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707 Operations - Ballarat September 2009September 13, 2009 16:54 PM
R707 lead a 7 car train push-pull with T413 from Melbourne to Ballarat and back, via North Geelong |
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Ballarat stationAugust 29, 2010 14:40 PM
Photos of Ballarat station - a lot more are on my other site, Rail Geelong |
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Ballarat Tramway MuseumSeptember 06, 2008 17:45 PM
Located on the shores of Lake Wendouree and with about a kilometre of single track with a single crossing loop, and a 7 road shed, the museum has a collection of trams representing those used on the Victorian provincial tramways |
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Ballarat WorkshopsAugust 29, 2009 12:49 PM
Currently operated by United Group they carry out work for Connex, Great Southern Railway and a number of other operators |
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First day of VLocity operations - Ballarat line launchDecember 22, 2005 18:28 PM
December 22nd 2005 was the entry of V/Line's new VLocity trains into revenue service. I managed to catch the 1406 service to Ballarat, and the 1629 service from Ballarat. In this collection I've got pictures of the VLocity arriving at Southern Cross Station, for the first time with paying passengers on board, as well as the services that I travelled on. |
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Hitachi transfer - January 2009January 18, 2009 15:37 PM
El Zorro took CFCLA liveried T369 out light engine from Dynon to Ballarat to pick up a refurbished Hitachi set from Alstom's North Ballarat Workshops. The set was 23M-2007T-233M + 9M-1919T-144M and was taken to Newport Workshops |
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Hitachi transfer with T378 to BallaratAugust 31, 2008 11:31 AM
SRHC's T378 took the Elecrail Hitachi set from Newport to Ballarat Workshops via North Geelong for refurbishment. Here are some shots between Lara and Warrenheip. |
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Mildura freightJuly 12, 2010 15:38 PM
The Mildura freight runs from Merbein (just north of the town) to Melbourne and return for Wakefield Transport. The train is made up of standard and refrigerated containers, as well as a small amount of cement loading. Until recent years oil tankers, louvred vans and LCL containers were also attached to the train. |
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PCJ van transfer to and from BallaratSeptember 15, 2009 12:18 PM
El Zorro ran a transfer between Melbourne and Ballarat via North Geelong, T357 took V/Line power van PCJ491 to the Ballarat Workshops for refurbishment, bringing back completed van PCJ493 (formerly PCO2) |
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SRHC - Ballarat Blue Train Tour December 2007December 12, 2008 07:45 AM
The Seymour Railway Heritage Centre ran their 'Blue Train' from Ballarat to Seymour via Southern Cross, with locomotives B74 and T357, with Parlor Car in the consist |
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SRHC - Ballarat Blue Train Tour May 2008May 24, 2008 22:27 PM
On May 25 the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre ran a special train from Seymour to Melbourne to Ballarat and return. New V/Line liveried locomotive N468 took the train of blue S cars |
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Steamrail - 'Ballarat Discoverer' May 2009May 02, 2009 14:26 PM
R761 lead a 5 car train from Melbourne to Ballarat and return, via Bacchus March both ways. |
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Steamrail - Ballarat driver training September 2009September 13, 2009 13:18 PM
Recently repaired R761 took 5 cars on a driver training run from Melbourne to Ballarat - via Geelong on Saturday 12th, and back via Bacchus Marsh on Sunday 13th |
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Steamrail - Mildura 2009November 02, 2009 20:43 PM
S301, T395 and S313 lead the train of 15 carriages, R761 was added to the train on the return leg between Ballarat and Melbourne (via North Geelong) |
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V/Line - Maryborough line launchJuly 25, 2010 19:58 PM
V/Line services to Maryborough were officially launched on Saturday July 24, with VLocities VL34 and VL38 running special trains on the day, and Premier John Brumby and Public Transport Minister Martin Pakula there for the opening ceremonies. |
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V/Line around BallaratAugust 29, 2010 14:11 PM
V/Line services around Ballarat |
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XTrapolis transfer - August 2009August 29, 2009 12:02 PM
T357 hauled 6 car XTrapolis 893M/894M and 955M/956M from Newport Workshops to the United Group workshops at Ballarat, a GVDY guards van with generator also went along to power the auxiliaries of the suburban set. T357 and Y145 had brought the van to Melbourne the night before |
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XTrapolis transfer - February 2010February 28, 2010 21:27 PM
T413 transferred brand new XTrapolis set 5M-1303T-6M and 7M-1304T-8M from Ballarat to Newport. So new that it had no identifying marks (other than 'unit 3' and 'unit 4' taped in the windows) the set had been taken directly from the docks to Alstom Ballarat to fix up the floor, the interior fitout was also carried out. |
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