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October |
Rail Motor - AEC - Test Trips on Maldon Line | |||
29th October |
Rail Motor - AEC - commenced regular service - two return trips daily between Maldon and Castlemaine. Replaced by mixed train to Shelbourne for one trip three days per week | |||
| Rail motor makes four trips per day Monday to Friday except on three days per week when the mixed steam train runs once per day through to Shelbourne. | ||||
| Maldon - Goods Platform reduced in length by 25 feet | ||||
| Maldon - The last gold mine closes and the town's population dwindles. | ||||
| Maldon Junction - Signalbox abolished with introduction of remote control of the junction from Castlemaine "A" Signalbox. The section of line between Castlemaine and Maldon Junction worked by automatic train signalling. | ||||
| Maldon - engine shed (1884) removed. (1932?) |
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| Service now two return trips Maldon - Castlemaine and Shelbourne train Mondays only. | ||||
| The world recession hits hard. The service reduce to two trains a day with the mixed train to Shelbourne on Mondays only. Maldon's population drops to 700. | ||||
August |
Maldon - sheep yards rebuilt on No. 3 road, previously alongside carriage dock. | |||
| Muckleford - Portable station building & residence removed. Shed placed on platform. | ||||
December |
Locomotive K160 enters service, constructed at the Newport Railway Workshops. |
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