The Crowes railway line was a 2 ft 6 in narrow gauge railway located in the Otway Ranges in south-western Victoria, Australia, running from the main line to Port Fairy at Colac to Beech Forest and lat
Cutting and 103 mile (166 km) post on the line
Remnants of an embankment near Barongarook
The Victorian Railways G class is a class of steam locomotives built for the Victorian Railways 2 ft 6 in gauge branch lines by Beyer, Peacock & Company. They were introduced in 1926 to increase train
Crowes railway line
…potato traffic and a lime kiln added to revenue. Traffic grew to require up to seven trains a day each way by the mid-1920s. The introduction of the G class Garratt locomotive allowed a new timetable with two trains each way between Colac and Beech Forest, and a third train each way to Gellibrand. The Crowes branch saw a…
G42 at Puffing Billy Railway in August 2007
G41 stored at Colac in 1962
G42 at Walhalla station in 1926
G41 Shunting NQR wagons at Colac 1959