Railway stations and people

 ...one of things of the KellyGang story 

Things

The Railway's place in the KellyGang story

We all remember Glenrowan and the plan to take up the track. The railway played a vital part in the police operation. It helped them get people and horses from one place to the next. To find out what was going on all the KellyGang and their friends had to do was just monitor the railways.

The Railway Stations's place in the KellyGang story

Albury
Beechworth
Benalla
Chiltern
Deniliquin

Echuca
Essendon
Euroa
Glenrowan
Longwood
Moama

Rutherglen
Violet Town
Wahgunyah
Wangaratta
Wodonga

People who worked on the railways in the Kelly country

Alder, R
Alder, William
Bell
Bowman, John
Burch H
Cameron, John
Colman Richard

McPheie, A
Morgan
Stanistreet, John
Sherritt, John
Stevens C
Wilson Detective
Wright
Yates J R

Hollows H
Dowsett, Jessie
Ganger Dick
Gorman
Judd
Laing, Henry
McCann N
McEvoy (RC16690)

South bound
Violet Town 4.4pm (luggage train)(Tuesday)(RC2124)(RC2245)

North bound

The railways employed a large number of people. There were train drivers, guards, station masters, porters, signal staff, gate keepers at the level crossings, line repairers etc

There were many camps along railway lines when they were being built that have now ceased to exist. See for instance the Big Hill Camp at Damiallie's on the line to Beechworth

News of the Wahgunyah line to Corowa, Urana, and Jerilderie, (OMA5/4/1879)

Deniliquin and Moama Company and the Echuca bridge over the Murray (Argus7/3/79)

See also http://www.vicrailstations.com and explore the line and station you are interested in

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