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V/Line, suburban, freight and heritage train action on the broad gauge of Victoria
4Ds last run

4Ds last run

March 29, 2006 13:23 PM
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The double deck 4D train had a difficult career, failing often and being an orphan in the fleet, and by 2003 it was in storage at Newport. By 2006 it reached the end of the line being stripped for parts. This was definitely the 4D train's last run, form Newport to Simsmetal at Brooklyn. El Zorro's Y168 and W241 took the 4D away, with a small number of other freight wagons for braking purposes.

707 Operations - Colac March 2009

707 Operations - Colac March 2009

March 22, 2009 16:19 PM
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On 22 March, 707 Operations took T413 and Steamrail's T356 from Newport to Colac and return. The carriages were a PCP power van, BRS, BZ and ACZ.

707 Operations - Geelong August 2009

707 Operations - Geelong August 2009

August 02, 2009 16:51 PM
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Steamrail's K153 lead the train, with T413 bringing up the rear

707 Operations - Suburban tour December 2009

707 Operations - Suburban tour December 2009

December 05, 2009 17:48 PM
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R707 and T413 ran push pull around the Melbourne suburbs, from Newport to Glen Waverley, Flemington Racecourse and Lilydale. Chasing a train around suburbia by car = fail!

Apex train

Apex train

July 06, 2010 17:16 PM
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The Apex train carries gravel and other quarry products from Kilmore East on the North East line, to Westall in south-eastern Melbourne, Brooklyn in western Melbourne, and North Shore in Geelong.

B64 transfer by road

B64 transfer by road

June 14, 2010 10:53 AM
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B64 was stored for a number of years at Ballarat East for / by Steamrail Victoria. In 2008 it was purchased by El Zorro and moved to Avteq to be rebuilt and recommissioned. For an unknown reason it was moved to the old FCL shed at South Dynon by road, coincidentally this shed has a number of container-mounted gensets with the El Zorro name on them. Two new ZDXF type container flats were also moved here and placed on the ground minus bogies.

Ballast trains

Ballast trains

May 30, 2010 11:48 AM
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Ballast trains and wagons on both broad and standard gauges

Brooklyn wagon scrapping

Brooklyn wagon scrapping

June 05, 2010 11:01 AM
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Pacific National has started to clear out the multitudes of stored wagons at Tottenham Yard and selling them for scrap. A dozen or so at a time are being dragged at 20 km/h to Brooklyn, where they are being pushing into the VR tip siding to be cut up.

City Loop

City Loop

July 15, 2010 23:32 PM
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Stations and trains around the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop (Parliament, Melbourne Central, and Flagstaff stations)

Connex Melbourne

Connex Melbourne

November 28, 2009 14:27 PM
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Connex Melbourne is the operator of suburban trains in Melbourne. Connex operates a variety of EMUs ranging from the ageing Hitachi, through to refurbished Comengs, and modern XTrapolis and Siemens models.

El Zorro derailment - March 2010

El Zorro derailment - March 2010

March 09, 2010 11:51 AM
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A down El Zorro grain derailed at West Footscray Junction, with T320 and S303 coming off the rails (third and fourth units), along with 12 wagons.

El Zorro grain trains

El Zorro grain trains

July 13, 2010 14:35 PM
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El Zorro operates a number of grain trains inside and through Victoria, on both broad and standard gauges, using a mix of hired locomotives and wagons

First day of VLocity operations - Ballarat line launch

First day of VLocity operations - Ballarat line launch

December 22, 2005 18:28 PM
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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.

First VLocity Services to Geelong

First VLocity Services to Geelong

February 03, 2006 13:48 PM
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On February 3, 2006 the first revenue VLocity services operated to Geelong

Geelong broad gauge freight

Geelong broad gauge freight

July 06, 2010 11:40 AM
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Miscellaneous broad gauge freight around Geelong - there is stuff all these days

Geelong football specials 2007

Geelong football specials 2007

September 22, 2007 01:11 AM
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V/Line specials for Geelong Cats fans, including many push-pull P class operated trains, and a special headboard for grand final day

Geelong football specials 2008

Geelong football specials 2008

September 27, 2008 11:34 AM
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V/Line specials for Geelong Cats fans, including many push-pull P class operated trains, and a special headboard for grand final day

Geelong football specials 2009

Geelong football specials 2009

September 26, 2009 10:25 AM
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Geelong Rail 150

Geelong Rail 150

June 24, 2007 16:27 PM
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A collection of photos of the special trains that ran to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Geelong - Melbourne Railway. Locomotives included R761, R707, D3 658 and diesel T356.

Hitachi transfer - January 2009

Hitachi transfer - January 2009

January 18, 2009 15:37 PM
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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

Kensington grain

Kensington grain

March 03, 2010 18:28 PM
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The flour mill Kensington at Kensington is one of the last to be rail served in Victoria, grain wagons are taken there on a regular basis, requiring a convoluted route through the suburban and freight lines, with a reversal in Melbourne Yard

Last stand of El Zorro (Warrnambool freight)

Last stand of El Zorro (Warrnambool freight)

October 17, 2008 22:48 PM
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The last run of the EL Zorro Warrnambool freight, the locos were CFLCA liveried T377, VR liveried T378 and SSR liveried T376. Photos from Marshall through to Warrnambool, then back to Winchelsea - it sure was a long chase!

Locos, light engines, and lashups

Locos, light engines, and lashups

July 25, 2010 15:25 PM
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As the title suggests: Locos, Light Engines, and Lashups of various freight locos. There is a lot of smoking it up for the camera as well... ;-)

Log trains

Log trains

June 05, 2009 08:50 AM
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Midway operates a export woodchip plant at North Shore in Geelong, with logs sources from Bairnsdale and Wodonga by rail. Y class locos are often used to shunt the wagons at Geelong

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