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What Remains of the Belmont Railway Spur?

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This is a supporting page for a YouTube video of the same name. Research materials not found elsewhere on the internet can be found here. Links to WA State Library resources: Whatley Old Men's Camp [cartographic material] : progress plan. Bayswater - Ascot [i.e. Belmont] Railway Spur Line. Swan River (Belmont) Railway Bridge. Other resources used found around the internet: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wyrmworld/albums/72157618947112243/with/3580258241 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont_railway_line,_Western_Australia https://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/files/perth/perth_lost_railways.html https://thedustybox.com/2019/05/16/whatley-park-pensioners/ https://www.belmont.wa.gov.au/docs/ecm/museum-heritage-series-a-city-on-the-move.pdf https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/82882552 https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/filestore.nsf/FileURL/mrdoc_11111.pdf/$FILE/Belmont%20Branch%20Railway%20Discontinuance%20and%20Land%20Revestment%20Act%201956%2