Maryborough to Dunnoly opened: | Oct 6 1874 |
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Dunnoly to Bealiba opened: | Sep 3 1878 |
Bealiba to St Arnaud opened: | Dec 23 1878 |
St Arnaud to Cope Cope opened: | Jan 26 1882 |
Cope Cope to Donald opened: | April 22 1882 |
Donald to Birchip opened: | Mar 28 1893 |
Birchip to Woomelang opened: | Sep 18 1899 |
Woomelang to Hattah opened: | Jan 15 1903 |
Hattah to Nowingi opened: | May 25 1903 |
Nowingi to Yatpool opened: | Sep 30 1903 |
Yatpool to Mildura opened: | Oct 27 1903 |
1973 signal arrangement diagram
ABOVE: 1920 view of the station buildings.
ABOVE: Dunolly was a major wheat storage facilty as well as a junction station, the track nearest the camera is the line to Inglewood/Korong Vale, the track next to it was the mainline to Mildura. 1978.
BELOW: The grain storage complex at the up end with the SG loop line in the foreground. 1986
1925 signal arrangement diagram
ABOVE: Bealiba looking towards Melbourne, 1985. BELOW: Looking towards Mildura 1985
1946 signal arrangement diagram
ABOVE: Cope Cope station buildings looking towards Melbourne 1984.
ABOVE: circa 1920s view of Woomelang loco depot. (official VR photo)
ABOVE: T 371 and a Y class on a down goods at Woomelang. 1975. (Photo courtesy Trevor Penn)
ABOVE: T 407 shunts at Lascelles on an up goods. Jan. 1980 (photo courtesy Warren Banfield)
ABOVE, an up pass arrives Ouyen, circa 1910
ABOVE: An up goods departs Ouyen after the pass seen on the right has cleared the single line section, circa 1948. (photo courtesy Phil Dunn)
ABOVE: A2 909 departs Ouyen on a down pass. circa 1948. (photo courtesy Phil Dunn)
ABOVE: A down goods arrives Ouyen 1975. (photo courtesy Trevor Penn)
ABOVE: Looking north at the station area, circa 1948 (photo courtesy Phil Dunn)
ABOVE: Mildura loco depot circa 1948. The two left hand bays were transplanted from the loco depot at Stawell. Bay 4 contained a gantry crane for lifting wagons. (caption information courtesy Bruce McLean)
ABOVE: B 66 awaits departure on an up container train. Sept. 2 1975 (Official VR photo. PR 8889.)
ABOVE: T 365 shunts the Mildura wharf line April 5 1972. (photo courtesy Doug Miles)
ABOVE: X 38 has just arrived at Mildura on VR's only intrastate overnight passenger train, Jan. 7 1980
ABOVE & BELOW: Two views looking back towards Mildura, below June 1974 (photo below courtesy Bruce McLean)
BELOW: Looking north at the end of the line. The most northerly point on the Victorian Railways. Nov 1973. (photo courtesy Bruce McLean)