Glenrowan

ABOVE: X 36 exchanges the "staff" as it races through Glenrowan on an Albury to Melbourne broad gauge pass. April 4 1984.

ABOVE: Warren was the fireman on the down "Intercapital Daylight" and took this photo looking back from the cab of X 31. We see an up Standard Gauge goods in the loop that the Daylight has just crossed, a down Broad Gauge goods cooling its heels in #2 road as it waits for the down Albury pass. to run through it. April 1981. Photo courtesy Warren Banfield  

ABOVE: A photostop from the road overbridge during the 1988 Austeam festival.

ABOVE: An up standard gauge goods tops the hill at Glenrowan, Feb 13 1988

The down home arrivals on the left and the up home departures on the right. Glenrowan was at the top of a hill which is why the signals were higher than normal. The Melbourne end turnout was too far from the signal box for lever operation so they were motor operated points, the little hut at the base of the signal contained the equipment. I'm not sure how often the calling on signals were used. The mainline signals in both directions are at proceed as the signal box is switched out. 1987. Photo by Noel Bamford.

ABOVE: The down home departure was interesting. The signal for the mainline was co acting, the signal out of the loop track was not, it didn't need to be. 1987.

  Photo courtesy Noel Bamford. 

ABOVE: Glenrowan as it looked circa 2000.

BELOW: An aerial view of Glenrowan before the SG line was built.