• The Victorian Railways used a variety of railway wagons for the transport of livestock. One of the commodities carried by the early Victorian Railways was...
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    and in 1864, railways were extended to the Murray River port of Echuca. In the 1870s, the Government Railway Department (Victorian Railways) started to...
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    Wodonga and Chiltern. Wodonga station was the original terminus of the Victorian Railways' North East line, which was built during the 1870s, with Wodonga opening...
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    2023. "Somerville". Victorian Places. Retrieved 9 January 2023. "Works". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). June 1986...
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    migrant hostel. The Broadstore branch line is marked on maps of the Victorian Railways in 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1980, terminating at a station marked "Broadstore"...
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    The Victorian Railways L class was a class of electric locomotives built by English Electric and operated by the Victorian Railways and later V/Line from...
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    Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways in 1952–1953. Ordered and operated by the Victorian Railways, they initiated the dieselisation of...
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    Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways between 1955 and 1968. In July 1954, the Victorian Railways placed an order with Clyde Engineering...
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    be diverted to Melbourne via river boats and the Victorian railway. By 1877, the Great Southern Railway extended from Sydney to as far as Cootamundra and...
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    diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways between 1957 and 1961. The S class was based on the Electro-Motive...
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    included timber, livestock, milk and dairy products. Early timetables included regular goods services specifically for transporting milk. The last regular...
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    to be higher compared to other areas with poorer access to transport. In 2006, the Victorian Government committed $290 million towards the Revitalising...
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    The A class are a class of diesel locomotives rebuilt from Victorian Railways B class locomotives by Clyde Engineering, Rosewater in South Australia for...
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    House. Dunedin Railways currently operates three tourist train lines out of the station, The Inlander, The Seasider, and The Victorian. There are no dedicated...
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    railway closed in 1864, but was later reopened as far as Newmarket by the Victorian Railways in November 1867. The refurbished and extended railway line...
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    the Victorian Railways between 1966 and 1976. In preparation for the opening of the standard gauge line between Melbourne and Albury, the Victorian Railways...
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    multiple unit built for the Public Transport Corporation in Victoria, Australia, for operation on the Melbourne railway system. It remains the only double...
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    was a post-World War II rehabilitation program carried out by the Victorian Railways (VR) in Australia. The program commenced in 1950 and was originally...
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    Somerton for V/Line between 1985 and 1987. By the start of the 1980s, Victorian Railways passenger numbers had fallen to around 3 million per year, due to...
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    High Capacity Metro Train (category Changchun Railway Vehicles)
    2005. "X'Trapolis Welcomed To Melbourne's Railways". Media Release from the Minister for Public Transport. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 18 December...
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    Victoria 1 May 2015 Public transport investments in 2016/17 Victorian Budget Archived 2 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria 27 April 2016...
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    class of diesel locomotive shunters built by Dick Kerr Works for the Victorian Railways between 1951 and 1953. They are similar to the British Rail Class...
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    diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways between 1963 and 1968. In 1963, the first of 25 general purpose diesel-electric...
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    By the early 1980s, the first generation diesels purchased by the Victorian Railways were nearly 30 years old, with an average fleet age of 20 years. In...
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    Geelong at Craigieburn Victorian Railways Preserved C Class leader C501 in between Seymour Railway Heritage Centre's Victorian Railways T class (T357) and...
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  • custom registration plate of MVORTL as M series plates are allocated to Victorian government vehicles and with it being placed into private ownership, was...
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  • Melbourne Railway". The Argus. 26 June 1857. Retrieved 19 May 2014. Harrigan, Leo J. (1962). Victorian Railways to '62. Melbourne: Victorian Railways Public...
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    Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). After the nationalisation of Britain's railways in 1948 the NCC was briefly part of the British Transport Commission, which...
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    The Victorian Railways' (VR) Royal Trains operated to transport members of the royal family on their numerous tours of Australia on the Victorian rail...
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    Beamish Museum (category Heritage railways in County Durham)
    large collection of artefacts, working vehicles and equipment, as well as livestock and costumed interpreters. The museum has received a number of awards...
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