V/Line around the north east
13 July 2017
V/Line trains on the north east line towards Seymour and Albury
New V/Line Mk3 livery
18 February 2016
2007 saw V/Line introduce a new livery for their fleet - the third since 1983. Red, grey and white form the core colours, along with a purple stripe.
FSH25 was the first of V/Line's carriage sets to be repainted in their new corporate livery. It went to Geelong on a test run on September 4th. Sprinter 7007 has also been repainted in it's own new livery. Both trains were launched on September 12th, 2007 at Southern Cross Station. VN12 was the first N set to be repainted, and N468 was the first locomotive.
Since then a number of other carriage sets, locomotives and Sprinters have received modified versions of the new livery.
V/Line around Melbourne
12 July 2021
Pictures of V/line trains 'under the wires' around Melbourne and surrounding suburbs. V/line has a mix of loco-hauled and DMU-run services.
V/Line locomotives
30 September 2020
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 around Geelong
9 May 2021
Photos of various V/line trains around Geelong, including Lara, Corio, North Shore, North Geelong, South Geelong, Marshall and Waurn Ponds. There are also photo from the South Geelong tunnel, and the Barwon River bridge at Breakwater. V/line operates a mix of rolling stock on the line, including Sprinter and VLocity DMUs, as well as loco hauled trains with a variety of carriage sets.
V/Line around Gippsland
14 December 2019
V/Line services passing through eastern Victoria bound for Morwell, Traralgon, Sale and Bairnsdale.
V/Line bits and pieces
30 June 2021
Just bits and pieces of V/Line trains, locomotives, carriages and railcars
V/Line to Ballarat, Ararat and Maryborough
21 September 2019
V/Line services west from Bacchus Marsh to Ballarat, Ararat and Maryborough: since Regional Fast Rail started in 2006 boring old VLocities are the only trains used beyond Bacchus Marsh.
Track machines
17 November 2019
Pictures of ballast tampers, ballast plows, sleeper wagons, rail layers, overhead wiring trucks, rail grinders and other trackwork machinery and trains
Swan Hill line stations and infrastructure
24 June 2006
Swan Hill station yard and facilities, plus a few bits from other places along the line
Stony Point line
19 January 2021
The Stony Point line is an orphan on the Melbourne suburban network, being an isolated shuttle service without electrification. A class diesel locomotives hauling MTH carriages were the usual consist for a decade, until replaced by Sprinter railcars in 2008.
Steamrail - Wycheproof Weekender October 2008
12 October 2008
Steamrail ran a weekender tour from Melbourne to Wycheproof, leaving on Friday night with R761, T356 and S301 and arriving on Saturday morning. The train stabled at Wycheproof station, with S301 taking the train home on Sunday. The train ran early until Maryborough, where it had to wait for the proper departure time. It ran back via the straight, the photos are from Sunday, between Wycheproof and Bacchus Marsh.
Steamrail - Bacchus Marsh September 2007
27 September 2007
D3 658 was the loco on a train of wooden cars, bound for Bacchus Marsh
Steamrail - Last Steam to Albury 2008
15 June 2008
Steamrail ran their 'Last Steam to Albury' tour on June 14, 2008 with R761 up front, with D3 658 assisting to Seymour. The photos are from Heathcote Junction in the morning all the way until the eventual 2 am cancellation at Seymour. It left late, lost it's path, arrived late at Albury, got put away at Wangaratta for 2 hours, and almost made it back to Seymour when it came to a halt. The train crawled into Seymour at 2 am and was cancelled due to a lack of signallers along the line, the passengers travelling onward on buses. By 3:30 am they well all gone, the carriages stabled in the yard, the loco places in the SRHC depot where their fires were dropped.
Steamrail - Geelong May 2008
11 May 2008
K190 ran a special train down to Geelong, here are some photos from the arrival and turning the loco
Steamrail - Geelong July 2008
4 July 2008
K190 was the loco with a train of wooden carts, the photos are at Southern Cross before departure
Steamrail - 'Geelong Flyer' September 2006
28 September 2006
R761 was the loco with a train of mostly wooden cars
Steamrail - Geelong Rail and Sail, February 2007
25 February 2007
T364 was the loco on Steamrail's 'Rail and Sail' with a train of both wooden and steel cars
Steamrail - Geelong December 2006
17 December 2006
T364 was the loco with a mix of steel S and K carriages
Steamrail - Geelong December 2005
18 December 2005
Steamrail ran a "Santa Special" from Caulfield to Geelong (via. Newport) on Sunday December 18th 2005. K153 was the loco, with a mix of wooden and steel cars
Steamrail - Geelong April 2007
1 April 2007
T356 was the loco, and the train ran through to South Geelong to run around due to football specials taking up space at the usual destination of Geelong. I didn't notice until my way home...
Seymour Railway Heritage Centre depot
22 July 2021
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
Locomotive hauled Sprinter, February 2006
27 February 2006
Sprinter railcars are self propelled, but can be hauled by locomotives through the use of a special transition coupler. Here two broken down Sprinters were in the platform - 7002 and 7008, along with N453 waiting to take them away. The EDI rail guys had a bit of difficulty getting the transition coupler to fit - necessary because of the different coupler types
V/Line hired locomotives
22 July 2021
Occasionally V/Line has motive power shortages or failures, and need to hire locomotives from other operators for use on their own trains. In the photos here it is Freight Australia / Pacific National as the hirer