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词条 Yarra Valley Railway
释义

  1. History

  2. Current operations

  3. Rollingstock

     Locomotives  Railmotors & Trailers  Rail Tractors  Carriages  Guards Vans  Goods Wagons 

  4. Line guide

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

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The Yarra Valley Railway is a Heritage railway operating on a section of the former Healesville railway which operated between Lilydale and Healesville in the Yarra Valley area northeast of Melbourne, Australia.

History

The Lilydale-Melbourne railway was extended from Lilydale to Yarra Flats (now known as Yarra Glen) on the 15 May 1888 with intermediate stations at Coldstream and Yering. Part of the structure included a long timber viaduct with 502 openings near Yarra Glen, spanning the Yarra River and the adjacent flood plains. The extension of the line from Yarra Glen to Healesville required a 1 in 40 (2.5%) climb into a 154.4 metre tunnel with a corresponding descent at nearly the same grade. The Healesville Station opened on 1 March 1889 with an intermediate station at Tarrawarra.

Traffic on the line included timber, livestock, milk and dairy products. Early timetables included regular goods services specifically for transporting milk.

The last regular steam passenger service was hauled in August, 1964. From this time until closure of the line in 1980 passenger services were run using Rail Motors, initially with Walker railmotors but due to degrading track quality the Walkers were replaced by Diesel Electric Railmotors (DERMs) from 1978 onwards. After 9 December 1980 no services operated beyond Coldstream and the Healesville-Coldstream section of the line was officially closed to all traffic on 10 March 1983. The Healesville Railway Cooperative was established in 1984 to reopen the line and in 1985 was granted an 'Order In Council' for this section by the Victorian State Government[1] to operate the line as a tourist railway. It was partially reopened as far as Yarra Glen for tourist charter services in 1986 following major bridgework. However, these services ceased by 1990 when the Healesville Railway Cooperative merged with the Yarra Valley Tourist Railway, who began running trolley services on the Healesville-Yarra Glen section.

During the Black Saturday bushfires of February 2009 Yarra Glen station came under ember attack and two timber trestle bridges near Tarrawarra were burnt down in a fast-moving grass fire.

Following a track renewal and bridge reconstruction campaign, on 17 July 2010 the official launch of the Walker Railmotor service occurred with the first passenger train service to leave Healesville Railway Station in over 30 years.

Current operations

The Yarra Valley Railway currently runs a railmotor service from Healesville station to a temporary terminus at the back of the Tarrawarra Estate Winery on Sundays and public holidays, crossing the Watts River, under the Donovans Road overbridge and through the historic tunnel. The Railway is also presently rebuilding the {{convert|5|mi|48|chain|km}} section from this temporary terminus to Yarra Glen station, including the reconstruction of the Yarra Glen and Tarrawarra stations and the replacement of 14 timber trestle bridges within this section.

Rollingstock

The railway is in possession of a number of locomotives and carriages, including the following:

Locomotives

NumberImageYear builtBuilderStatusNotes
J516 1954 Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire Stored Victorian Railways J class coal-burning steam locomotive. Was plinthed in a park in Greensborough from 1975 until being acquired by YVTR in 1990. Stored at Healesville for possible future restoration.[2]
J541 1954 Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire Overhaul Victorian Railways J class oil-burning steam locomotive. Privately owned by a group including the YVR and some of its members. Stored at a number of locations (including Healesville) until 2003, when it was moved to the Puffing Billy Railway for restoration. After restoration, it was loaned to the Victorian Goldfields Railway, where it entered traffic on 5 September 2007.[3] Left VGR in late 2011 for Newport Workshops for an overhaul for preparation to return to Healesville.
T341 1956Clyde Engineering, Granville, New South Wales[4]StoredVictorian Railways T-class diesel-electric locomotive. Acquired by the YVR in the 1980s. Used on the railway till 2004. Transferred to Seymour for restoration to Mainline condition and made available for hire in 2008. Stored at South Dynon out of use 2012. Returned to Healesville on 14 May 2014. Presently awaiting repairs.
W250 1960 Tulloch Limited, Rhodes, New South Wales[5] Operational Victorian Railways W-class diesel-hydraulic locomotive.
Y109 1963Clyde Engineering, Granville, New South Wales[6]StoredVictorian Railways Y-class diesel-electric locomotive. Formerly owned by El Zorro and re-numbered Y145, it was acquired by the YVR in early 2014. Moved from store at Camperdown to Healesville on 13 May 2014. Will be restored to blue and gold livery as Y109 in the future.
Y1351965Clyde Engineering, Granville, New South Wales[6]StoredVictorian Railways Y-class diesel-electric locomotive. Currently awaiting relocation from SGR to Healsville.

Railmotors & Trailers

NumberImageYear builtBuilderStatusNotes
RM 22 1948Walker Bros.Operational 153hp Walker Railmotor.
RM 551928Newport WorkshopsStoredDiesel Electric Rail Motor. Stored at Korumburra awaiting relocation to Healesville for restoration into service.
RM 62 1930Newport WorkshopsStored - UnserviceableDiesel Electric Rail Motor.
58 MT1952Martin & KingUnder RestorationWalker Rail Motor Trailer.

Rail Tractors

NumberImageYear builtBuilderStatusNotes
RT 17 UnknownNewport WorkshopsStored

Carriages

NumberImageYear builtBuilderStatusNotes
32 BW1914Newport WorkshopsUnder Restoration
34 BW1914Newport WorkshopsOperational
35 BW1914Newport WorkshopsUnder Restoration

Guards Vans

NumberImageYear builtBuilderStatusNotes
68 ZLP1967Newport WorkshopsOperational
24 ZFNewport WorkshopsUnder Restoration

Goods Wagons

NumberImageYear builtBuilderStatusNotes
33 NN 1907Newport WorkshopsOperational
52 NN1950Newport WorkshopsOperational
33 QN1911[7]Newport WorkshopsOperational
100 QN1926[8]Newport WorkshopsOperational

Line guide

The Yarra Valley Railway currently runs on a section of track from Healesville to the Tarrawarra Tunnel. The rest of the line between the stop board outside the Tarrawarra Tunnel exit and Yarra Glen is currently being restored.

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\\exCONTg~~Line to Lilydale

\\exBHF~~50 km~~Yarra Glen~~ future extension of heritage railway

\\exBUE~~ ~~ ~~Melba Hwy

\\exBRÜCKE1~~ ~~ ~~Yarra Glen rec. reserve and showgrounds

\\exWBRÜCKE1~~ ~~ ~~Steels Creek

\\exSTR

\\exBRÜCKE1~~ ~~ ~~Simpsons Lane

\\exSTR

\\exWBRÜCKE1~~ ~~ ~~Pauls Creek

\\exBUE~~ ~~ ~~Tarrawarra Road

\\exHST~~54.7 km~~Tarrawarra~~ future extension of heritage railway

\\exSTR

\\exBRÜCKE1~~ ~~ ~~Tarrawarra Abbey service road (private access)

\\exSTR

\\exBRÜCKE1~~ ~~ ~~Private access road

\\exSTR

\\BUE~~ ~~ ~~Private access road

\\STR

\\TUNNEL1~~Tunnel (154.4m)

\\STR

\\BUE~~ ~~ ~~Donovans Road

\\SBRÜCKE~~ ~~ ~~Old Donovans Road bridge

\\STR

\\hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Watts River

\\STR

\\BUE~~ ~~ ~~Healesville-Kinglake Road

\\KBHFe~~63 km~~Healesville}}

{{wide image|Healesville Station with RM22.jpg|800px|Panoramic shot of Healesville Station with the railmotor RM22 sitting in the platform}}

See also

  • Tourist and Heritage Railways Act

References

1. ^[https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1985-87No62.pdf Report of the Ministry of Transport for the Year ended 30 June 1985], page 15
2. ^J516 at Australian Steam
3. ^Victorian Railways preserved steam locomotives at Australian Steam
4. ^T class diesel at victorianrailways.net
5. ^W class diesel at victorianrailways.net
6. ^Y class diesel at victorianrailways.net
7. ^http://pjv101.net/cd/pages/c019d.htm
8. ^http://pjv101.net/cd/pages/c019d.htm

External links

  • Yarra Valley Tourist Railway
  • Gallery of historic photos along the Healesville line
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6 : Tourist railways in Victoria (Australia)|Heritage railways in Australia|5 ft 3 in gauge railways in Australia|Yarra Valley|1888 establishments in Australia|1983 disestablishments in Australia

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