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| Status | Tourist railway |
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| Locale | Gippsland |
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| Stations | 11 |
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| Type | Mixed passenger/goods service |
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| Commenced | 1904 |
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| Opened | 1908
3 May 1910 |
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| Completed | 1910 |
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| Closed | 25 June 1954 |
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| Reopened | April 1994 |
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| Line length | 26.5 miles (42.6 km) |
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| Number of tracks | Single track |
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| Track gauge | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) |
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Moe
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George Street
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Bell Street
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| Della Torre Road | | (Moore Street diverted west, since re-straightened) |
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Sale Road
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Tanjil River | 45-foot (14 m) steel girder | | plus 28 timber spans |
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Moe-Walhalla Road
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Gooding
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| Moondarra Reservoir Road | | built after railway closed |
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temporary station site (approximate site)
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| crossing marked on construction plans, | | not on 1927 gradient chart |
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temporary ballast siding (approximate site)
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Tyers River | 45-foot (14 m) steel girder | | plus 7 timber spans |
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Tyers River
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| Gould | | Browns Road, former Moe-Walhalla Road |
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former Tanjil Road
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Moondarra
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| roadway alternates either side | | of former railway alignment |
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Watson Creek
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Watson | former alignment of | | Upper Moondarra Road |
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Collins Siding
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Moe-Rawson Road
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Mathiesons Road
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Erica
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| Jacob's Creek | | 10-span timber trestle |
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Nelson Creek
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O'Shea and Bennett's Siding
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Tyers-Walhalla Road
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Murie
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Cooper's Creek
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Platina
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| approximate location where | | rail trail takes former alignment |
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Thompson depot
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former location of log across line
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Thomson railway station
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Erica-Thompson rail trail & Old Depot Road
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| triple-span steel girder bridge | | between 3 and 4 timber spans |
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Mormontown track
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Winter Platform*
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Cascade Bridge Halt*
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Happy Creek loop
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Happy Creek railway station*
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Happy Creek
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water-wheel mentioned by Trainor
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Little Joe Creek
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Walhalla Happy Go Lucky Road
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Main Road & Stringers Creek
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Asterisks (*) indicate stations and stopping places built
during the reconstruction of the Walhalla Tourist railway
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The Walhalla railway line was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway located in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The line ran from Moe to the former gold-mining town and popular tourist destination of Walhalla.
Construction began in 1904, though the project progressed slowly and the line was not completed until 1910. It was the last of the four narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways to be opened due to the difficult and mountainous terrain to be contended with. The railway was expected to be a boon for the town, which was in a state of economic and population decline due to gold mining operations becoming increasingly uneconomical, with the largest gold mining company closing in 1915. However, the arrival of the railway did not save the town. The line closed in sections from 1944 to 1954.