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Rail Geelong - hopefully everything you ever wanted to know about the history of the railways of Geelong and District, and then some.
Currently detailed histories are in place for the Melbourne - Geelong - Warrnambool, Geelong - Ballarat, Maribyrnong River Line, Newport Power Station, Altona, Fyansford, Cunningham Pier, Queenscliff, Geelong Racecourse, Wensleydale, Forrest, Alvie, and Mortlake railway lines. Histories of the locations on the lines themselves have also been completed in various levels of detail.
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Site news
| June 25, 2021 | More level crossing removal updatesAnother round of new photos for the level crossing removal project, featuring are Werribee Street and Cherry Street in Werribee, Old Geelong Road at Hoppers Crossing, and Aviation Road at Aircraft station. |
| January 4, 2020 | More Ballarat Line Upgrade photosEven more Ballarat Line Upgrade project photos have been uploaded: from Rockbank, Cobblebank, Melton, Bacchus Marsh and Maddingley. |
| November 18, 2019 | Updates on level crossing removalsOver the past few years the Level Crossing Removal Authority has been replacing level crossings across Melbourne with new bridges - so I've gone through the site, and made sure everything is up to date. |
| November 16, 2019 | More new photo uploadsAnother batch of photos have been uploaded, including:
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| May 31, 2019 | Exploring railways that were never builtI've just published three new articles on proposed railway lines that were never built: |
Updated content
| June 13, 2021 | VicRail Altona - Somerton pipeline | Article |  |
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| April 19, 2021 | Fyansford Line | Lineguide |  |
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| October 28, 2020 | Francis Street | Location | |
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| September 18, 2020 | 1952 Moriac crash | Article | |
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| September 18, 2020 | 1976 Laverton derailment | Article |  |
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| September 10, 2020 | Separation Street Bridge | Location | |
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| August 29, 2020 | Breakwater Road | Location | |
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| August 29, 2020 | Barwon River / Breakwater Road | Location | |
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| May 19, 2020 | Waurn Ponds cement siding | Location | |
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| May 17, 2020 | Werribee Racecourse Station | Location | |
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Updated galleries
 May 23, 20213 new photos in the T van at North Shore album |
 May 15, 202129 new photos in the Werribee Street level crossing removal project, Cherry Street level crossing removal project, Old Geelong Road level crossing removal project and Aviation Road level crossing removal project albums |
 May 14, 202121 new photos in the Aviation Road level crossing removal project album |
 May 8, 202110 new photos in the CRT Siding, Williamstown Beach and Williamstown Pier albums |
 May 4, 20218 new photos in the Aviation Road level crossing removal project, Geelong Station, Corio Quay and North Geelong B albums |
 March 18, 20216 new photos in the Rockbank and Cobblebank albums |
Coming Soon...
Melbourne to Geelong and on to Warrnambool has now been covered, along with as well the various branch lines around Melbourne, and Geelong and the south-west. Geelong to Ballarat is currently in the works, along with the Gheringhap to Maroona and Colac to Ballarat lines also partly researched.