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2-12-23
This tour was all about the Victorian Y class locomotive 707 Operation's Y127 meets Maldon's Y157 and Y133 from the VGR ( Victorian Goldfeilds Railway ) then to Daylesford where Y159 waits with a more modern N car set which was given to the Daylesford Spa Country railway.
707 Opeations started this tour from Melbourne to Castlemaine where 2 of the loco's were detached and Y127 was the put on the train to Maldon making it a triple head Y class to maldon. Once at Maldon the passengers were then transproted by bus to the Daylesford Spa Railway for the run to Bullarto back to Passing Clouds where the passenger's the went on a tour through the winery before returning to Dayelsford.The following day the passenger's borded the train at Castlemaine for the return run back to Melbourne.
Information on the Walker rail motor RM32can be seen on the link below
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Here is some info on the tressel bridge at Winters Flat, Castlemaine:
“The Winters Flat bridge is scientifically, historically and aesthetically significant at the state level. The bridge is one of the oldest timber bridges built by the Victorian Railways to survive intact and demonstrates more about the adaptability and structural evolution of timber railway bridges of a medium height than has been documented for any other bridge built by the Victorian Railways with 15 feet spans because:-
* The structural history for this bridge as recorded by the early bridge inspectors is one of the most complete in the PTC bridge maintenance file for a bridge constructed with cast iron caps;
* The diversity of structural detail found in the bridge today. Of special interest are the types of pier it demonstrates (2-pile, 2-pile with stay piles, 5-pile pier, 3-pile with stay piles), and the rare sequence of stages in the conversion of 2-pile piers into 4-pile piers illustrated by the portion of the bridge over Langslow Street. Very rare elements contained in the superstructure are pipe ferrules between the beams and the 1920s style joints in both gravel beams and runners.
The Winter's Flat Bridge played a major role in maintaining the railway link between Maldon and Castlemaine. Although an insignificant branch line by Victorian standards, the construction of the Maldon line in 1884 enhanced the quality of life for the people of Maldon and the surrounding district by increasing travel opportunities and lowering transportation costs and remained the dominant mode of transportation in the area for over 60 years.
It has been a prominent structure in the Winter's flat area since 1884. The visually striking feature of the Winter's flat bridge is its long length and relatively uniform pier height, within which the complex repetitive texture of a timber pile bridge is clearly demonstrated. It is visible from the Pyrenees Highway and is readily accessible to the public along Langslow Street which passes under the Maldon end of the bridge.
No. 1 bridge is one of a diverse series of six timber bridges on the Maldon line that, together with an original 1884 iron girder bridge, are recognised to be of state significance as the most representative sequence of nineteenth-century branch line bridges to survive intact in Victoria.
The significance of the bridge is enhanced by its presence on the short, 10-mile-long, heritage-rich Maldon branch line. Built in 1884 to service the gold mining town of Maldon, the 10-mile branch line terminated at Maldon. Even when the railway was extended a further 10 miles, Maldon station retained the characteristics of a small terminal station, with all trains arriving and departing at the same end.
As the gold industry went into decline, so did the township of Maldon and its railway. The early insignificance of the railway resulted in virtually no modernisation of the line or its infrastructure. When the line closed in 1976 its major items of outstanding heritage significance combined with its short length resulted in the Maldon line being selected for restoration and preservation as a working museum by a group of railway enthusiasts.
A few weeks after the line closed the Castlemaine and Maldon Railway Preservation Society was formed and most of the heritage assets of the railway were reserved for preservation, including its outstanding collection of small to medium sized timber bridges.
No1 bridge is the longest of all timber bridges built by the Victorian Railways still in railway service, and its intrinsic heritage significance will be maintained and enhanced as steam trains once again carry people over Campbell's Creek, providing tourists with interesting visual and photographic opportunities while demonstrating the dominant role timber bridge and steam railway technologies once played in the transportation needs of Victoria.”