OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Mornington Train 1979

DATE1979

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1241

HISTORY

This photo of the train was taken on the 26th February 1979. The contract for the building of the track from Mornington Junction (Baxter) to Mornington was let in August 1888 to David Munro and Co. for the price of $25000. The line was ready for traffic a year later. A special train left Melbourne at 1.12pm on September 10, 1889 carrying a number of important passengers, among whom were Dr. L. L. Smith, M.L.A., and Professor Pearson, Minister for Education. The station and the streets in the main section of the town were decked with bunting in gay welcome to the train, its complement of passengers, and the new era of rail transport. That afternoon a banquet was held at the Athenaeum presided over by Cr. Alfred Downward. The journey from Mornington to the city was speeded up by the electrification of the railway line to Frankston which was completed in August 1922.

DESCRIPTION

This photo shows the Mornington Train and another.

SUBJECTS

Railways

KEYWORDS

Downward, Alfred, Railways