8114 derailed at South Dynon, August 2012
Wednesday 22 August 2012
On August 22, 2012 Pacific National locomotive 8114 derailed outside the Melbourne Operations Terminal at South Dynon. Only a short distance off the rails, it was moved back onto the tracks with the use of timber blocks.
B64 transfer by road to South Dynon
Thursday 16 December 2010
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.
Cootamundra locomotive depot
Wednesday 12 October 2022
Pacific National and Southern Shorthaul Railroad maintain their locomotives fleets in the yard at Cootamundra.
Gemco Rail, South Dynon
Saturday 24 October 2020
Gemco Rail operates out of the former South Dynon carriage sheds where they maintain, repair and upgrade broad and standard gauge diesel locomotives for a variety of rail operators.
ICE radio equipment
Monday 11 March 2024
In December 2014 the last of seven analog railway systems used on the ARTC network were switched off, following the completed roll out of the digital, 3G-based National Train Communications System (NTCS) project.
IEV100 track evaluation vehicle
Thursday 17 March 2022
Formerly known as EM100, IEV100 is a track evaluation vehicle that traverses the Victorian railway network to test track quality. Diesel powered, it has both standard and broad gauge bogies.
Locomotive bits and pieces
Friday 29 March 2024
Various bits and bobs on locomotives, with nice captions telling you what the @%#$^& they are
Locomotives, light engines, and lashups
Sunday 11 February 2024
As the title suggests: Locomotives, Light Engines, and Lashups of various freight locos. There is a lot of smoking it up for the camera as well... ;-)
Manildra Group locomotive transfers
Tuesday 6 February 2024
In January 2024 Manildra Group acquired stored broad gauge locomotives T388, T399, T402 and Y119 from Ettamogah Rail Hub and had them transferred to the SSR workshops in Bendigo to be reactivated for use as shunters in NSW.
Metro Trains Melbourne driver training, February 2011
Thursday 3 February 2011
T376 and T369 ran around the network late at night in order to train El Zorro diesel crews on the Flemington Racecourse, Craigieburn and Williamstown lines.
Newport Workshops: Downer Group and Siemens Rail
Monday 11 March 2024
Newport Workshops is the main railway heavy repair and maintenance facility in Melbourne. The eastern side is occupied by EDI Rail and Siemens, while the older buildings in West Block are occupied by heritage operators Steamrail Victoria and 707 Operations. The East Block is used as storage by VicTrack. Photos include some from a tour of the EDI section featuring the locomotive, bogie and wheel shops.
North Dynon locomotives
Sunday 3 March 2024
Qube Logistics operates a fuel point at the Footscray end of North Dynon Yard, with locomotives also being stabled in common user sidings at the city end.
P20 transfer to Newport Workshops
Tuesday 9 July 2019
On 9 July 2019 P20 was dead transferred between G527 and G536 from the scrap row at South Dynon, to Newport Workshops
Road Transferable Locomotive
Sunday 25 September 2011
Back in the 1990s V/Line acquired a single Road Transferable Locomotive, capable of hauling a number of rail wagons, then heading off by road to the next job. Freight Australia repainted it and used it for a number of years, putting it into storage at South Dynon around 2004, and then pulling bits off it by 2009. The rego plate is MVORTL, white on green "Victoria on the Move".
S302 transfer, August 2009
Friday 14 August 2009
S302 has been recently repaired by SSR Bendigo for El Zorro, it was also repainted in their orange and grey livery. It was transferred to Seymour via Melbourne with T342
Seymour Railway Heritage Centre depot
Tuesday 4 July 2023
The Seymour Railway Heritage Centre restores and manages a fleet of heritage locomotives and rolling stock. Their depot is at Seymour station beside the locomotive depot
South Dynon locomotive depot
Sunday 3 March 2024
Located between Dynon and Footscray Roads next to Moonee Ponds Creek, the South Dynon locomotive depot is the home of broad and standard gauge diesel locomotives in Victoria.
Southern Shorthaul Railroad Bendigo transfers
Wednesday 14 February 2024
Southern Shorthaul Railroad has the maintenance contract for the Pacific National fleet of broad gauge locomotives, running regular transfer runs between Melbourne and Bendigo with their own fleet of locomotives.
Southern Shorthaul Railroad standard gauge locomotive transfers
Thursday 20 July 2023
Southern Shorthaul Railroad transfers standard gauge locomotives between Melbourne, SRHC Seymour and NSW for maintenance.
SSR N class transfer, 2024
Friday 15 March 2024
On Friday 15 March 2024 surplus V/Line N class locomotives N464, N455, N466 and N463 were transferred from South Dynon to Tottenham Yard, where they were handed over to Southern Shorthaul Railroad on hire to run freight services.
Stored locomotives at Ettamogah
Thursday 29 September 2022
In 2017 a number of ex-Freight Australia locomotives previously sold to the Ettamogah Rail Hub were transferred to Ettamogah for long term storage pending possible reactivation to service.
Stored locomotives at North Geelong Yard
Monday 27 January 2020
In 2009 Pacific National started putting their older P, T, H and Y class locomotives into storage at North Geelong Yard, the units redundant following the downturn in broad gauge traffic and the availability of newer and more powerful XR and G class units. In 2010 more locomotives arrived, taking the collection to Y119, T399, H2, T388, P21, P23, T402, Y171, H3, H5 and Y174. In 2015 the locomotives were sold to Ettamogah Rail Hub, and transferred dead attached to the SRHC depot in Seymour for reactivation.
T376 transfer, December 2008
Tuesday 16 December 2008
T376 headed light engine from Seymour to Melbourne on 16 December 2008, after being used to transfer carriages to the Seymour Rail Heritage Centre depot
T400 and S306 transfer to Newport Workshops 2019
Thursday 13 June 2019
On 13 June July 2019 T400 and S306 were dead transferred between G541 and G527 from the scrap row at South Dynon, to Newport Workshops. S306 is now preserved with 707 Operations, but T400 was stripped of parts, then returned to South Dynon for scrapping.
Transfer of accident damaged NR51, April 2010
Monday 26 April 2010
In April 2010 accident damaged diesel locomotive NR51 was transferred to the UGL workshops at Spotswood, after being damaged in a February 2009 derailment on the Trans-Australian line. The prime mover inside had been removed, the brakes piped through, and the cab shrink wrapped with plastic. The first stage of the transfer was dead attached to PW4 freight, with the final leg from South Dynon to Spotswood requiring eight other NR classes to assist.
UGL Spotswood locomotive transfers
Friday 15 March 2024
Light engine moves of the Pacific National's standard gauge locomotive fleet between Dynon and the UGL Limited maintenance centre in the Melbourne suburbs of Spotswood.
UGL Spotswood Maintenance Centre
Friday 5 February 2021
UGL Limited operates a locomotive maintenance centre in the Melbourne suburbs of Spotswood, which caters for the heavy maintenance of Pacific National's standard gauge fleet.
V/Line - A66 transfer to Bendigo
Saturday 1 September 2018
On 1 September 2018 A66 was transferred light engine from Melbourne to the SSR Workshops at Bendigo for long term storage
V/Line - Ballarat Line Upgrade driver training
Saturday 30 January 2021
During the commissioning of the final stage of the Ballarat Line Upgrade project, V/Line sent five N classes light engine to Ballarat each day to assist with driver training on the new stations and crossing loops between Bacchus Marsh and Wendouree.
V/Line locomotives
Wednesday 30 August 2023
The V/Line locomotive fleet includes the large N and A class mainline units, smaller P class units, and four Y class for shunting
V/Line stored locomotives
Saturday 24 October 2020
In August 2015 V/Line put their fleet of A class locomotives in long term storage, with the P class fleet receiving the same treatment following their withdrawal from service in 2017.
Watco Australia H class transfers, 2023
Tuesday 12 September 2023
On 11 September 2023 Southern Shorthaul Railroad locomtovirs T381 and T363 headed light engine to the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre to collect stored locomotives H1 and H2, then to Newport Workshops to collect H3 and H5. The next day they were transferred to the SSR workshops at North Bendigo, to be refurbished on behalf of Watco Australia, who will use them to shunt the BlueScope Port Kembla works.
Watco Australia T class transfers, 2021
Tuesday 31 August 2021
In July 2021 Rail First T class locomotives T369, T377 and T376 were put onto standard gauge and transferred to Adelaide, where they received a repaint into Watco Australia livery for their new life in Western Australia.
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