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by an overpass to the West of Morwell. The ICR was replaced by diesel locomotive haulage in 1993, with railway operations ending in October 2000 and the track was lifted between September and December 2001. A number of wagons from the railway after closure were acquired by the
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The Yallourn railway commenced operation with the power station, being replaced by conveyor belts in 1984. The Morwell Interconnecting Railway opened with the Hazelwood complex, and crossed the
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and regauged for their use. A locomotive and coal wagon from the line are preserved at the
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Incline from the open cut to the power station and briquette factory
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Trains being loaded with overburden in the open cut (1940s)
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Yallourn open cut mine, briquette works, and power station
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Hazelwood open cut, briquette works, and power station
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Trains being loaded by a coal dredge in the open cut.
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900 mm
narrow gauge railway
State Electricity Commission of Victoria
Latrobe Valley
Victoria, Australia
brown coal
overburden
Yallourn open cut mine, briquette works, and power station
Hazelwood open cut, briquette works, and power station

Gippsland railway line
Morwell
overhead-wire electrification
Henschel & Son
Siemens
Hitachi
Gippsland railway line

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