Eastern region stations and infrastructure
Stations and infrastructure in the east of the state
El Zorro to Morwell, October 2008
October 22, 2008
On October 22, 2008 El Zorro ran a test train to the Gippsland Intermodal Freight Terminal at Morwell, as a promotional event for local companies interested in using the terminal. The four container wagons were previously used on the Warrnambool contract: CQOY 2393 and three ZQLXs
Orbost line
May 08, 2011
Pacific National log trains
December 30, 2011
Until 2009 Pacific National operated trains delivering logs to the Midway export woodchip plant at North Shore in Geelong, with logs sources from Bairnsdale and Wodonga. Y class locos are often used to shunt the wagons at Geelong
Pacific National Maryvale paper train
March 14, 2012
Until June 2013 Pacific National operated the Maryvale Paper train that ran from Melbourne to the Australian Paper factory at Maryvale, north of Morwell. The service is now operated by Qube Logistics.
Qube Logistics Maryvale paper train
March 30, 2019
Photos of the Qube Logistics operated Maryvale Paper train that runs from Melbourne to the Australian Paper factory at Maryvale, north of Morwell
SEC Railway
March 06, 2010
Photos of the SEC electric locomotive and coal hoppers preserved at PowerWorks in Morwell, used in the Yallourn open cut and the Interconnecting Railway. Diagrams can be found at http://raildocs.wongm.com/sec-railway/.
South Gippsland Railway
February 10, 2018
South Gippsland Railway operates trains between Nyora, Korumburra, and Leongatha.
SRHC - Bairnsdale Blue Train Tour, January 2007
January 27, 2007
On Saturday 27th of January 2007 the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre ran their Bairnsdale Blue Train tour from Seymour to Bairnsdale. T320 and T357 were the locos, along with State Car No. 4, 1BS, 4AS, 3AS, 227BRS, Mitta Mitta, and power van DT319
Steam locomotive K183 preserved at Yarragon
August 25, 2012
'K183' is statically preserved at Yarragon - but is actually a renumbered K162
Steamrail - A2 986 'Spirit of Warragul' May 2017
May 13, 2017
After sitting in a park in Warragul for years, on 13 May 2017 newly restored steam locomotive A2 986 officially reentered service, running to Warragul where it was named 'Spirit of Warragul'.
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