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	The Commissioner's Notebook
		Railway construction was first begun there by private enterprise which, however, owing to the discovery of the goldfields was diverted into other channels, leaving it to the Government to construct railways if railways were to be built.
		Railway construction in Australia has not been very costly, averaging a little over £9,000 per mile (these figures all refer to the Government lines), although some of the lines have been more expensive, such as the Melbourne-Bendigo line (100 miles), which is 50 years old and has cost £48,000 per mile.
		The railway material used for Australia was formerly, all, and is still, to a very large extent, obtained from Europe, though several of-the States in pursuance of the policy of protecting Australian industries have gone in for building rolling stock and locomotives for themselves.
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	Chapter 5: The Railway Age, 1874-1920
		The Queensland Railways were not really deficient until exposed to the stress of the Pacific War between 1941 and 1945, when it became clear that their light standards were as inadequate for the defence of the country as they were for intense economic development.
		However, such had been the confusion of railway policy in the colony, that, as a state in the new Commonwealth, its railways would be rebuilt and their uses redefined far more than was the case elsewhere in Australia.
		As the Eastern Goldfields Railway was being completed, the original Eastern Railway was improved by duplication from Fremantle to Midland and construction of a deviation on an easier alignment of the ascent of the Darling escarpment.
	www.ahc.gov.au /publications/national-stories/transport/chapter5.html

	Victorian Railway Maps 1860 - 2000
		Station locations were mainly added from copies of Broadbentís eastern, western, and central 'official' road and railway maps of Victoria dating from the early 1950s.
		A more subtle effect was the closure of many of the wayside stations on the 'main' lines that remained; in fact many of the 'stations' that remained south of the divide had no traffic but only remained as safeworking locations.
		The other two trial narrow gauge lines (to Beech Forest and Gembrook were opened) as were two additional narrow gauge lines: to the gold mining town of Walhalla deep in the Victorian Alps, and the tiny horse worked tram to Port Welshpool in the southeast of the state.
	www.vrhistory.com /VRMaps

	Wangaratta to Whitfield Railway Line - Locomotives
		In 1897 the Victorian Railways accepted the tender of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, U.S.A., for the supply of two 2ft.6 in.-gauge locomotives of the 2-6-2 tank type, one to be a two-cylinder simple engine and the other a four-cylinder compound, along with some duplicate parts for each.
		Unlike other narrow-gauge rolling stock, the operation of these vehicles was restricted to the Gembrook line, excepting the transfer of eight of them (from store at Newport) to Colac in February, 1959, for a number of passenger excursions to Beech Forest and Weeaproinah; these were returned from Colac to Belgrave in May, 1962.
		During the early years of the Gembrook line, to provide additional passenger stock for excursion traffic, several NQR wagons were provided with removable wood and steel frameworks with canvas roof canopies and side curtains and internal seating.
	whitfieldrail.netc.net.au /loco.html

	List of closed Melbourne railway stations - Iridis Encyclopedia
		This is a list of former railway stations in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
		These stations previously existed in slightly different locations, and/or at a higher or lower level (for example, originally at ground level then lowered into a cutting), to their modern-day counterparts.
		Many of these stations are now abandoned or have been demolished.
	www.iridis.com /List_of_closed_Melbourne_railway_stations

	Melbourne Accommodation. Melbourne Information. Melbourne eguide.
		From Flinders Street Station, the 9:17 suburban departure for Belgrave on weekdays is known as the Puffing Billy Express (though not particularly express) and will connect with the Gembrook departure from Belgrave.
		When Victorian Railways found that its 5 feet 3 inches gauge was not suitable for sparsely populated hill areas, it constructed four railways to a 2 feet 6 inches narrow gauge, a gauge not used elsewhere in Australia and one which confused the railway compatibility situation even further.
		Puffing Billy is a steam-operated narrow-gauge railway running in the Dandenong Ranges forty kilometres to the east of Melbourne city centre.
	www.melbourneeguide.com /melbourne_daytrips.php

	Gembrook Town
		At a time when the move to link Gembrook once again to the narrow gauge has taken some very visible steps, it is well worth taking a closer look at how the railway served and responded to the needs of the businesses and community of Gembrook, and what use they made of the railway.
		Early in the century Gembrook boasted a market which was well served by the railway in the form of bringing in customers from further up the line and sending away purchased stock and produce.
		Railways were built for a purpose and although they exist as distinct entities with often their own particular characters, they also form strong and vital links with the communities they serve, and contribute in a major way to local economies and culture.
	www.puffingbilly.com.au /fan/heritage/GembrookTown.htm

	A Guide To Your Journey
		Originally called Devon, this station opened with the line in 1900, closed with the landslide in 1953 and was reopened with the Gembrook extension on 18 October 1998.
		Between 1958 and 1962, a new station and yard was constructed entirely by volunteers, using parts of the old Belgrave station which was approximately where the Melbourne end of the broad-gauge platform is now.
		There are two stations here the 'heritage' station at the location of the original station, and 'town' station which is designed to accommodate 16 carriages.
	www.puffingbilly.com.au /info/yourtrip

	Gembrook, Victoria
		The carriage of timber and produce from Gembrook was usually southwards to a railway station on the Gippsland line, but the roads were often boggy.
		The re-opening of the western end of the line as a scenic railway occurred in 1962, and a short section from Gembrook was re-opened in the early 1990s.
		Gembrook was first settled in 1873 for farming and timber getting.
	www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/gembrook.html

	Encyclopedia: Fielder railway station, Melbourne
		However, by that time, efforts were being made to extend the tourist railway from Lakeside through to Gembrook, which would complete the entire length of the original line.
		It opened on October 24, 1904, as part of the Gembrook railway line.
		When the Gembrook line was officially closed on April 30, 1954, the site fell into disrepair, and by the 1990s, little trace of Fielder remained.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Fielder-railway-station,-Melbourne

	Narrow Gauge Information - Articles Free
		Separate metre-gauge railways are operated by the FGC (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Catalan regional government railways) from Barcelona to Manresa and Igualada, the FGV (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana, Valencian regional government railways) around the city of Valencia, and the SFM (Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca) on the island of Majorca.
		Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) where the distance between the two parallel rails constituting the railway track (the track gauge) is less than the 1435 mm (4 ft 8.5 in) of standard-gauge railroads.
		The Isle of Man Steam Railway to the southwest is operated largely as a tourist attraction but the Manx Electric Railway to the northeast is a commercially operated railway system though its operation is closer to that of a tramway than a railway.
	www.articlesfree.com /index.php?title=Narrow_gauge (5747 words)

	Chapter 5: The Railway Age, 1874-1920
		The Queensland Railways were not really deficient until exposed to the stress of the Pacific War between 1941 and 1945, when it became clear that their light standards were as inadequate for the defence of the country as they were for intense economic development.
		The new railways carried goods and passengers far more economically than the coaches and drays they replaced, but the difference in speed was not as dramatic as it had been in the wilder terrain of the eastern colonies.
		The early stone or cellular iron construction of the transmontane railways of the 1860s was superseded by Whitton's distinctive lattice girder bridges, of which eleven were built and ten remain intact.
	www.ahc.gov.au /publications/national-stories/transport/chapter5.html (13114 words)

	Gembrook Town
		At the time of the opening of the Gembrook Railway on 18 December 1900, the station was equipped with the absolute bare essentials to meet the needs of the local community.
		At a time when the move to link Gembrook once again to the narrow gauge has taken some very visible steps, it is well worth taking a closer look at how the railway served and responded to the needs of the businesses and community of Gembrook, and what use they made of the railway.
		Railways were built for a purpose and although they exist as distinct entities with often their own particular characters, they also form strong and vital links with the communities they serve, and contribute in a major way to local economies and culture.
	www.puffingbilly.com.au /fan/heritage/GembrookTown.htm (2281 words)

	Warley Cottage, Gembrook, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia - BABS - Bed and Breakfast Site - Travel Accommodations Romantic Lodgings Lodges
		Drive to the town of Gembrook and you will find the Puffing Billy railway station and café where you can start or finish your journey on the historic railway which winds its way through the Dandenongs.
		Warley Cottage, Gembrook, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia - BABS - Bed and Breakfast Site - Travel Accommodations Romantic Lodgings Lodges
		Surrounding Warley Cottages is the wonderfully diverse Bunyip State Park which offers an abundant source of wildlife and extensive walking tracks.
	www.babs.com.au /warley/relax.htm (2281 words)

	Railway journeys in Australia - trains from Sydney to the outback
		This railway is located on the western side of the Blue Mountains and runs between Clarence Station at the higher point and Bottom Points Station at the lower point.
		The Kuranda railway was a great achievement at the time, long before many modern day machinery was invented thousands of labourers built this railway, including several tunnels, through the mountainous terrain.
		The original plan was to build the railway to Mount Isa to link up with the existing line but then gold was discovered in Croydon so the plans were changed and 140 km.
	www.amazingaustralia.com.au /railjourneys.htm (2281 words)

	Puffing Billy Railway, Melbourne - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		It originally ran from Upper Ferntree Gully station (now a suburban station on the broad gauge Belgrave line); it now begins at the Belgrave narrow gauge station, adjacent to the Belgrave broad gauge station.
		Subsequently operations were gradually extended over the remainder of the original line to Gembrook which was completed in 1998.
		Puffing Billy is a narrow gauge (2'6") steam railway in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Australia.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Puffing_Billy_Railway,_Melbourne (2281 words)

	Welcome to The International Railway Traveler (IRT)
		After breakfast this morning you will be taken to Don Village Railway Station, which has the largest collection of steam locomotives in Tasmania, dating from 1879 to 1951 as well as the largest collection of passenger carriages in Tasmania, dating from 1869 to 1964.
		The New Town Railway Station has been rebuilt at the museum and a new platform added.
		Closed down in 1963, the railway returned to nature and slumbered for 37 years, to be reawakened with a restoration of similar magnitude to its original construction.
	www.irtsociety.com /australia2004.html (2281 words)

	history.html
		Today, despite the opening of the City Loop stations, it is still one of the busiest railway stations in the world.
		In spite of many changes, the station has remained the hub of Melbourne's suburban railway network.
		The old Port Melbourne and St Kilda line platform verandah was far too good to throw away, so the department had it dismantled and re-erected at Hawthorn, which in those days, was a much busier station.
	www.buslines.com.au /hillsidetrains/history.html (2281 words)

	Gembrook Victoria, Australia. The Township - Tourism
		One of the highlights of the year for Gembrook and Puffing Billy is the ‘Kids fun Run with Thomas’ held in October each year.
		In town, where Puffing Billy Heritage Railway now terminates, on weekends you can visit the ‘Country Craft Market, ‘Motorist Museum’ and a number of gift shops.
		In Gembrook today, potato, grape and flower farms create a patchwork landscape, often with magnificent views of the distant blue ranges.
	www.gembrook.asn.au (2281 words)

	Casey Cardinia Moments in a Regional History
		The roads were bad and the nearest railway station was Narre Warren, 16 miles away.
		In 1886, he travelled to Emerald, which was accessed from the Narre Warren station, and began to clear the land he had purchased for his nursery with his hard-earned savings.
		At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Gembrook Nursery was trading on an international level.
	www.cclc.vic.gov.au /moments/nobelius.htm (2281 words)

	Selby, Victoria
		east of Belgrave, and was the first station on the narrow-gauge railway to Gembrook (now the "Puffing Billy" scenic railway).
		The provision of a station on the narrow-gauge railway in 1901 required the giving of a name.
		The land around Selby is particularly hilly, as evidenced by the curves in both the road and the railway.
	www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/selby.html (2281 words)

	novlive2
		There is railway communications with Melbourne, Upper Fern-Tree Gully being the terminal station (a narrow guage line runs to Gembrook, 18 miles distant), 24 3/4 postal miles SE of the metropolis, 414 feet above sea-level; fares 2 shillings 8 1/2 pence and 1 shilling 11 1/2 pence.
		The Fern Tree gully in the National Park runs along a creek between One Tree Hill and the Upper Ferntree Gully railway station.
		About 1/2 miles from the Upper station is the celebrated Fern-Tree Gully, abounding in ferns and mosses, a well-known resort for excursionists and lovers of picturesque scenery.
	www.geocities.com /newsmw/novlive2.html (2281 words)

	Puffing Billy Railway Melbourne Australia
		The railway was originally used as a tool to try and connect up some of the remote settlements in the area; however, after a landslide in 1953, the line was closed, as it had become un-economic to operate.
		If you look at the style of the two railways they are clearly similar, and of course the locos are of the same pattern.
		I visited the railway in November 2002 on Melbourne Cup day thinking that the railway would be fairly quiet.
	www.holidaymull.org /rail/puffinbilly (2281 words)

	RAIL MAP - CENTRAL VICTORIA / MELBOURNE REGION
		The most famous and Australia's first tourist railway is "Puffing Billy" which every day runs an intensive narrow-gauge steam-hauled railway between Belgrave and Gembrook through wonderfully scenic temperate rainforest country to the east of Melbourne.
		In addition to V/Line, other trains are operated by West Coast Railway to the south-west between Melbourne and Warrnambool, and you can use these trains to travel to Geelong, Winchelsea and Birregurra.
		There are many tourist railways in this region.
	www.railpage.org.au /railmaps/viccent.htm (2281 words)

	Tasmanian Railway Preservation
		In addition to the stock on our list, there is an extensive collection of Victorian Railways narrow gauge equipment, both for service and display, and the museum has many exhibits from around Australia and a number of other countries.
		These items are available for service when required on the Puffing Billy Railway, are located at various locations along the line and are often not available for public access.
		Items listed as being located at ‘Museum’ are located at the Steam Museum, adjacent to Menzies Creek station.
	www.railtasmania.com /pres/pbrstock.php (2281 words)

	RINGWOOD TO UPPER FERNTREE GULLY BROAD GAUGE RAILWAY:
		The station and building were rebuilt, along with the re-laying of the track for the opening of the line to Gembrook.
		The turntable was purchased in 1987 from the Victorian Railways and began operating at Emerald in 1990.
		The station is still important however, as all the carriage maintenance and rebuilding work is done in the adjacent workshops.
	www.billwilliams.org /puffingbilly/PBHistory.html (3451 words)

	List of Melbourne railway stations
		This is a list of the 200 currently operating suburban railway stations (216 including greater metropolitan stations) in Melbourne, Australia.
		There are also a further 19 stations on 3 heritage, volunteer-operated, tourist railways.
		Stations are broken up into 3 Metcard ticketing zones (some stations are in two zones, where tickets for either zone may be used), as well as the City Saver area, which is within Zone 1 and covers the central business district.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-Melbourne-railway-stations.htm (808 words)

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