Rail Geelong

I have done some more site tweaks, the last round I did messed things up to some degree. I think this round has not. A number of locations have been expanded as well.

I have just updated and tweaked the gallery software. The main difference is that it handles relocated images better, rather than just giving you an error it redirects you.

The Corio Independent Goods Line is pretty much completed, so a page about the layout and signalling has been created:
http://www.railgeelong.com/lineguide/corio-independent-goods-line

It accompanies the photos here:
http://www.railgeelong.com/gallery/events/corio-independent-goods-line

The site hosting has just been moved, but everything seems fine.

At present there are two projects occurring on the Geelong line: construction of the Corio Independent Goods Line which is a dual gauge freight line from North Geelong up to North Shore, and the relaying of the wooden sleepered parts of the Geelong Line. Photos of both projects are here and here.

Firstly, I have fixed the earlier issue.

Secondly, the big announcement - the time has finally come - at least some of the updates I said I would do are now done.

• The Geelong line details and history is now completed from Newport all the way into the city, as are all the stations on the way.
• The Altona branch is now covered, including the Williamstown Racecourse station.
• Suburban freight lines have also been added - the Maribyrnong River, and Power Station and Oil Lines (and need to be expanded)
• Back at the Geelong end, the Geelong Racecourse branch has been added, including the sewer and farm tramways built on the alignment of the line after closure.
• The Fyansford line has been expanded, with more details on the narrow gauge Australian Portland Cement Railway and the Cement Works themselves.
• The backend code has been altered so the URLs to everything are much cleaner http://www.railgeelong.com/lineguide/geelong/diagram instead of http://www.railgeelong.com/lineguide.php?line=geelong&section=diagram - but the old ones still work.
• You can now look up the recently updated locations, and browse the recently uploaded photos.

I think that is it!

At the present time I am having some trouble with the upgrade I have carried out: my home server didn’t have any trouble with the .htaccess file I wrote, but this server it throwing huge tantrums.

As a result when you click any links you get a 404 error as they are not getting translated to ‘real’ pages properly. Uggg!!!!

The photo gallery is now operational:
http://www.railgeelong.com/gallery/

There is also a search page, and images are linked to the relevant location pages.

If you have been trying out the Google Maps at http://www.railgeelong.com/aerial.php , you might have found them working strange. That’s because the code behind it was mucked up when I updated something that uses the same functions.

Anyway - it is fixed now, and works as I intended it to.

It is one more week until the Geelong Line turns 150 years old, and this site is now live to the public.

It is a history of the railways of the Geelong Region - the Geelong, Queensclliff, Fyansford, and Cunningham Pier lines, as well as every location on them.

Each rail line has a writeup, tables of important events, as well as track and safeworking system diagrams for each and every year.

As well as that, each location has a writeup, important events listed, and track diagrams.

Finally, there is a Google Map mashup that overlays all locations against satellite and map imagery.

I hope you all find something interesting - there are months of coding and research behind it. :)

And on a side note, I would like to thank Andrew Waugh for allowing me to use his station histories data, and Paul and Kathleen Kenny for the Queenscliff line data.