Lubeck - Bolangum
Jackson
ABOVE: T 381 at Jackson on a down goods prepares to set out some empties April 20 1983 (Photo courtesy Chris Wurr)
Rupanyup
ABOVE & BELOW: T 351 on a down goods at Rupanyup,Feb 2 1971, (photo courtesy Doug Miles)
BELOW: The down home signal at Rupanyup, Feb 2 1971. (photo courtesy Doug Miles)
ABOVE: T 351 on a down goods at Rupanyup Feb 2 1971, (photo courtesy Doug Miles)
ABOVE: It looks like the wheat harvest is in full swing as four year old T 406 shunts a lengthy goods at Rupanyup on the Lubeck to Bolangum branchline. Jan 5 1971 (photo courtesy Tony Smith)
ABOVE: Rupanyup station looking towards Lubeck, Feb 1981. (photo courtesy Chris Wurr)
Banyena
ABOVE: : The same train as the previous photo prepares to set out empties at Banyena. Jan 5 1971 (photo courtesy Tony Smith)
Burrum
ABOVE: T 373 on what looks like a full load for a T class, 1600 tons, about to depart Burrum and, BELOW: ascending the 1 in 100 grade at walking pace. Feb 16 1981 (photos courtesy Chris Wurr)
To allow for increased tonnage on the Bolangum branch, two short sections of the line were re-laid with heavier rail, and an increased speed of 5 miles per hour allowed on these sections. One section between 190 miles and 191½ miles included Burrum siding. The heavier rail enabled an up train to top up to a full load at Burrum, set back to the 191½ mile mark, ascend the 1 in 200 gradient, then the 1 in 100 Burrum Bank. The gradient eased off at 190 miles and allowed the heavier load to be hauled to Lubeck. The other section re-laid was between Bolangum and Marnoo, from 202½ to 203½ miles. This did not involve a standing start from a siding. It was a rise for up trains from Anderson Creek. The ARE Supplementary Diagrams to the VR 1927 Gradients & Curves Book shows the gradient from Anderson Creek to be a VC (vertical curve), increasing to 1 in 60. (Ross Jepson)
BELOW: April 20 1983 prepares to set out some empties
Marnoo
ABOVE & BELOW:T 351 shunting at Marnoo on a down goods, Feb 2 1971. (photo courtesy Doug Miles)
ABOVE: The same train as the previous two photos at Marnoo. Jan 5 1971 (photo courtesy Tony Smith)
ABOVE: The view from T 373 as it arrives Marnoo on a down goods. BELOW: the same train at the station building. Feb 16 1981 (both photos courtesy Chris Wurr)
BELOW: The same train on the up journey. (photo courtesy Chris Wurr)
Bolangum
ABOVE: A view of Bolangum platform and silos looking towards the end of line buffers. 1958. Photo courtesy Des Jowett.
ABOVE: T 351 arrives at Bolangum, Feb 1971 (photo courtesy Doug Miles)
ABOVE & BELOW: T351 shunts at Bolangum Feb 1971. (photo courtesy Doug Miles)
ABOVE: End of the line at Bolangum, Feb 1971 (photo coutesy Doug Miles)
ABOVE: The two train staffs for the line, note the spelling "LuEbeck" on the Lubeck - Rupanyup staff, most likely a typo that was never corrected. (photo courtesy Barry Cooper)
