HISTORY AND DETAILS – CHEVIOT TO MANSFIELD NOTE: Lance Adams refers to Balham Tunnel as it was originally called. It is now referred to as Cheviot Tunnel. CHEVIOT TO BALHAM In the 1960’s, in an attempt to reduce superphosphate dust & noise in the...
Improved layout with many historical images included. A Fascinating History and Description of the Yea Railway Line by Lance Adams – Part 1 (Tallarook to...
In the initial image I was unable to find a suitable bottom half of the locomotive in the image. With help from Phil Glowacki who found a similar locomotive showing the entire front, I was able to add the missing information. You can see it at… Train Returns to...
Thanks to Lance Adams I have been able to add another gallery to the Yea Railway History page. It is called Gallery 2 and contains a wide range of historical images of the Yea railway line. You can access the page at the bottom of every yea.com.au page under the...
K161 at YeaFrom the author…Sometime back I was approached to compile some data on the old railway line for use by rail trail users. I was requested to be informative, historical, but up to date and not to use any railway jargon. Faced with this daunting list of...
