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El Zorro broad gauge grain trains

El Zorro once operated a number of grain trains through Victoria on broad gauge, using a mix of hired locomotives and wagons.

XR557 and XR551 in one road, with T395, T356, T333, X31 and B74 running around their train in the next road

Sunday 27 March 2011 3:44 PM
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Unloading complete, heading to North Geelong C to run around

Sunday 27 March 2011 3:18 PM
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T395, T356, T333, X31 and B74 still crawling around the loop

Sunday 27 March 2011 3:03 PM
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T395 leads the train around the grain loop

Sunday 27 March 2011 2:48 PM
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X31 makes a debut on a El Zorro grain, in the middle of unloading at the Geelong Grain Loop

Sunday 27 March 2011 2:41 PM
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Down the line at Paisley, the train had loaded with grain at Tocumwal the day before

Sunday 30 January 2011 11:02 AM
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T357, T320, T378 and G533 lead a grain from North Dynon to Geelong at Brooklyn

Sunday 30 January 2011 10:41 AM
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El Zorro operated WGSY grain hopper sitting in the dead end at Appleton Dock

Sunday 30 January 2011 9:27 AM
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G533 with T378, T320 and T357 stabled at North Dynon

Sunday 30 January 2011 8:09 AM
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B74 leads T378, T333, T357 and S303 catch the last rays of sunlight crossing the Maribyrnong

Friday 19 November 2010 8:01 PM
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No signs of graffiti removal on the hoppers

Friday 19 November 2010 7:40 PM
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B74 leads T378, T333, T357 and S303 at Brooklyn, on an up empty El Zorro grain from Geelong to Melbourne

Friday 19 November 2010 7:40 PM
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S303 shunts an El Zorro grain at Appleton Dock

Monday 15 November 2010 9:53 AM
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Looking out over Corio Quay during the unloading process

Sunday 3 October 2010 5:32 PM
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B74 beside Corio Bay

Sunday 3 October 2010 5:29 PM
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They just keep adding locos: B74, T333, T378, T320, T341 and S303 unloading their train at Geelong

Sunday 3 October 2010 5:18 PM
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Broad gauge WGSY hoppers being unloaded at the Geelong Grain Loop

Sunday 3 October 2010 4:00 PM
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CFCLA's AHGX grain hoppers still in storage at Brooklyn

Even if they wanted to, El Zorro wouldn't have enough locos to haul them...

Wednesday 22 September 2010 11:12 AM
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S303, T357, T378, T341 and B74 sit at South Dynon with a single WGSY hopper

Sunday 5 September 2010 3:57 PM
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Crossing the viaduct over the Moorabool River on the south line

Sunday 29 August 2010 3:46 PM
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Climbing the last grade into Ballan

Sunday 29 August 2010 3:23 PM
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Through a dip near Ingliston

Sunday 29 August 2010 3:15 PM
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Out of Bank Box, and winding through the Werribee Gorge

Sunday 29 August 2010 3:04 PM
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A spot of sun just before Bank Box Loop

Sunday 29 August 2010 2:53 PM
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