Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rail Transport in Victoria, Railways in Melbourne, Jolimont Yard, V/line, Spirit of Progress, Freight Railways in Melbourne, Connex Melbourne, Narrow Gauge Lines of the Victorian Railways, Victorian Railways, Regional Fast Rail Project, N441 - Steam Locomotive Project, Metro Trains Melbourne, New Deal, Victorian Railways Royal Train, Jolimont Workshops, Inland Railway, Victorian Railways Open Wagons, Kerang Rail Accident, Operation Phoenix, Phoenix Foundry, Sydney-melbourne Rail Corridor, Ashworth Improvement Plan, Newport Workshops, 1922 Border Railways Act, Bendigo Workshops, Ballarat North Workshops, Intercapital Daylight, 67 Spencer Street, Vinelander, Melbourne-adelaide Railway, Southern Aurora, Yallourn 900mm Railway, Tyers Valley Tramway, North Melbourne Locomotive Depot, the Gippslander, Sydney/melbourne Express, Victrack, Williamstown Workshops, Railway Construction Act 1884, Linking Victoria, Richard Speight, Powelltown Tramway, the West Coaster. Excerpt: The 1922 Border Railways Acts , were Acts passed by the Parliaments of both Victoria and New South Wales , which authorised the construction of cross border railways in the Riverina region of Australia . Despite being located in New South Wales , the region was closer economically to Victoria and its railway network, operated by Victorian Railways . Another complication was that Victorian Railways used the 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge , while the New South Wales Government Railways used 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+ 2 in) standard gauge .Background The first 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+ 2 in) line to be built from Victoria into New South Wales was the Deniliquin - Moama line. Permission was granted to the private Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company by the New South Wales Government in 1874 to construct a 72 kilometres (45 mi)