Victorian Goldfields Railway
1961-1975
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| 1962 |
22nd
May |
Maldon - home signal, plunger locks and Annett locks removed. Location board erected near signal site. |
BL#61 p8 |
| 1962 |
May |
Maldon Junction - home signal abolished, staff locking retained. |
RR#3 |
| 1962 |
May |
Shelbourne- home signal abolished. |
RR#3 |
| 1966 |
approx. |
Maldon - turntable (50 foot) removed (cut main beams remained in pit for many years until removed for installation of Ex Skipton 53 ft table in 1988) |
BL#61 p8 |
| 1966 |
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Castlemaine - Turntable (70 foot) cut-up & removed. Turntable pit filled in with material from coal stage embankment. |
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| 1969 |
(8th)
9th
January |
(Shelbourne Line bridges burnt in bush
fires)
Last goods train runs on Shelbourne Line? |
(BL#61 p8)
BL#48
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| 1970 |
7th
June |
J558 & J550 haul The Vintage Train to Maldon. |
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| 1970 |
1st
July |
Shelbourne Branch - officially closed (due to damage by bushfires in 1969) |
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| 1975 |
15th
March |
T329 hauls ARHS Excursion Train to Maldon. |
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