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That section of track was dismantled in 1994, which required the strengthening of the line's derelict trestle bridges to allow the track removal machine to operate. [ 2 ] On 24 July 1993, the last regular V/Line passenger train operated to Leongatha, with locomotive P18 hauling the return passenger train comprising four H type carriages .
In the early days of the railway's operation, dedicated passenger trains ran, but they had ceased by the 1930s. The track infrastructure was dismantled in 1994. The line traversed a mixture of farmland, hills and heavily forested country, and included numerous bridges, including the Stoney Creek trestle bridge, the largest of its kind in Victoria.
Track warrants are issued granting main track use between two named points (i.e. milepost sign, station, or any fixed physical point, such as a switch).The dispatcher may also issue time constraints (known as "Box 6" on a standard form), although the track warrants remain in effect until cleared by a member of the receiving crew.
VicTrack, trading as the Victorian Rail Track Corporation, is a Victorian Government state-owned enterprise which owns all railway and tram lines, associated rail lands and other rail-related infrastructure in the state of Victoria, Australia, [1] with the exception of the Emerald Tourist Railway Board's heritage Puffing Billy Railway.
Rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria is provided by a number of railway operators who operate over the government-owned railway lines. The network consists of 2,357 km of Victorian broad gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) lines, and 1,912 km of standard gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)) freight and interstate lines; the latter increasing with gauge conversion of the former.
In 1996, the Greyhound Adoption Program was founded by Mel Tochner and Anita Smith. [3] The Greyhound Adoption program works with trainers and owners to help adopt greyhounds to good homes after they have finished racing. The Greyhound Adoption Program is based in Semour, Victoria, and has a purpose built facility for re-homing greyhounds. [4]
Bus track, a track for certain buses, like the O-Bahn buses; Axle track, the distance between centres of roadwheels on an axle of a motor vehicle; Continuous track, a belt providing motive traction for a tracked vehicle such as a tank or a bulldozer; Track (navigation), the path a vessel or aircraft plots over the surface of the Earth
Laburnum station opened on 13 July 1958, [4] [5] and was named after the locality of Laburnum, itself named after the shrub of the same name. [6] [7] The original station had two side platforms, with a substantial brick building on Platform 1, and a small brick shelter on Platform 2. [4]