Southern NSW freight
Freight around southern NSW: ranging from grain trains around Junee, cement and flour trains in the Southern Highlands, and a mix of other freight trains in between.
NSW Rail Transport Museum Thirlmere
May 13, 2011
New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, located at Thirlmere.
Skitube
May 09, 2011
A standard gauge track electric rack railway in the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, serving the ski fields during winter time.
Steamrail - Y112 Geelong shuttles, April 2011
April 17, 2011
T356, Y112 and D3 639 ran shuttles around Geelong on April 16th and 17th. The diesel was only used on the first morning, Y112 having run light engine from Ballarat for the occasion.
X'Trapolis transfer, April 2011
April 02, 2011
Y168 and power van ZVDY 52 transferred brand new X'Trapolis set 81-82M and 83M-84M from Ballarat to Newport via North Geelong, one of the newly assembled sets at the United Group Rail workshops. Y168 is the current Ballarat Workshops shunter, having taken over from Y145 a few weeks earlier.
V/Line 2011 Avalon Airshow specials
March 05, 2011
The most boring airshow for V/Line ever: VLocities ran the majority of services. Only one hauled push-pull set ran, with a pair of N classes it only ran one return trip on Saturday and one return trip on Sunday.
DERMPAV - RM58 test run February 2011
February 21, 2011
RM58 has been restored by DERM Preservation Association of Victoria and went out for a test run on February 21 from Newport to Melbourne Yard and return.
Metro Trains Melbourne driver training, February 2011
February 03, 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.
Sunbury electrification project
May 09, 2015
Electrification of the Bendigo line between Sydenham and Sunbury started in 2008, and was completed in 2012. Diggers Rest and Sunbury stations were upgraded, a new stabling yard built at the end of the line, overhead wires were installed above the tracks, and five new traction substations were built.
Great Southern Rail - Southern Spirit
February 13, 2011
The very expensive rail cruise operated by Great Southern Rail, running on various routes around Australia a few times a year.
SRHC - Hills to the Bay tour January 2011
January 22, 2011
T378 and T357 hauled the train, with State Car 4, Mitta Mitta, and a small collection of S and E carriages - a shorter train than other years.
X'Trapolis test run to Craigieburn, January 2011
January 21, 2011
After the last train on 19 January 2011, set 33M-34M + 35M-36M headed slowly to Craigieburn in order to clear the route for X'Trapolis trains.
SRHC - 2010 fireworks special
December 31, 2010
S303 and B74 lead a special train for SRHC members between Seymour and Melbourne on New Years Eve.
SRHC - Maryborough picnic train, December 2010
December 11, 2010
On December 11, 2010 SRHC ran their "picnic train" consist from Seymour to Maryborough via Melbourne, North Geelong and Ballarat.
Steamrail - Geelong November 2010
November 14, 2010
K153 lead 5 cars to Geelong and back, BRS in the middle of the consist, with four wooden cars making up the rest of the train.
Steamrail - Cup Weekender October 2010
October 30, 2010
Running from Melbourne to Quambatook and Sea Lake over the Melbourne Cup weekend, the consist was S313 - S301 - PCP - Goulburn - LAN - Moorabool - BZ - BRS - Werribee - Indi - Coliban - Inman - AK - BCE.
Preston Workshops
January 20, 2019
On the corner of St George's Road and Miller Street it was once the main workshops of the M&MTB. Nowdays it seems to be just a dumping ground for W class trams.
Steamrail - Bendigo Cup charter 2010
October 27, 2010
A charter operated by Steamrail Victoria on behalf of Southern Cross Television, for the Bendigo Cup. The consist was PCP292, 11AS, 14BRS, Moorabool, and BZ269 ('Hobsons Bay').
Great Southern Rail carriages
November 27, 2018
Carriages as used by Great Southern Rail on their trains, included The Overland and the Southern Spirit.
SRHC / Steamrail - Tastes of the Goulburn 2010
October 16, 2010
SRHC ran shuttles north from Seymour with T357 and T413, while Steamrail ran a train from Melbourne to Seymour with R761. After their arrival T413 was replaced on the shuttles by R761.
Steamrail - Twin R class to Bendigo, October 2010
October 09, 2010
R761 lead R707 to Bendigo with a train 11 car long train, connecting at Castlemaine for a VGR train.
V/Line - UCI bike specials 2010
October 03, 2010
Over the weekend of October 2 and 3 V/Line ran a huge number of extra trains between Geelong and Melbourne for the 2010 UCI Road World Championships. The event turned out to be a bit of a fizzer: trains were still running every 10 minutes at peak times, but only 4 of the 6 originally scheduled push-pull sets ran (three with P classes, and one with N classes). The traffic disruptions in Geelong were so bad, the next person to propose Geelong hold an event like this will get tomatoes thrown at them in the Market Square Mall.
Steamrail - Y112 Ballarat shuttles, August 2010
August 22, 2010
On August 21 and 22 2010 Steamrail run steam shuttles out of Ballarat, using K153 and Y112 push-pull on a rake of timber bodied BW carriages.