Yarragon Railway Station
Yarragon is a railway station on the Bairnsdale V/Line rail service in Yarragon, Victoria, Australia. The station is located on the Princes Highway and is 112 km from Southern Cross station. The station is located adjacent to the Princes Highway on the northern side.
A disused goods platform exists behind the down platform. Steam locomotive K162 is on display opposite the UP platform entrance. This locomotive was exchanged for K183 of the same class, when Steamrail Victoria deemed 183 to be in better condition. K183's tender remained, and thus K162 was painted as K183. K183 has since been involved in a tragic crash with a truck.
Trains to and from Melbourne routinely stop at Yarragon.
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