Find the perfect railway locomotives australia stock photo. Located in the middle of the melbourne yard precinct in the suburb west melbourne near north melbourne station, the site is now occupied by the melbourne steel terminal. At the 2011 census, moonee ponds had a population of 107,443. We have for sale a copy of a quality black and white photo we recently obtained of c2 and c1 at the rear the north melbourne locomotive depot near the coal stage waiting for their next job, possibly a bendigo line goods train or a shunting or transfer train around melbourne or to geelong on mid 1920s, the photo is a 6x4 glossy black and white print, postcard size. Melbourne was australias first city to have suburban railways, which were also. The images are shown here for reference only as some may be ed by other parties. Locomotive number s301, later the sir thomas mitchell streamlined on turntable, north melbourne, victori.
The locomotive depot at seymour existed from the opening of the station until 1993. We have for sale a copy of a quality black and white photo we recently obtained of e 379 shunting at the rear of the north melbourne locomotive, e 379 is a permanent shunting engine allocated to north melbourne locomotive depot for shunting duties throughout the various melbourne goods and passenger yards 1961960, the photo is a 6x4 glossy black and white print, postcard size. About us media careers venue hire apps books mv collections. North melbourne locomotive depot was the main location for maintenance of the victorian railways steam locomotive fleet based in melbourne. General images victorian railways, museum victoria, australia. The sydney harbour bridge is a steel through arch bridge across sydney harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the sydney central business district cbd and the north shore. Considered by many to be vrs last word in passenger locomotives, they were vrs first 3 cylinder steam locos. The depot was originally located just to the north of the station, with a two locomotive. Over at the south dynon locomotive depot i saw a pair of clp class units.
Steam murtoa sub depot a nice piece of vr history dec 1968. North melbourne locomotive depot 1963 from the time i was given the big book of british trains as a child, i had a love for railways. Locomotive builders history of within australia page 1. North melbourne locomotive depot is within the scope of wikiproject australia, which aims to improve wikipedias coverage of australia and australiarelated topics. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. Some were based at ararat for most of their lives j541, n403, r761 and r762 are some examples but others were oscillating between several depots. This edition features stories, photographs, plans and diagrams of the former north melbourne locomotive depot, a massive facility that for almost 75 years stood adjacent to north melbourne railway station.
Prior to its entry into service, steaming trials were undertaken at north melbourne locomotive depot and following adjustments, r707 then made a number of test runs to bendigo. This database of np depot photos has been provided by many of our members from various sources. North melbourne steam locomotive depot demolished april 16. This book tells the story of the early railways opened in the wake of the gold. This scene shows many of the pacific national locos stored at werris creek nsw. The depot, which sat in the yards next to north melbourne station, was a massive steamera locomotive maintenance facility that at its peak employed 1,000 people and serviced 160 locomotives a day. Victoria was the first australian colony to open a steam railway, in 1854, and for. The image was taken at either the north melbourne yard where the locomotive was based or the spencer street yards, circa 1920s.
In the early sixties, you could still go to the north melbourne locomotive depot and see steam engines operating. Childhood memories of the north melbourne loco shed john anderson p344. North melbourne locomotive shed location 300372 footscray road west melbourne, melbourne city municipality melbourne city level of significance heritage inventory site heritage inventory hi number h78220166 heritage listing victorian heritage inventory hermes number 8810 property number. The dramatic view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby sydney opera house is an iconic image of both sydney and australia. British engineer, george christian darbyshire was made first engineerinchief in 1857, and steered all railway construction work until his replacement by thomas higginbotham in 1860. A short history of the victorian railways trams by david frost. R707 was finally issued to traffic as a pbc equipped locomotive on 4 august 1954, just three years since its delivery.
Werris creek loco depot february 2015 australian trains. Steam railway locomotive victorian railways, 060st type, z. It was located beside the railway canal, a section of moonee ponds creek that enabled the direct unloading of coal transported by sea from new south wales. Improvements north loco secretarys office, spencer street, melbourne, c. This article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. They were the only class of main line electric locomotive operated in victoria. Classified as a 060 type sidetank goods motor engine.
Sep 25, 2016 vr pic of 460 a2 986, on the turntable at the former north melbourne locomotive depot, circa 1916 stay safe and healthy. The records are standard plans, elevations and sections depicting features of the relevant. From the time i was given the big book of british trains as a child. Mileposts in vr history 1965 publicity brochure power parade 1981 publicity brochure. The depot was opened sometime in the 1880s by the victorian railways, replacing its first locomotive depot located in the spencer street station yard. Historic north american locomotives traces the historic development of north american locomotives from the early 1800s through today. Never in the history of australia has the necessity for. Sydney once ran the worlds largest steam tram network. Victorian railways steam locomotive m214 at ashburton station, melbourne, 1901 picture samuel ware x 32 locomotive equipped for dust firing at north melbourne picture.
This locomotive was stationed at princes bridge depot and the north melbourne depot in the mid to late 1890s. To locate images of specific items, use the column filtering by putting your cursor over the header at the top of the column you want to filter. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. Victorian railways steam a2 876 departing north melbourne loco depot 26 jan 1960. The locomotive depot and turntable were relocated from the east side of the line to the west side of the line, and new grade separations were provided at rowan street, to the north, and roy street, to the south.
Moonee ponds is home to queens park and the moonee valley racecourse. We have for sale a copy of a quality black and white photo we recently obtained of a2 876 departing the north melbourne locomotive depot for her next shunting shift, a2 876 is fitted with shunting boards and is a permanent heavy shunting engine allocated to north melbourne locomotive depot for shunting. From the grimy north melbourne locomotive depot to the glamorous southern aurora express train, dedicated railwaymen and women carried out their often unseen duties, and contributed to the daytoday operations of the grand old vr that proud institution now consigned to the pages of history. Explore the tramway books we have in our museum shop. Steam railway locomotive victorian railways, 060st. Victorian railways steam a2 876 departing north melbourne loco. Dear sir,adverting to the representations made at a deputation to the chairman on the 29th ultimo that the proposed improvements at north melbourne locomotive depot, as pre. Reproduction rights owned by the state library of victoria. Access the collection is the online catalogue to prov records. Victorian railways steam a2 874 running past north melbourne loco.
Considered a photographic book with the look and feel of fine art, 100 locomotives are profiled using descriptive text and richly detailed and colored photographic imagery. The victorian railways l class was a class of electric locomotives built by english electric and operated by the victorian railways and later vline from 1953 until 1987 primarily on the gippsland line. Because of political turmoil in the victorian government, higginbotham was one of 7 officials removed from office on. No locomotive was never initially based at anywhere else than north melbourne, even if only for a week, all locomotives post x class started their life there. Discover the rich 150 year history of railways in victoria.
The loco shed demolition north melbourne loco depot loco shed p342. Seymour railway station wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Museum locomotive d4 268, back in its days as a shunting locomotive. They were not moved to the new south dynon locomotive depot until 1964. Depot with locomotives, north melbourne, victoria, 25 may. Its local government area is the city of moonee valley. Ani sold the dandenong plant to abb who became adtranz and later bombardier. Ararat loco depot page 1 locomotives and rolling stock. From introduction the class were maintained at the jolimont workshops in central melbourne, along with the suburban multiple unit fleet and the e class suburban freight locomotives, as steam locomotives were housed at the north melbourne locomotive depot. From the grimy north melbourne locomotive depot to the glamorous southern aurora express train, dedicated railwaymen and women across the state carried out their often unseen duties, and contributed to the daytoday operations of the grand, traditional old vr that proud institution now consigned to the pages of history. Our city had the largest cable tram system in the world operated as a single integrated entity between 1885 and 1940, dwarfing the survivng cable tram lines in san francisco.
V56 was built by the victorian railways for use at the jolimont melbourne electric car sidings for the specific purpose of propelling the suburban electric sets through a car washing plant at a constant speed of one mile per hour. The victorian model railway societys current project is the construction of a club layout based on korumburra vr. A department of railways was created in 1856 with the first appointment of staff. North melbourne locomotive depot was the main location for maintenance of the victorian. Located in the middle of the melbourne yard precinct in the suburb west melbourne near north melbourne station, the site is. Vr pic of 460 a2 986, on the turntable at the former. We have for sale a copy of a quality black and white photo we recently obtained of a2 876, n484 and k149 in steam inside the north melbourne locomotive depot waiting for their next jobs, they are sitting around number two turntable with the photographer looking towards spencer street station 1961960, at. Locomotive builders history of within australia search thread image gallery. Moonee ponds is a suburb of melbourne, victoria, australia, 7 km north west from melbourne s central business district.
During 1984, the passenger facilities in the main station building were refurbished. Shed marshallers assistants and to move engines in the sheds. Locomotives at turntable, north melbourne depot, circa 1905. This catalogue provides advice on finding particular records in provs collection, performs searches for physical and digital records based on their descriptions in provs archival control data, allows for the download of digital records on open access, and allows registered users to order physical records for viewing at prov. In its heyday, up to 160 locomotives per day left the depot, serviced by a workforce that numbered around.
Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more. The comeng plant was purchased by ani who sold it for redevelopment. Records generated by architectsengineers for the chief mechanical engineer for the erection, maintenance and renovation of locomotive and carriage workshop and service depot buildings and various infrastructure at newport, north melbourne, jolimont, ballarat, bendigo and other regional locations. The terminal was last remaining part of the vast melbourne yard complex that stretched between the melbourne cbd and the docks, but no longer exists the land earmarked for the new e gate development.
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