Re: Beyond Epping (VIC) or signs of optimism.

[Judy Gordon <judyg@deakin.edu.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:
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> Dont suppose anyone can remember any details of how this line was operated,ie
> Epping to Whittlsea .
> Things like what safeworking was used, where were the crossing loops.
> I can just remember seeing a railcar which ran daily , which I think ran via
> North Fitzroy. (possibly a Derm or older style Walker)
> Were there any freights ?
> What class of line was it .ie what locos ran.
> 
> None of my old railway books , even going back as far as 1950, make any
> detailed mention of this line.

I was too young when the line closed to have taken a lot of notice of
the details.
The suburban line ended at Thomastown, and I remember announcements at
Princes Bridge for Thomastown trains connecting with the Whittlesea rail
motor.  (I think it was a DERM.)  The Thomastown trains all ran via
Clifton Hill in the usual way.
There was a goods train, but I don't know how often it ran, but again, I
think it ran via Clifton Hill, as I often remember seeing a goods train
on the middle line at Clifton Hill, and it didn't appear at Rosanna,
where I lived.  I only used to see the weekly (Tuesdays?) Mont Park
goods pass through Rosanna.

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Mrs Judy Gordon				
School of Biological & Chemical Sciences		 
Deakin University (Rusden Campus)