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Benalla Railway Station (Victoria)
Mainline to New South Wales, junction for Yarrawonga and former Tatong lines.
Opened 1873
Photo: Brad Peadon
Ballan Railway Station (Victoria)
Melbourne - Ballarat Line.
Opened 1887
Photo: Brad Peadon
Keith Railway Station (South Australia)
Mainline between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Opened 1886
Photo: Brad Peadon
Nuriootpa Railway Station (South Australia)
Barossa Valley line through to Angaston, and junction of Truro branch.
Truro line closed 1990.
Nurioopta to Angaston was removed in 2010.
The final traffic on the line, the Penrice Stony, wound up in 2014 and the line is now disused.
Opened 1911
Photo: Brad Peadon
Gheringhap in Victoria is the junction for the cross country line via Maroona and on to Ararat, as well as the line to Ballarat.
Opened 1878
Photos: Brad Peadon
Hoppers Crossing on Metro's Werribee line in Melbourne.
Opened 1970
Photo: Brad Peadon
The now removed signalbox at St Kilda in suburban Melbourne. This was taken not long after the line had been converted for light rail operation.
St Kilda heavy rail opened in 1857.
Closed to heavy rail in mid 1987, then reopened as a light rail line in November of the same year.
The signal box is believed to be gone.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Wangaratta is another impressive Victoria rural station.
Situated on the Main Sydney-Melbourne railway.
Opened 1873, very temporarily being the terminus for a few months before the rest of the line to Wodonga was completed.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and four below.
Bordertown Railway Station (South Australia)
Mainline between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Opened 1881 with the extension of the Narracoorte - Kingston SE line, but not connected to Adelaide until 1886.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Culburra is an Indigenous Australian term for 'plenty of sand' and is (or more correctly 'was) located on the main line from Adelaide to Melbourne.
Opened 1911
It is believed to have been wiped out in the 90s.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Coomandook is believed to be an Indigenous Australian term for 'place of different speech' and despite closing around 1990 is believed to still exist.
Opened 1912, however the line had passed through since 1886.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Serviceton station is on the Victorian side of the nearby border with South Australia and was named after the Premier of Victoria (1880, 1883-1886) James Service.
It is believed that passenger trains have not service Serviceton for a couple of decades, so could well be called 'Nonserviceton'. 😄
Opened 1889
Closed 1984
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and three below.
The impressive railway workshops at Redbank in suburban Brisbane (Queensland).
Workshops opened in 1958.
Photos: Brad Peadon
2492 undergoing a pretty major bit of work.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and below.
The Keates Road level crossing at Tallegalla on the currently suspended Rosewood Railway.
Opened 1911
Photos: Brad Peadon
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