ROLL 26. A.R.H.S. Excursion to
Hurstbridge, 26th August 1967.
All photos © Les Brown. Not to be used
for Publication.
Scanned Negatives
26-01. McLeod. The remains of the branch line to the
Mont Park mental asylum, closed in 1964 and a much shortened
portion used to store suburban trains terminating at McLeod, can be seen to the
left of the excursion train.
26-02. Near
Watsonia. K191.
26-03. Near
Watsonia. K191.
26-04. Near
Greensborough. K191.
26-05. Near
Greensborough. K191. Nell Street level crossing being modified.
26-06. Greensborough. K191. Compare this picture with the
one in Roll 95-06 taken two years later.
26-07. Near
Montmorency. K191.
26-08. Near
Eltham. K191. The wooden timber pile bridge is the only railway bridge of predominantly
timber construction remaining that is still in regular use as part of
Melbourne's metropolitan railway network.
The expertise needed to maintain the bridge, built in 1902, has long been lost
to the Public Transport Corporation so it is now up railway preservation
societies, with timber bridges on their lines, like Puffing Billy, to maintain
it.
26-09. Near
Eltham. K191.
26-10. Near
Eltham. K191.
26-11. Near
Eltham. K191.
26-12. Eltham-Diamond Creek. K191.
26-13. Eltham-Diamond Creek. K191. The shed on the left, now long
gone, was reputed to have been a left over relic from gold mining activities in
the area. A feature of this line was the wooden catenary masts.
26-14. Eltham-Diamond Creek. K191.
26-15. Hurstbridge. K191.
26-16. Hurstbridge. K191. This station lacked an engine
run-around loop so the suburban train raised its pantographs and moved around
by itself so that the locomotive was at the front of the train.
26-17. Hurstbridge. K191.
26-18. Hurstbridge. K191.
26-19. Eltham. K191.
26-20. K191. Eltham.
26-21. K191. Eltham. And
as usual, the sun comes out for the last picture. The drought of 1967 was
particularly bad (“worst drought in living memory” was a popular refrain then and
it seems to be the case in every drought), but that didn’t seem to stop it
raining on the many fan trips of that year.
Thanks to Martin Bennet and Richard
Smith for corrections and notes.