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Adelaide Hills and Mount LoftyDecember 05, 2011 16:21 PM Freight action headed west from Adelaide, headed up the hills and east towards Victoria. |
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AK track recording carsOctober 07, 2009 19:49 PM The AK cars are a set of three specially equipped ex-NSWGR carriages fitted out for track inspection and testing purposes. They are operated by the Australian Rail Track Corporation over their standard gauge lines behind hired motive power on a regular basis |
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Bacardi Express 2009March 27, 2009 09:54 AM In March 2009 the Bacardi company chartered the Southern Aurora consist from the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum to run a special train between Melbourne and Sydney, with a number of concerts along the way. |
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Ballast trainsAugust 29, 2010 11:31 AM Ballast trains and wagons on both broad and standard gauges |
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CountryLink in VictoriaFebruary 06, 2012 20:13 PM CountryLink is the operator of country passenger services in New South Wales. They also operate their XPT across the border into Melbourne |
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El Zorro grain trainsApril 29, 2012 14:00 PM 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 |
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Endeavour and Xplorer railcar transfersFebruary 26, 2010 19:55 PM The Endeavour and Xplorer railcars are operated by CityRail and CountryLink in New South Wales. Originally built at Dandenong in Victoria, in 2007/08 they have been undergoing a refurbishment program at the same plant. To transfer the cars they are gauge converted from standard to broad at South Dynon, then hauled as unbraked wagons down to Dandenong. These transfer trains are being run by Pacific National depot at Geelong, with extra wagons for braking purposes which are stored at North Geelong Yard between runs |
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Freight around metropolitan AdelaideJanuary 30, 2012 20:29 PM Freight trains around suburban Adelaide: the arrive from the north and east, and head for Dry Creek and the Lefevre Peninsula. The majority are standard gauge, the exception being the broad gauge Penrice stone train. |
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Freight west from AdelaideJanuary 30, 2012 20:28 PM Freight trains headed west across the plains from Adelaide bound for Perth and Darwin. With no low bridges or tunnels, there is nothing stopping double stack containers and high cube boxvans from operating. |
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Geelong standard gauge freightJanuary 18, 2012 19:04 PM Standard gauge freight from around and through Geelong |
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Great Southern Rail: Southern SpiritFebruary 13, 2011 09:11 AM The very expensive rail cruise operated by Great Southern Rail, running on various routes around Australia a few times a year. |
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Great Southern Rail: The OverlandApril 10, 2012 09:08 AM Great Southern Rail operates 'The Overland' from Melbourne to Adelaide, via Geelong, Ararat and the Western standard gauge |
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GWA grain servicesJune 04, 2011 12:47 PM Genesee & Wyoming Australia have operated a number of standard gauge grain services through Victoria, usually with hoppers hired from CFCLA |
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Locos, light engines, and lashupsMay 18, 2012 16:41 PM 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... ;-) |
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Melbourne standard gauge freightMay 18, 2012 16:41 PM Standard gauge lines from Adelaide and New South Wales meet at Melbourne, running via the western suburbs right into the main freight terminals near the Port of Melbourne |
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Mineral sands trainJune 18, 2011 13:01 PM The mineral sands train is operated by El Zorro and runs on an irregular basis between Melbourne and Portland, to transport titanium and zircon mineral sands processed by Iluka Resources at Hamilton |
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North East freightOctober 15, 2011 16:57 PM Broad and standard gauge freight on the North East line |
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NSW Rail Transport Museum: Ararat 2007April 25, 2007 13:20 PM Every so often the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum runs their heritage trains across the border and into 'Mexico' - this time 4201 and 4520 lead their Southern Auroa set through Melbourne to Ararat. |
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NSW Rail Transport Museum: Melbourne Cup Aurora 2011November 06, 2011 18:26 PM Heritage locomotives 4490 lead 4520 on the 11 carriage train of ex-Southern Aurora carriages from NSW to Melbourne on November 01, 2011. |
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NSW Rail Transport Museum ThirlmereMay 20, 2011 18:39 PM New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, located at Thirlmere. |
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NSW trip 2009October 19, 2009 14:27 PM Not much really around Southern NSW, all kinds of stuff stabled at Cootamundra, then chasing a triple NR steel train south from there to near Table Top, crossing the XPT on the way |
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NSW trip 2011May 20, 2011 18:42 PM A week long trip in May 2011 around Southern NSW: ranging from grain trains around Junee, passenger trains in the Southern Highlands, and a mix of other freight trains in between. |
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Pacifc National grain trainsApril 10, 2012 13:15 PM Grain is a major freight traffic in Victoria, but drought has cut the level of traffic in recent years. Trains operate on both broad and standard gauges, with the main destinations being export terminals at Melbourne and Geelong, as well as Portland, and a number of domestic flour mills |
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SCT trainApril 14, 2012 08:26 AM Photos of the SCT train that runs between Melbourne and Perth, as well as their depot in the western suburb of Laverton |
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