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| + | On 12 September 1889 the Ballarat East to Buninyong railway line opened. The 7.5 miles of single track railway cost £8,795 per mile with a total cost of £65,958. <ref>http://www.victorianrailways.net/grades/buninyong/buninyong.html, accessed 09 October 2013</ref> On 21 November 1904, the year of the [[Eureka Stockade]] Centenary, the Eureka siding was renamed Eureka. <ref>http://www.victorianrailways.net/grades/buninyong/buninyong.html, accessed 09 October 2013</ref> The Eureka to Buninyong line closed on 28 February 1947.<ref>http://www.victorianrailways.net/grades/buninyong/buninyong.html, accessed 09 October 2013</ref> | ||
Trains that run short shunting trips from a station to a nearby siding and return are known as pilots. Depending on their destination, Ballarat had the following regular pilots: | Trains that run short shunting trips from a station to a nearby siding and return are known as pilots. Depending on their destination, Ballarat had the following regular pilots: | ||
Revision as of 15:47, 9 October 2013
T367 shunting the oil company sidings at Eureka, taken from the site of the Free Trade Hotel, 25 August 1981. Photography: Ron Woods.
T367 shunting the oil company sidings at Eureka, taken from the site of the Free Trade Hotel 25 August 1981. Photography: Ron Woods.
T367 passes under the Victoria Street bridges with the Eureka Pilot, taken from the site of the Free Trade Hotel 25 August 1981. Photography: Ron Woods.
On 12 September 1889 the Ballarat East to Buninyong railway line opened. The 7.5 miles of single track railway cost £8,795 per mile with a total cost of £65,958. [1] On 21 November 1904, the year of the Eureka Stockade Centenary, the Eureka siding was renamed Eureka. [2] The Eureka to Buninyong line closed on 28 February 1947.[3]
Trains that run short shunting trips from a station to a nearby siding and return are known as pilots. Depending on their destination, Ballarat had the following regular pilots:
- Eureka Pilot – served the sidings at Eureka
- Workshops Pilot – served the Ballarat North Workshops (may still run as required)
- Cattleyards Pilot – served the saleyards at Delacombe
- Redan Pilot – served the industrial sidings south of La Trobe Street at Delacombe. (VR called this area Redan for decades before it was officially named Delacombe.)[4]
Other Sites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buninyong_railway_line
References
- ↑ http://www.victorianrailways.net/grades/buninyong/buninyong.html, accessed 09 October 2013
- ↑ http://www.victorianrailways.net/grades/buninyong/buninyong.html, accessed 09 October 2013
- ↑ http://www.victorianrailways.net/grades/buninyong/buninyong.html, accessed 09 October 2013
- ↑ Email from Ron Woods to Clare Gervasoni, 08 October 2013.
