The Victorian Railways operated in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companies failed or defaulted, the Victorian Railways was established to take over their operations. Most of the lines operated by the Victorian Railways were of 5ft3in (1,600mm), however the railways also operated up to five 2ft6in (762mm)narrow gauge lines between 1898 and 1962, and a 4ft81⁄2in (1,435mm) standard gauge line between Albury and Melbourne from 1961.
History
Formation
A Department of Railways was created in 1856 with the first appointment of staff. British engineer, George Christian Darbyshire was made first Engineer-in-Chief in 1857, and steered all railway construction work until his replacement by Thomas Higginbotham in 1860. Because of political turmoil in the Victorian Government, Higginbotham was one of 137 officials removed from office on Black Wednesday on 8 January 1878 when the Government was denied supply. He, like a number of other senior officers, was not reappointed.Robert Watson then took over as Engineer-in-Chief. But in 1880 a new Ministry expressed a wish to redress the injustice by re-instating Higginbotham. however, at the sudden death of Higginbotham in 1880, William Elsdon took over for two years before his retirement in 1882, and Watson then returned to his former position as Engineer-in-Chief, which he held up to the time of his death.
Every Christmas the proportion of money we spend online escalates ... He was bemoaning the boom in mail order, which flourished in late Victorian Britain thanks to the emergence of the railways and clever retailers ... Julie Bindel ... Mark Galeotti ... Lloyd Evans.
The historic Victorian castle — built in 1895 at the base of Manitou Springs' Pikes Peak Cog Railway — serves up high tea year-round but puts on a special Victorian Christmas tea service for the holidays.
Tucked away on a small lane in the village of Docking, 3 Chapel Cottages is a mid-terrace, Victorian cottage sleeping four with a flint exterior and oodles of charm ... In the village of Docking, 3 Chapel Cottages is a mid-terrace, Victorian cottage.
The LSSCA pointed to other major Victorian station redevelopments including John McAslan & Partners extension to King’s Cross station for an example of how a listed heritage asset could be adapted ...
The covered meat market, built in 1868 by Horace Jones, who also designed Tower Bridge, is a glorious expression of Victorian modernity ... railways on which meat could be brought in and out of the city.
In a spectacular setting on the cliff edge above its own beach, this family- and dog-friendly hotel is an Edwardian rebuild of a Victorian railway hotel, which counts Guglielmo Marconi, Winston Churchill and Clark Gable among previous guests.
A Victorian-era warehouse under a scruffy east London railway bridge, surrounded by bins and pallets, seems an unlikely location for the housing crisis to be solved ... Claypool and Retsin’s project may sound far-fetched and futuristic ... Life & Style ... .
My home is a Victorian terraced house close to the railway tracks in Clapham, southwest London... I had always assumed that the houses in our terrace had once been grand homes to wealthy families. Indeed this. Life & Style.Property & Home ... .
They include the world's first railway station in County Durham, a rare Victorian six-sail windmill in Lincolnshire and 'the finest RomanHouse on show in Britain' ... This railway station in County ...
The plant, scientific name Fallopia japonica, was brought to Britain by the Victorians as an ornamental garden plant and to line railway tracks to stabilise the soil ... the soil around railway tracks.
The non-native species cost around £1.7 billion across the United Kingdom each year ... The plant, scientific name Fallopia japonica, was brought to Britain by the Victorians as an ornamental garden plant and to line railway tracks to stabilise the soil.
The WindsorRoyal shopping arcade, inside an old railway station, has plenty of history to look out for — from the original Victorian clockface above the Jubilee arch, which features the coat of arms ...
I’m clever. At least, that’s what I think. But my over-analyses have often backfired and cost me money ... The viaduct, a renowned feat of Victorian engineering and Scotland’s longest concrete railway bridge, is a picturesque sight with its 21 arches ... .
It mostly follows a disused railway with regular buses 201 and 202 running parallel ...Back in Aberdeen, there’s just time for a farewell cocktail in SugarBird Wines, overlooking the Union Terrace Gardens, before I head for the railway station.
... infrastructure can still inspire and delight, just as it did for the Victorians who bequeathed us so much of the railway infrastructure that continues to shape our landscapes and sustain our economy.
