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Return of the Bendigo Hitachis, August 2006

After their withdrawal from suburban service in Melbourne, in February 2004 four 3-car Hitachi sets 29M-1972T-214M-25M-1945T-84M-221M-1947T-195M-140M-1936T-155M were transferred to the Bendigo North Workshops and stored unsecured in the open. In 2006 stripped of parts, and with broken windows and covered with graffiti, they were moved back to Melbourne by El Zorro using Y145 and S302 in the middle of the night of August 30th. Here they are upon arrival the next morning at Newport Workshops.

Elecrail Hitachi stabled in the Garden Platform, the graffitied carriages ex-Bendigo in the other road

Thursday 31 August 2006 8:44 AM
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Graffiti covered Hitachi carriages ex-Bendigo on arrival at Newport Workshops

Thursday 31 August 2006 8:41 AM
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Hitachi 155M leads the graffiti covered carriages at Newport Workshops

In 2004 twelve retired Hitachi carriages were transferred to the Bendigo North Workshops for storage, but after being left out in open and vandalised, they were moved back to Melbourne by El Zorro using Y145 and S302 in the middle of the night of August 30th.

Thursday 31 August 2006 8:41 AM
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Y145 with stored Hitachis from Bendigo at Newport Workshops

Thursday 31 August 2006 8:40 AM
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Y145 at one end of the transfer, S302 was up the other end

Thursday 31 August 2006 8:39 AM
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Y145 after arriving at Newport Workshops from Bendigo with 12 retired Hitachi carriages

Thursday 31 August 2006 8:38 AM
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Heavily vandalised Hitachi 155M leads the 12 cars transferred back to Newport

Thursday 31 August 2006 8:36 AM
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Looking down the row of 12 stored Hitachi carriages at North Bendigo

Saturday 24 June 2006 4:18 PM
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Retired Hitachi trains led by 29M stored in the siding at North Bendigo railway workshops

Saturday 24 June 2006 4:17 PM
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