The South Gippsland Railway Line - DOCUMENTARY
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Publicado 2020-10-22
Over the years various other lines we created that branched off from the main railway line.
The line saw regular passenger services for over a century, linking the many bustling farming communities on its route to Melbourne.
The line saw goods services of all kinds including oil trains servicing the Barry Beach Marine Terminal and sand trains from the Australian glass manufacturers quarry in Nyora. The line was also a critical tool in helping framers quickly get there fresh produce and dairy goods to the distant markets in Melbourne in just hours not days via horse and cart.
In later years the railway also helped farmers by bringing them train loads worth of super phosphate to fertilize there crops.
Every town along the expansive line received enormous growth upon the arrival of the line. This is still celebrated through the impressive architectural landmarks that stand reminding residences of the enchanting era of steam, iron, fire, and the once mighty VR.
Just as fast as is rose it began to fall.
In 1953 the section from Woodside to Yarram was permanently closed inadvertently foreshadowing the beginning of the slow decline of the railway as easily accessible road transport begun to rise to prominence around the world.
Rail Services continued however with forever dwindling patronage.
Just as the line was expanded and expanded it shrunk and shrunk.
In 1981 passenger services to Yarram were withdrawn, which was notable in being the last mixed goods and passenger train of the Victorian railways.
Freight continued to Yarram until 1987 when the section from Welshpool to Yarram was permanently closed. Welshpool to Leongatha was next closing in 1992 after traffic that supplied the Bass Strait oil fields dried up.
Despite outcries on Saturday the 24th of July, 1993 the final ever V/Line passenger rail service to Leongatha ran ceasing 105 years of passenger services on railway line.
A small section of the track from the then recently electrified suburban Cranbourne station to the AGM siding in Nyora was used for sand freight until movements ceased on the 15th of January 1998 thus closing a 110 year chapter of Victorian history.
It was the end of the line.
With many public calls and hollow government promises for reopening and the simultaneous rise and fall of the south Gippsland tourist railway,
The tracks still lay dormant form Cranbourne onwards. Some sections have been revitalized and converted in to a rail trail and some just ripped up and forgotten.
Laying at the outer licks of the once seemingly imposable never-ending south eastern sprawl, the rusted heat buckled tracks still lay silently as a reminder of our once great southern railway.
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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Bloody sad. There are towns along that route that could use a train service . Not too many parts of Australia are as scenic as Sth Gippsland.
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Lovely green grass and sand trains.
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Great doco mate, I really enjoyed it! I grew up on Phillip Island and used to love walking bits of the rail trail out at Kilcunda, such a beautiful area.
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lucky enough to go on a few steamrail trips to leongatha as a child before it closed.... damn what a tradgedy
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Been to the fish creek hotel many a time!
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One of the greats!
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One of the most shortsighted closures by thick politicians and docile compliant railway administration up there with the Mornington Line. Even when closed it could be seen that the city would continue to expand in those directions and d the cost of reinstalling them prohibitive.
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Always sad a line closure :( Awesome video . . .
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Wow that was a really damn good video. Loved the history and it was such a shame to see this line closed.
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I went on one of the final trips by steam to Foster in 1988, November? D3 639 and K153. I think Foster was chosen as the terminus, as it did have an operational turntable to turn the locos. And a stop for a while on the way back, as one of the locos ran low on water and had to go off light engine to get some.
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Great video!
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Great! Went down to Leongatha in mid March this year. Tracks all the way up to the station from ruby were all ripped up. There were a bunch of sleepers and stuff in the corridor. Was a very sad sight. The tracks at the station and rail yards still remained although unfortunately the day after I went there, the rail yards at Leongatha station were ripped up :(
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Sorry, the section from Woodside to Yarram was operational during the 1960s when I used to go to Foster every School Holidays until 1970. I believe that section was closed some time after 1970...
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Good Documentary 👍 The government will regret it one day building a rail trail from Nyora to Leongatha because if it reopens it will be harder to build the new track It’s also sad that the South Gippsland Tourist Railway didn’t reopen this next year, they were fighting to get it open but they did a rail trail instead 😔
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Fantastic and very informative video. Thank you for publishing it.
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Great to see you again making videos
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Thank you for the video really enjoying watch, lovely!
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Great video, thank you.
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great video!
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Oh is that why the leongatha line ended. I remember that train.
