Re: Comments/corrections - VR map

[desktop@pipeline.com.au (Frank Jones)]

On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 01:43:58 GMT, G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff
Lambert) wrote:

>John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Frank Jones wrote:
>
>
>>>  There is also Geelong
>>> Racecourse (loop siding and platform still in use)
>
>There was actually a Geelong Racecourse branch line, which was taken
>out of use a long long time ago (1880's?).  Possibly the roadbed later
>became part of the Queenscliff branch, though I don't think so.
>
>Geoff Lambert
>
No, the Queenscliff line was entirely separate.

The Geelong R/C line was built to serve the old Geelong R/C (which
wasn't on the site of the present day racecourse). It branched off the
Warrnambool line near the site of Marshall; traces can still be seen.