Re: Old rail line near Foster Victoria

[David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>]

> Twocan wrote in message <913536595.667427@mail.1earth.net>...
> >Recently driving between Sale and Foster I saw the remains of a rail line.
> >Has anyone got info as to when this was built and when it was last used

Great Southern Jcn (near Dandenong) - Tooradin opened 1-10-1888
Tooradin - Loch opened 11-11-1890
Loch - Korumburra opened 2-6-1891  Korumburra - Leongatha opened 17-12-1891
Leongatha - Port Albert (not Alberton) opened 13-1-1892. (Alberton-Port Albert
closed 14-2-1949), the rest closed 30-6-1992 to Barry Beach Jcn, 5-6-1990 to
Welshpool and 26-10-1987 to Alberton. Alberton - Yarram opened 8-2-1921, closed
26-10-1987,
Yarram - Won Wron opened 16-12-1921, closed 26-5-1953,
Won Wron - Woodside opened 22-6-1923, closed 26-5-1953.
The Barry Beach line was in use  from 2-4-1969 til 30-6-1992.
There were other branch lines to Strzelecki, Wonthaggi & various coal mines,
Outtrim & Coal Creek area including Strezlecki (note the different spelling)
and Port Welshpool (ng horse drawn tramway).

An Australian atlas of railway lines is proposed for publishing in the near
future and a team of people from the various states have been compiling a lot
of data for it. Many previously accepted dates of opening and closing have been
proved a little incorrect and it is hoped that research for this atlas will get
it right, or more so than before.

David Langley.