Tag: Victorian Goldfields Railway
Help keep VGR on track
Like the rest of the world, the Victorian Goldfields Railway has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Castlemaine and Maldon Railway Preservation Society...
Impact and opportunity for VGR tourist railway
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the Victorian Goldfields Railway to suspend all of its advertised passenger service until the end of June.
The VGR has...
New Castlemaine locomotive stable takes shape in $1M move
Work has begun on Victorian Goldfields Railway's new Castlemaine locomotive stable as part of a wider project forecast to boost tourism to Castlemaine and...
Castlemaine-Guildford rail trail idea starts rolling
The disused Castlemaine to Guildford railway corridor should be turned into a rail trail, keen local cyclist Lou Citroen believes.
The Castlemaine recreational cyclist has...
Railway maneuvres
Victorian Goldfields Railway volunteers have begun dismantling the old Castlemaine-Guildford railway track before re-using the rails to upgrade the Castlemaine-Maldon tourist railway.
The project that...
Tourism locos on the move
The state's minister for regional development was in Castlemaine on Friday to try her hand at driving a loco before turning the sod on...
On track to tackle plastic waste
Local tourism railways have played a key role in the development of innovative recycled plastic sleepers that may ultimately help solve the nation's wider...
