Railway Stations

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The Railway's place in the KellyGang story

We all remember Glenrowan and the plan to take up the track. The railway played a vital part in the police operation. It helped them get people and horses from one place to the next. To find out what was going on all the KellyGang and their friends had to do was just monitor the railways.

The Railway Stations's place in the KellyGang story

Albury

Beechworth

Benalla

Chiltern

Deniliquin

Echuca

Essendon

Euroa

Glenrowan

Longwood

Moama

Rutherglen

Violet Town

Wahgunyah

Wangaratta

Wodonga

ENJOY ...

People who worked on the railways in the Kelly country

Alder, R

Alder, William

Bell

Bowman, John

Burch H

Cameron, John

Colman Richard

McPheie, A

Morgan

Stanistreet, John

Sherritt, John

Stevens C

Wilson

Wright

Yates J R

Hollows H

Dowsett, Jessie

Ganger Dick

Gorman

Judd

Laing, Henry

McCann N

McEvoy (RC16690)

Trains

Some of the normal trains were

South bound

Violet Town 4.4pm (luggage train)(Tuesday)(RC2124)(RC2245) North bound

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The railways employed a large number of people. There were train drivers, guards, station masters, porters, signal staff, gate keepers at the level crossings, line repairers etc

There were many camps along railway lines when they were being built that have now ceased to exist. See for instance the Big Hill Camp at Damiallie's on the line to Beechworth

News of the Wahgunyah line to Corowa, Urana, and Jerilderie, (OMA5/4/1879)

Deniliquin and Moama Company and the Echuca bridge over the Murray (Argus7/3/79)

See also http://www.vicrailstations.com and explore the line and station you are interested in