Thanks for that, it was great. I hope you do more and cover Northern Vic. There doesn't seem to be many pics of Rushworth, Colbinabin or Stanhope lines and stations around but one can live in hope.
When I was learning about youtube / creating videos and touring around (and still am), I did explore the township of Colbinabbin and will be travelling north before the end of this year ... this is the link to Colbinabbin: ruclips.net/video/QGlUaGOaTPU/видео.html
I guess the person who was giving a basic description of the photo at the State Library - Victoria, had his wires crossed and made a mistake or the person providing the photo did - Thanks for the update.
I wondered about Leura, I didn’t think it is in Victoria. I wondered if it was the Cooktown- Leura line but not sure of the spelling and looked too large a building for the remote Queensland town.
Killara Railway Station (3:40) is on the North Shore line in Sydney. It's not surprising that you can find pictures of the other States railways in a State's collections. Maybe as a result of bequests or interstate studies. Including Albury is understandable as train ran from Melbourne to there to connect with Sydney trains. Moama is, for many reasons, really part of Victoria anyway. Serviceton should be on the border between Victoria and South Australia if not for a surveying error in determining the exact location of the border between the two States.
Whittlesea, and the original South Morang station where Middle Gorge station now sits, important stations as most of Melbourne's milk came from that Northern area pre 1966 via rail. Whittlesea also had a turn table and the skeleton of the platform still remains to this day!
If you know of an abandoned train or railway station within a 120 km radius of the Melbourne CBD with some buildings (station house / signal boxes / bridges / tunnels etc) to drone and film, I'd be happy to make that trip and create a short 10 minute video of it - In some of the towns that I visit, I include the railway station - Trentham (see video) in particular has an inactive but beautiful station and I had my late lunch on the platform !
Dandenong station also had a turntable, I remember seeing it as a young boy around 1958 going on my 1st train ride with my gran, the train was one of those brand new blue trains
@@alancampbell8760 I've done a little research and it appears one can't gain access to that station as development either side denies access. I've also only found 3 historical photos that I could use without breaching copyright ... On a positive, a guy has highlighted the station a few years back on RUclips, but also encountered access difficulties - I was however able to find a bunch of historic photos of the GMH plant in Dandenong !
That was really cool. I went to school in Alexandra, but I can't picture where the station would have been, does anyone know? I instantly recognised Colac station. I live there now and nothing at all looks different!
9:00 Walhalla Station, also with narrow-gauge tracks. You can easily tell they're narrow gauge as the regular broad-gauge tracks (rails) are clearly wider apart when seen at a distance. Obviously Walhalla must be, or have been part of the Puffing Billy line.
Walhalla is no where near the Puffing Billy line. Totally different Railway. Yes both were narrow gauge (along with several others in Victoria). But the Walhalla line left Moe in the Latrobe Valley and went via Erica into the mountains. PB (Gembrook line) starts at Belgrave (now) but it originally started at Fern Tree Gully.
@@xr6lad I didn't think the Puffing Billy line went all the way to Walhalla either, but I'm no expert and unfortunately ignorant in this area, but learning !
As well as the other errors mentioned, the pictures shown at 7:21 and 7:31 are clearly not of the same station at the same time. Another source gives 1922 as the date for both photographs(!), but I still doubt that they were both taken in the same year. Perhaps the first is 1922 (when the station opened, and it looks new), and the other a few years later. Or perhaps the first one is not Yallourn at all?
I believe this has come up before and you are correct - Unfortunately that's how the State Library - Victoria has labelled the stations; error was most likely made by the photographer of the time when submitting them to be archived.
There has been a few errors and l appreciate those being noted ... I have stayed true with how the State Library - Victoria have described those images and yes, there has been errors when they provided those notes ... Then again they do get images donated with errors !
@@ronwoods7778 There has been a few errors and l appreciate those being noted ... I have stayed true with how the State Library - Victoria have described those images and yes, there has been errors when they provided those notes ... Then again they do get images donated by photographers back in the day with errors !
State Library not very interested in making corrections to their low standard captions to photos. We live in hope they may provide a correction method.
Picture says Ballarat Station at 8.01. Very wrong. That's our Town Hall. The Station clock tower didn't get clocks until late 20th century. I could look up when, but I'm too lazy.
Unfortunately it's what was mentioned with the photo by either the photographer back in the day or with the State Library - Victoria ... but thank-you for the correction 👍
@@wallybeeby7370 thanks for the update / clarification ... I learnt that not everything that is noted with the State library archive photos are correct !
You missed Yarra Junction station the only station building left on the Warburton line, this building was also the original c1888 Lilydale station building, moved to Yarra Junction 1914/15, after the current Heritage Lilydale station building was completed. The building still holds a few reminders of it time at Lilydale to this day, it is now the home to the Upper Yarra Museum at Yarra Junction.
My old school had a school farm in Yarra Junction ! There definitely appears that some railway stations were overlooked that had significance in Victoria railway past ... The imagines were the only ones I could find at State Library - Victoria that weren't with a copyright clause. I'll see if other libraries have non copyright material for a part 2, but this could be a long shot !
@@leepannett2086 CGS - I was there back in the late 70's and as a senior looking-out for the juniors in early 80's ... we were all roistered to milk cows at a nearby farm - Those were the days !
not sure ... looked at 5:25 and I'm only going by what the notice / memo states about the photo from the State Library - Victoria ... A few keen train enthusiasts have found a few discrepancies with same named stations from New South Wales and not Victoria !
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 reverse google search yielded nothing but after asking others, they reversed bing searched it and a link staid that it was FSS (Flinders Street Station). It also seems to match with the fact that 4 lines went south west; 2 to st kilda and 2 to port Melbourne
From a site actually interested in Victorian Railways history, unlike the library, and also invites further information and corrections unlike the library www.victorianrailways.net/photogallery/suburb/gal04/fssemma.html
You'll note the first original photo was how it was presented by the State Library - Victoria ... It also mentions Spencer St in reverse along the stop, however the actual photo in their description states it's Castlemaine, so as I touched up the photo for clarity, then flipped it to the correct side
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 I've just got off the train at Castlemaine half an hour ago. The first photo is correct. The second photo is reversed and is incorrect. (Note that the signal box was moved across the tracks since that photo was taken)
You do know Albury and Leura are both in NSW. And that wasn’t Ballarat rail station that was the town hall. (Opps reading the other comments you know that by now). Still liked the video. Know well Woodend, Mt Macedon, Sunbury. , Meredith. My area. Walhalla Railway station building was actually removed in 1940’s and still stands at Hartwell station. 😊 Much simpler times. I’ve found myself photos in state archives can be mistitled : sometimes if I know the actually place I’ll let them know.
Unfortunately I'm going by what is noted with the photo and the archives from the museum - A few of you guys are switched on and updated the real location of some photos. 👍
Sorry to say but the picture of Ballarat Station ca 1922-1928 is a pic of the Ballarat Town Hall in Sturt Street and to be precise Queen Victoria Square.. you can see the statue of Queen Vic in the photo. Furthermore, the clock tower at the Ballarat Railway Station did not get a clock till 1984.
Well there you go - Thanks for the update. The information with the photo was retrieved from the State Library, so I guess whoever sent in the photo sent the wrong information about it !
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 So it seems. Just for info my great uncle was a Victorian Railway Commissioner as well as Station Master at Ballarat. This is from my mothers side of the family who have a long connection with the Victorian Railways, even to being the Station Master at Glenrowan in 1880.
A few people have noted that now. It would appear that the information that was upload with the photo in the library archives, is incorrect and I just made note of what was stated (I'm no expert in this area, but simply love the photos of old stations) ... but well done for noting the mistakes.
I can only go by the information (limited) provided by the State Library - Victoria ... I guess the person providing the image was mistaken - Thanks for the update and clarification
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Thank you nice work.
I believe the old Walhalla station building now stands at Hartwell RS Camberwell.
yep, sure is 👍
As a new Toora resident, I have looked for ages. Thanks for showing me what it used to look like. Great slideshow
Thanks for the comment
5:05 Gembrook Station - Narrow-gauge tracks! Part of the Puffing Billy line today, I believe.
I believe you are 100% correct
Great little Slide Show -Thank You!!
I love the Australian railway stations, so much character and history. Thanks for posting.
It's history that stands the test of time in most if not all regional and suburban locations
Thanks for that, it was great. I hope you do more and cover Northern Vic. There doesn't seem to be many pics of Rushworth, Colbinabin or Stanhope lines and stations around but one can live in hope.
When I was learning about youtube / creating videos and touring around (and still am), I did explore the township of Colbinabbin and will be travelling north before the end of this year ... this is the link to Colbinabbin: ruclips.net/video/QGlUaGOaTPU/видео.html
The Leura station pic is in the Blue Mountains nsw.
Great video some amazing buildings.
I guess the person who was giving a basic description of the photo at the State Library - Victoria, had his wires crossed and made a mistake or the person providing the photo did - Thanks for the update.
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 All good these things happen.
I wondered about Leura, I didn’t think it is in Victoria. I wondered if it was the Cooktown- Leura line but not sure of the spelling and looked too large a building for the remote Queensland town.
Killara Railway Station (3:40) is on the North Shore line in Sydney.
It's not surprising that you can find pictures of the other States railways in a State's collections. Maybe as a result of bequests or interstate studies.
Including Albury is understandable as train ran from Melbourne to there to connect with Sydney trains. Moama is, for many reasons, really part of Victoria anyway. Serviceton should be on the border between Victoria and South Australia if not for a surveying error in determining the exact location of the border between the two States.
Whittlesea, and the original South Morang station where Middle Gorge station now sits, important stations as most of Melbourne's milk came from that Northern area pre 1966 via rail. Whittlesea also had a turn table and the skeleton of the platform still remains to this day!
If you know of an abandoned train or railway station within a 120 km radius of the Melbourne CBD with some buildings (station house / signal boxes / bridges / tunnels etc) to drone and film, I'd be happy to make that trip and create a short 10 minute video of it - In some of the towns that I visit, I include the railway station - Trentham (see video) in particular has an inactive but beautiful station and I had my late lunch on the platform !
Dandenong station also had a turntable, I remember seeing it as a young boy around 1958 going on my 1st train ride with my gran, the train was one of those brand new blue trains
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 GMH had a station for employees between Dandy and Hallam
@@alancampbell8760 Great suggestion ... I'll check out what historic photos I can find that are not protected by copyright so I can use them.
@@alancampbell8760 I've done a little research and it appears one can't gain access to that station as development either side denies access. I've also only found 3 historical photos that I could use without breaching copyright ... On a positive, a guy has highlighted the station a few years back on RUclips, but also encountered access difficulties - I was however able to find a bunch of historic photos of the GMH plant in Dandenong !
That was really cool. I went to school in Alexandra, but I can't picture where the station would have been, does anyone know?
I instantly recognised Colac station. I live there now and nothing at all looks different!
A bit of history and some memories 👍
Alexandra station and buildings are still there as a museum on Station Street next to the race track
9:00 Walhalla Station, also with narrow-gauge tracks. You can easily tell they're narrow gauge as the regular broad-gauge tracks (rails) are clearly wider apart when seen at a distance. Obviously Walhalla must be, or have been part of the Puffing Billy line.
Thanks for the update / info.
Walhalla is no where near the Puffing Billy line. Totally different Railway. Yes both were narrow gauge (along with several others in Victoria). But the Walhalla line left Moe in the Latrobe Valley and went via Erica into the mountains. PB (Gembrook line) starts at Belgrave (now) but it originally started at Fern Tree Gully.
Thanks for the update
@@xr6lad I didn't think the Puffing Billy line went all the way to Walhalla either, but I'm no expert and unfortunately ignorant in this area, but learning !
@@xr6lad Okay. Thanks. I thought the PB line was the only remaining narrow-gauge line left in Victoria.
As well as the other errors mentioned, the pictures shown at 7:21 and 7:31 are clearly not of the same station at the same time. Another source gives 1922 as the date for both photographs(!), but I still doubt that they were both taken in the same year. Perhaps the first is 1922 (when the station opened, and it looks new), and the other a few years later. Or perhaps the first one is not Yallourn at all?
I believe this has come up before and you are correct - Unfortunately that's how the State Library - Victoria has labelled the stations; error was most likely made by the photographer of the time when submitting them to be archived.
Great collection of historic images. Good work. Just one point relating to the pic of Ballarat Railway station which is not actually the station.
There has been a few errors and l appreciate those being noted ... I have stayed true with how the State Library - Victoria have described those images and yes, there has been errors when they provided those notes ... Then again they do get images donated with errors !
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 The Ballarat photo is actually Ballarat Town Hall.
@@ronwoods7778 There has been a few errors and l appreciate those being noted ... I have stayed true with how the State Library - Victoria have described those images and yes, there has been errors when they provided those notes ... Then again they do get images donated by photographers back in the day with errors !
how much did those people achieve,with not much more than horse and cart,pick and shovel.Beats the modern system hands down,what a lot we have lost.
totally agree, labour was very physical and most likely working 6 days a week !
The Ballarat photo at 8:00mins is not the Ballarat Railway station, it is actually the Ballarat Town Hall.
There appears to be a few mistakes with the information that accompanied the photographs on archive with the State Library - Thanks for the update.
State Library not very interested in making corrections to their low standard captions to photos.
We live in hope they may provide a correction method.
10:13 Serviceton Station, now believed abandoned and *HAUNTED!* Amy's Crypt did a video on this station because of that reputation.
Picture says Ballarat Station at 8.01. Very wrong. That's our Town Hall. The Station clock tower didn't get clocks until late 20th century. I could look up when, but I'm too lazy.
Unfortunately it's what was mentioned with the photo by either the photographer back in the day or with the State Library - Victoria ... but thank-you for the correction 👍
Leura is in the blue mountains main line in NSW
It does appear the information uploaded into the State Library - Victoria archives has some errors and others have noted the same - Thank-you
8 min mark is the Ballarat Town Hall, not the station.
@@wallybeeby7370 thanks for the update / clarification ... I learnt that not everything that is noted with the State library archive photos are correct !
You missed Yarra Junction station the only station building left on the Warburton line, this building was also the original c1888 Lilydale station building, moved to Yarra Junction 1914/15, after the current Heritage Lilydale station building was completed. The building still holds a few reminders of it time at Lilydale to this day, it is now the home to the Upper Yarra Museum at Yarra Junction.
Also great videos mate, sorry forgot to put that in my first comment. 👍
My old school had a school farm in Yarra Junction !
There definitely appears that some railway stations were overlooked that had significance in Victoria railway past ... The imagines were the only ones I could find at State Library - Victoria that weren't with a copyright clause. I'll see if other libraries have non copyright material for a part 2, but this could be a long shot !
I know the farm and milk the cows there occasionally, if I'm thinking of the right school.
@@leepannett2086 CGS - I was there back in the late 70's and as a senior looking-out for the juniors in early 80's ... we were all roistered to milk cows at a nearby farm - Those were the days !
👍
5:25 looks to be Flinders St Station but the year says 1885
not sure ... looked at 5:25 and I'm only going by what the notice / memo states about the photo from the State Library - Victoria ... A few keen train enthusiasts have found a few discrepancies with same named stations from New South Wales and not Victoria !
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 reverse google search yielded nothing but after asking others, they reversed bing searched it and a link staid that it was FSS (Flinders Street Station). It also seems to match with the fact that 4 lines went south west; 2 to st kilda and 2 to port Melbourne
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 the state library of Victoria is pretty sloppy about lots of aspects of history and are not very receptive to corrections.
From a site actually interested in Victorian Railways history, unlike the library, and also invites further information and corrections unlike the library
www.victorianrailways.net/photogallery/suburb/gal04/fssemma.html
That IS Flinders Street station, and perhaps 1885, but certainly not 1910-1930 as captioned, as it precedes the existing building opened in 1910.
The two images of Castlemaine station are simply the same image reversed.
You'll note the first original photo was how it was presented by the State Library - Victoria ... It also mentions Spencer St in reverse along the stop, however the actual photo in their description states it's Castlemaine, so as I touched up the photo for clarity, then flipped it to the correct side
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 I've just got off the train at Castlemaine half an hour ago. The first photo is correct. The second photo is reversed and is incorrect. (Note that the signal box was moved across the tracks since that photo was taken)
You do know Albury and Leura are both in NSW. And that wasn’t Ballarat rail station that was the town hall. (Opps reading the other comments you know that by now). Still liked the video. Know well Woodend, Mt Macedon, Sunbury. , Meredith. My area. Walhalla Railway station building was actually removed in 1940’s and still stands at Hartwell station. 😊
Much simpler times.
I’ve found myself photos in state archives can be mistitled : sometimes if I know the actually place I’ll let them know.
Unfortunately I'm going by what is noted with the photo and the archives from the museum - A few of you guys are switched on and updated the real location of some photos. 👍
Sorry to say but the picture of Ballarat Station ca 1922-1928 is a pic of the Ballarat Town Hall in Sturt Street and to be precise Queen Victoria Square.. you can see the statue of Queen Vic in the photo. Furthermore, the clock tower at the Ballarat Railway Station did not get a clock till 1984.
Well there you go - Thanks for the update. The information with the photo was retrieved from the State Library, so I guess whoever sent in the photo sent the wrong information about it !
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 So it seems. Just for info my great uncle was a Victorian Railway Commissioner as well as Station Master at Ballarat. This is from my mothers side of the family who have a long connection with the Victorian Railways, even to being the Station Master at Glenrowan in 1880.
Moama, Albury, and Leura are in NSW not Victoria
A few people have noted that now. It would appear that the information that was upload with the photo in the library archives, is incorrect and I just made note of what was stated (I'm no expert in this area, but simply love the photos of old stations) ... but well done for noting the mistakes.
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 Moama was a Victorian Railways station, as the Deniliquin line, while in NSW, was in fact part of the Vic system.
keep working on the sound-track
Hopefully I'll only get better !
if this about train stations in victoria albury station is in nsw not victoria
I can only go by the information (limited) provided by the State Library - Victoria ... I guess the person providing the image was mistaken - Thanks for the update and clarification
Albury was the change of gauge station, Victorian trains terminated there for passengers to transfer to NSW trains.