https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhiBTNk_p8o
Passenger and goods steam trains filmed 1964 to 1967 on Victorian Railway lines around Bendigo, Swan Hill, Horsham, Portland, Seymour, Broadford, Wonthaggi,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2bc8N4sL6o
Scenes of the former Victorian Railways filmed in 8mm Kodachrome between 1963 and 1968. Music track, no train sounds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Victorian_locomotive_classes
This is a list of Victorian locomotive classes, being classes of locomotive that have worked on railways in Victoria.. The majority of Victorian steam locomotive classes were operated by the Victorian Railways (VR). Regularly scheduled steam working ceased on VR mainline operations after 25 May 1972 - with only special excursion or enthusiasts trains being hauled by steam after that time.

https://rossrailvideo.com.au/product/steam-in-victoria-parts-1-2/
Part 2. (The Final Fling) "Steam in Victoria - Part 2″ focuses on regular workings in the 1960's, both on the main line and various branch lines. . The 'then-now' perspective is again explored, showing the many remarkable changes that have taken place on the Victorian railways over the past forty years. Due to a shortage of diesel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_J_class_(1954)
The Victorian Railways J class was a branch line steam locomotive operated by the Victorian Railways (VR) between 1954 and 1972. A development of the successful Victorian Railways K class 2-8-0, it was the last new class of steam locomotive introduced on the VR.Introduced almost concurrently with the diesel-electric locomotives that ultimately superseded them, the locomotives were only in

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrow-gauge_lines_of_the_Victorian_Railways
The former Victorian Railways, the state railway authority in Victoria, Australia, built a number of experimental 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm) narrow-gauge lines around the beginning of the 20th century. Although all were closed by the early 1960s, parts of two have been reopened as heritage railways .

https://www.victorianrailways.net/vr%20history/history.html
Turning of the first sod for the railway line at Geelong. . 1854. Sept. 12. Flinders St. to Port Melbourne line opened by Hobsons Bay railway co.This was the first steam railway to operate in Australia. . 1856. Mar. 19. Victorian Railways department of the Victorian government created.

https://archive.org/details/british-steam-in-the-1950s-and-1960s-volume-1
Out of Cameras of few keen amateur railway photographers in 1950's and 1960's o steam locomotive operation on British Railways, came some fascinating cine footage recording the end of an era. This series of videos is aimed at uncovering some of those unique movie shots taken during this period. Volume one features steam workings at Clapham

https://www.victorianrailways.net/motive%20power/a2steam/a2steam1.html
A. 2. steam locos. ABOVE : The turntable was installed early 1908 and the A2 sitting upon it was the reason why. Whilst the earliest A2 Class locomotives could just fit on a 53'-0" turntable the 12'-0" centre to centre tender behind the later Stephenson and all the Walschaerts engines necessitated the provision of 70'-0" turntables.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R01cHI-4aGY
Welcome to Schony747 trains on Wednesday and the second and final compilation featuring Preserved Victorian Railway Steam Locomotives in action. This is volu

https://railstory.org/chapter-sixteen/
The first narrow gauge line of the Victorian Railways was opened on 14th March 1899, a train running to and from Wangaratta 'with a few passengers' and a complete absence of fanfare. But six days earlier a special train had run about half way down the new line from Wangaratta to Moyhu for the King Valley annual races.

http://www.victorianrailways.net/motive%20power/vsteam/vsteam.html
There were 16 locos in the class, numbered 499 - 529 (odd numbers only). They were built 1899 - 1902 and were in service until 1930. In 1912 - 1913 they were rebuilt and renumbered 200 - 215. For their time a huge loco by Victorian standards, much bigger than the then biggest goods engine the 0-6-0 X class. The first engine, 499, was imported

https://victorianchildren.org/victorian-railway/
The first major railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened in 1825, primarily for freight. It then became the first public railway service to use steam locomotives. However, it was the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, inaugurated in 1830, that truly marked the dawn of the railway age in Britain. The rollout of the rail network was

https://medium.com/the-gauge/ml2-the-beginning-of-a-new-era-for-the-victorian-railways-a58b33e7ddf
When compared to steam power in 1954 when the final delivery was complete, the Victorian Railway's reported that £80 per horsepower on a diesel-electric locomotive to a mainline steam loco

http://everythinggwr.com/archive-videos/
Last Days of Steam (Pt 4): archive views of Snow Hill and Oxford with Southern locos meeting GWR. Birmingham Snow Hill Scenes. the first part of a wonderful 3 part video series commemorating this fabulous and much mourned station in the 1960s. Shots of a rather forlorn 'Clun Castle' and some diesels including a new Western.

https://www.theteachinglane.co.uk/articles/1gmgmldwzuobx623wa2qxcj08q2zxm
KS2 History - Victorians. This article was originally published online and in print by teachPrimary. You can find a copy of the print article and all of the resources mentioned in the article on the teachPrimary website. The chug of steaming pistons and coal smut in the air - nothing is more evocative of the Victorian era than steam trains.

https://www.youtube.com/@Victorian_steam
Welcome to The Channel!! Join me as we ride Heritage steam trains, explore abandoned railways and see Preserved locomotives! Based in Victoria from Melbourne Australia, the mighty Victorian

https://trpmagazine.com/1960-and-steam-still-ruled/
1960 and Steam Still Ruled. By Bill Robie/Photos by the author An article in the April 1960 Railroad Magazine sure caught my attention and prompted youthful thoughts of a possible adventure. Titled "100% Steam," the article stated that thirty-one steam locomotives were still very busy on the 39-mile Sydney & Louisburg Railway hauling coal at the northeast end of Nova Scotia in Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_E_class
Phoenix delivered five additional locomotives designated as the E E class, numbered 462, 464, 466, 468, and 470. These had a new wheel arrangement of 0-6-2 T, specifically designed for shunting use. After evaluation, engines 482 and 496 in 1898, followed by 490 and 478 in 1906-1907, were converted to the same format, although the latter two

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-67901503
Organisers recreated a freight train of wagons and box vans, similar to those that ran across the south of England, including the Swanage branch, in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Andrew Wright

https://www.teachwire.net/teaching-resources/ks2-history-victorian-steam-trains/
KS2. Years 5-6. History. Use this KS2 Victorian inventions six-week unit plan and accompanying teaching pack to help your pupils explore how the introduction of trains changed communities, their national impact, and the delicious changes that trains delivered to our diets. The chug of steaming pistons and coal smut in the air - nothing is

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_C_class
Designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer W. M. Shannon, [1] the C class was the first goods locomotive designed and built entirely in-house by the Victorian Railways Newport Workshops, following on from the successful Dd and A2 class passenger locomotives. When class leader C 1 was introduced in 1918, it was the heaviest and most powerful steam

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30 Years of Country Passenger Trains: Victoria - 1950s to 1980s; Closed Stations - Lost Locations: Victoria - Part 2 ... Keith Turton - VR Steam 1959 to 1973; Steam Locomotive Depots Victoria - Part 2; Victorian Railways Railmotors; Steam in the Otways; Steam Around the Bay; Victorian Railways Stations And Stopping Places; Currencies