ROLL 33. Seymour, Bowser – Peechelba East & Bowser-Beechworth Lines, 1^st & 2^nd January 1968.

All photos © Les Brown. Not to be used for Publication.

33-1. D³ 684. Seymour. It’s still there.

33-2. R722 & W2??. Seymour Loco (or what’s left of it). The W-class was about as useful as the R. Compare this shot with Roll 20-3, taken less than eight months previously.

33-3. Y126 and Y121. Wangaratta. Peechelba East goods train on the right.

33-4. Y126. Wangaratta. Peechelba East goods train ready to depart.

33-5. Y126. Boorhaman.

33-6. Y126. Boorhaman.

33-7. Y126. Boorhaman.

33-8. Y126. Boorhaman - Peechelba East. A train that ran once a fortnight never got any rail shiny.

33-9. Peechelba East. End of the line.

33-10. Y126. Peechelba East.

33-11. Y126. Peechelba East. Ready to return – and not a minute too soon!

33-12. Y126. Bowser. Coming off the Branch. Note the unique 3-post junction signal above the Y’s cab. Bowser was also the junction for the line to Bright and Beechworth.

33-13. X?. Wangaratta. Standard gauge platform.

33-14. T345. Everton.

33-15. T345. Everton. Beechworth to the left, Bright to the right.

33-16. T345. Beechworth.

33-17. Beechworth. Just past the station, the old rail bed to Yackandandah. A trestle bridge here carried the line towards that town.

33-18. Beechworth. Same as 33-17, just a different perspective.

33-19. Beechworth station. Unusually, they didn’t shorten the platform here even though Beechworth hadn’t had a regular passenger for many years.

33-21. T345. Beechworth line. Return journey. A nice change from the Peechelba East line.

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