Railway Dog Launch

Railway Dog Launch

Join the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail committee of management at the launch of the three Railway Dog sculptures along the trail.

All welcome, including dogs (on a lead).

With the uncovering of the story of the Railway Dog via the Gippsland History group, networks soon got together to initiate the creative project, with the committee receiving a generous grant from Alinta Loy Yang B power station and the contracting of Jo Caminiti, a local Cowwarr-based artist to commission the three Railway Dog sculptures.

The Story of the Railway Dog
In the 1930s, a female red kelpie known as the Railway Dog adopted the Traralgon rail crew and was a “confirmed tourist” travelling the trains around Gippsland.
In December 1935, the Railway Dog made the front page of the Melbourne Herald “Gippsland’s Wonder Dog Believes in Two Means of Locomotion” which told the story of her missing the Stratford train then giving chase for 20 miles from Traralgon to Cowwarr.

Come along and celebrate the epic adventures of a courageous and much loved local legend.