RAILWAY PAGE 1966 and 1967
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Victorian Railways bus leaving Keys Street Beaumaris for Sandringham where it will connect with a suburban electric train to Flinders Street and (in those days) onto Broadmeadows.  arriving at Hampton.   Seymour Station
Refreshment Rooms.
   The now-dismantled Billy Hughes Bridge
about 12 kms north of Albury NSW.  Same location 24th February 2008.
 The former Table Top Station
is now a crossing loop.
4458 heads a down freight as an
up special awaits safe-working clearance to Gerogery.
Down freight at Gerogery in Southern NSW.
Note the 2 position signals.  home of Puffing Billy.
   Up platform of Middle Park Station on Flinders Street to St Kilda branch. This line is now a standard gauge tramway.  There is not a reflective-vested security person in sight.
  Approaching Elmshurst on way to Ararat.
  Australian Railway Enthusiasts Down Special
at Ingliston Bank 22nd July 1967. I tried an "arty" photo and deliberately placed a person in front of me. Les Brown has confirmed it is him. Please click here to see this photo as well as others he took on this Skipton Special.
  Smythesdale Viaduct on former
Ballarat to Skipton branch.
 Newtown was on Ballarat to Skipton line
and a junction to Colac via Cressy.
    Healesville terminus north east of Melbourne.
 View from Spencer Street to Daylesford
passenger train at Carlsruhe looking towards Bendigo and beyond.  T 336 at Daylesford.
The Central Highlands Tourist Railway operate part of the former Carlsruhe to Daylesford branch.   Upside of Daylesford with left line to Melbourne via Carlsrhue and to right formation of former line to Ballarat via Creswick.  Up freight train (on then broad gauge) approaching Gheringhap.  with a departing up Harris suburban electric. The Melbourne Tennis Centre is now situated on left of picture.  Melbourne skyline a year later
about 500 metres on upside of Richmond. On left railway workshops and on right Melbourne Cricket Ground. Sandringham Line on left with Dandenong (since extended to Pakenham) & Frankston lines in middle and Lilydale, Belgrave and Glen Waverley lines nearest to camera.  Up Harris suburban electric at Cheltenham.  B 76 on a "Victour" Special
at Spencer Street Station.  SYDNEY & ENVIRONS 1967 and 1968. Up freight train decending Blue Mountains.
Site of now restored Zig Zag Railway with
Main Western Line at bottom of picture.
 A north bound (down) freight train headed
by a 46-class locomotive passing along
Mullet Creek before approaching Wondabyne.  Driver's view of Hawksbury River Bridge from up train.
 Mount Ku-ring gai with an up inter urban electric heading
  A down suburban arriving at Turramurra.
 North Sydney Car Sidings.
This was the terminus of the
North Shore Line before
the Harbour Bridge was built.
   View from south east pylon of Sydney Harbour Bridge
as an up suburban electric descends
into underground towards Wynyard.
 After exiting City Circle the next station is Central.
 Next station after Central is Redfern.
   Campbelltown with a down rail motor.
  A down Upfield Line suburban electric
arriving at Royal Park.
 Immediate down side of Royal Park is the now dismantled (closest to camera) Inner Circle Railway which originally went via Northcote Junction to Whittlesea but by 1967 had terminated at North Fitzroy.  The abandoned North Carlton Station
on the now-dismantled Inner Circle Railway.
 To the right is the branch to Fitzroy and straight ahead the former line to Northcote Junction and beyond to Whittlesea.
 South Morang line is on right where former triangle can easily be seen. South Morang on former Whittlesea line.  Site of former junction of
in up direction where it
branched from Lilydale Line.
Hawthorn Football Club is on extreme right.
 Down direction from previous photo.
  
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