Wensleydale railway line
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The Wensleydale railway line was a railway branch line in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It ran for approximately 18km from the Port Fairy railway line near Moriac to Wensleydale, Victoria
Wensleydale, Victoria
-History:Wordieboluc Post Office opened on 15 March 1866 and was replaced by the Wensleydale office in 1872. It closed in 1955....

. It was built in the 1890's with the intention of transporting timber and gravel out of the area. Apart from troop trains during World War II
World War II
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 the line saw very little traffic and was abandoned by 1950.

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