Image : dir=vic/misc/ page=index 205537 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 30 Mar 2022, catalogued 08 Sep 2022 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon EOS600D), image location 20220330-101755 Description : "Spirit of Yallorn" at Walhalla Station, passing 3'6" gauge DH37, which is awaiting gauge conversion

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