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Home Creek - VIC

Section between Molesworth & Home Creek

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Position

DEG: -37.159603 145.56572

DMS: 37º 09' 34.57" S 145º 33' 56.59" E

UTM: 55 H 5886459mN 372647mE

Altitude: 184.32m

Address & Contact

Mansfield-Tallarook Rail Trail
Cathkin VIC 3714

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Information

Home Creek was a lineside watering point in the early days of the railway for the old antiquated “O” and “Q” class engines that used to work the line in the early days.

The water tanks at this location were replenished regularly by running the Cathkin based engine out from Cathkin. They would pump water out of Home Creek into lineside tanks for use by the through trains. A steam driven pump attached to the locomotive was used to pump the water out of the creek. These pumping duties for the Cathkin engine appear to be its main duties. Consequently the locomotive clocked up the lowest engine miles worked per week in the state. These arrangements appear to have remained until 1909 when the line finally reached Alexandra. The tanks at Cathkin where then decommissioned. At this point the Cathkin engine and crew were reassigned and added to the Yea work roster. The workload had increased in Yea due to the newly opened line into the Alexandra township.

PlaceID	158085

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Molesworth to Yarck Rail Trail

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Eildon Fire Tower at 01/10:30pm EST

Distance from Home Creek 25.1km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
9.2°C	5.5°C	73%	4.6°C	hPa	0.0mm	E	13km/hr 7knots	15km/hr 8knots

Closest Climatic Station

Eildon Fire Tower

Distance from Home Creek 25.1km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	27.3	26.8	22.9	18.2	13.2	10.1	9.1	10.5	13.5	16.5	21.0	23.5
Mean Min. °C	13.4	13.8	11.4	9.1	6.5	4.8	3.8	4.3	5.7	7.2	9.8	11.0
Mean Rain mm	36.4	46.9	39.0	40.3	55.0	67.2	66.7	76.7	63.5	51.8	61.2	42.3