Photos by emdb67 : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)
Old railway turntable, T'ai-tung
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Old railway brakevan body
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View from train at Houli.
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Diamond Valley Railway
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Old wooden bridge over Tambo River
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New Street Railway Gates
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Steep grade at Alishan
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Minzu Road, Chiayi (2005)
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Loy Yang power station and Traralgon
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emdb67's conversations
google earth images relating to the previous comment have since been updated, so you'd need to check previous versions to see the bypass simply ending in a paddock. However, the two sections of road that don't line up along the riverbank to the south-east are still visible.
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This is actually the old Princes Hwy bridge remnants. The original rail bridge is the one still in use.
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3-room children's castle "cubby house", built 1960.
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I understand that fires destroyed the line more than once. This bridge happens to be the one that survived of the several large ones between Nayook and Noojee. The line was later cut back to Nayook. All before my time, but I've read up on the line's history.
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Remains of a small locomotive used in constructing the "entrance".
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Great place to take the kids on the weekend - large park and playground at the same location. $3 per person for a long ride around the track. Our 2 year old loved it.
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New path running alongside the main Gippsland railway to connect the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail to Stratford. Gates provided as stock crosses at this location.
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Belgian-built Tubize 0-6-0T No. 2345 of 1948. 2' 6" gauge.
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Runs first Sunday of every month.
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After climbing many, many steps up the mountain to a footbridge, I was suitably rewarded for my effort by the unexpected sight of this train heading down to Chaoping station to collect a load of sleepers.
This section of line normally only sees passenger trains that run pre-dawn for sunrise viewing, returning shortly after the event.
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