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Victorian Railway Maps (1860 - 2000) Go here for a set of maps showing the Victorian Railways network every decade from 1860 to 2000. Each map shows the lines and stations that were open on the 1st of July at the start of each decade.
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RailMapOnline is a free website that aims to provide an interactive map of all historic railways for the UK and US. The UK map is mostly finished, although there’s always room for improvement. The US map is a work in progress, and will take many years to complete. The railway maps are produced by me (Matthew) as a hobby, as is the website, so pleas...
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The D D Class was designed as all-lines mixed traffic locomotive that were Victorian Railways’ go anywhere/do anything class. They replaced the multiplicity of small locomotive classes that were time expired by the turn of the 19th/20th century.
class 4-6-0. ABOVE: D 4 285, Spencer Street, 1950s. Built as DD E 740 at Newport Workshops, placed on register 15/09/1909. Re-numbered 285 16/09/1925 and re-classified D 4 4/1932. Auto-coupled 19/10/1953 North Melbourne Loco.
The D D design was adapted into a 4-6-2T tank locomotive for suburban passenger use, the D DE (later D 4) class. They were the most numerous locomotive class on the VR, with a total of 261 D D and 58 D E D {\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} } locomotives built.
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The former Victorian Railways, the state railway authority in Victoria, Australia, built a number of experimental 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge lines around the beginning of the 20th century. Although all were closed by the early 1960s, parts of two have been reopened as heritage railways.