13 September 2025
Would you believe this was a postcard ? Perhaps it was made for train buffs, since it foregrounds the infamous and long lived Jolimont rail yards, with loads of Tait trains (aka red rattlers), built around WWI and in fact rather beautiful inside. I remember as a teen coming in from East Camberwell and the train would inevitably stop in the yards for some time, providing time to admire the Forum or the Herald building.
The yards were removed by 1997, reduced to 12 lines running round from Richmond, with the freed land becoming a park known as Birrarung Marr. Then Fed Square was built over some of the lines.
First pic from Australian Railways Facebook page.
Storey of Melbourne 