Powelltown Tramway
The Powelltown Tramway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge tramway that operated between Powelltown and Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia. The railway connected to the 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian Railways at Yarra Junction. It operated between 1913 and 1945.
The tramway was owned by the sawmill at Powelltown, but, while the primary role of the tramway was to move sawn timber from the mill, it operated a timetabled service for passengers, and carried goods as a common carrier. The tramway also operated a number of logging lines into the forest east of Powelltown.
It has since been converted into a walking-only rail trail.[1] The tramway is on private property with limited access to the line (2013). P 128, describes access in 1984, "Powelltown" Stamford F.E, Stuckly E.G, Maynard G. L.
Locomotives
Further reading
- The Powelltown Tramway Buckland, John Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, August 1940
- Locomotives of the Powelltown Tramway Buckland, John Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, September 1940
References
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