Re: Old rail line near Foster Victoria

["John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>]

The Outtrim line is the one you saw, it branched off the Great Southern line
at Korumburra, and headed south through Jumbunna and Outtrim North to
Outtrim.

Looking in my VR Grades Book, it shows two other lines branching off to
sidings near the Outtrim line Junction. These were to Coal Creek sidings and
Strezlecki sidings. Can anyone tell me how these lines were worked from
Korumburra?

Cheers
John Wayman

Alleyn Boucher wrote in message <36773181.37554038@news.alphalink.com.au>...
>If you drive from Korumburra to Wonthaggi there is for a good portion
>of the way the remains of a line. Which one was this? TIA
>Alleyn Boucher
>On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 21:22:06 +1100, David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>
>wrote:
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>>> 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
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>>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.
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