Steamrail - Bairnsdale February 2010
Saturday 6 February 2010
S301 with a freshly repainted nose led A78, four carriages and a power van from Melbourne to Bairnsdale and return.
Steamrail - Link Tours charters 2009
Friday 18 December 2009
A series of charter trains run by Steamrail in the later half of the year for Link Tours, taking party goers from Melbourne of an evening out to the Macedon Ranges, then return
Newport Workshops 'Rotten Road'
Friday 30 October 2009
'Rotten Road' at the Newport Workshops in Melbourne is located beside the Geelong railway line, and is full of heritage rolling stock stored in the open. In 2008 Victrack has started to scrap the stuff which is falling apart.
Steamrail - Mildura 2009
Friday 30 October 2009
S301, T395 and S313 lead the train of 15 carriages, R761 was added to the train on the return leg between Ballarat and Melbourne (via North Geelong)
Steamrail - Bendigo charter October 2009
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Steamrail ran a charter for Southern Cross Television from Melbourne to Bendigo. Hired V/Line loco N470 lead Steamrail carriages 269 BZ (Hobsons Bay), Moorabool, 2 BS, 14 BRS and PCP 292.
Steamrail - Geelong driver training, October 2009
Tuesday 13 October 2009
On October 13, 2009 K153 headed to Geelong and back with a driver training special.
Steamrail - Geelong driver training, September 2009
Sunday 27 September 2009
On September 27, 2009 T356 headed to Geelong and back with a driver training special.
Steamrail - Geelong September 2009
Thursday 24 September 2009
K153 lead 7 cars to Geelong and back for a school holiday special
Steamrail - Mitcham to Mooroolbark shuttles, September 2009
Sunday 20 September 2009
K153 on the Melbourne end was push pull with K190 and five wooden carriages
Steamrail - Ballarat driver training September 2009
Saturday 12 September 2009
Recently repaired R761 took 5 cars on a driver training run from Melbourne to Ballarat - via Geelong on Saturday 12th, and back via Bacchus Marsh on Sunday 13th
Steamrail - Suburban Rambler, August 2009
Saturday 22 August 2009
D3 639 ran this train push pull with T356 and Y164 running from Newport to Cranbourne, Upfield, the reversing loop at Melbourne Yard, Craigieburn, Williamstown via the goods lines, then finally back to Newport
707 Operations - Geelong August 2009
Sunday 2 August 2009
With R707 out of action for maintenance, Steamrail kindly provided K153 for use on this trip, with T413 bringing up the rear
Steamrail - 'Ballarat Discoverer' May 2009
Saturday 2 May 2009
R761 lead a 5 car train from Melbourne to Ballarat and return, via Bacchus March both ways.
707 Operations - Colac March 2009
Sunday 22 March 2009
On 22 March, 707 Operations took T413 and Steamrail's T356 from Newport to Colac and return. The carriages were a PCP power van, BRS, BZ and ACZ.
Steamrail - Suburban Mystery Rambler, February 2009
Saturday 28 February 2009
On February 28, 2009 Steamrail ran a 'Suburban Mystery Rambler' tour around Melbourne. Starting at Newport it ran via the goods lines to Tottenham and South Kensington, then to Ashburton, back to South Kensington where it went along the goods lines to Albion and Broadmeadows, and finally to Flinders Street, Frankston and Stony Point. From there it went back through Flinders Street to Sunshine, then via Brooklyn to Newport. T395 and T356 were the locomotives, top and tailing 5 cars.
Steamrail - Link Tours charters 2008
Saturday 20 December 2008
A series of charter trains run by Steamrail in the later half of the year for Link Tours, taking party goers from Melbourne of an evening out to the Macedon Ranges, then return
Steamrail - Wycheproof Weekender October 2008
Sunday 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 - Geelong July 2008
Friday 4 July 2008
K190 was the loco with a train of wooden carts, the photos are at Southern Cross before departure
Steamrail - Last Steam to Albury 2008
Saturday 14 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
Sunday 11 May 2008
K190 ran a special train down to Geelong, here are some photos from the arrival and turning the loco
Steamrail - Geelong March 2008
Sunday 2 March 2008
V/Line's P18 was the loco with a mix of steel and wooden carriages. The hired loco was used because of signalling issues on the Geelong line preventing any non-TPWS fitted locomotives from using the line while normal passenger services were also running
Steamrail - Bacchus Marsh September 2007
Thursday 27 September 2007
D3 658 was the loco on a train of wooden cars, bound for Bacchus Marsh
Geelong Rail 150
Sunday 24 June 2007
A collection of photos of the special trains that ran to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Geelong - Melbourne Railway. Locomotives included R761, R707, D3 658 and diesel T356.
Steamrail - Geelong April 2007
Sunday 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...
Steamrail - Geelong Rail and Sail, February 2007
Sunday 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
Sunday 17 December 2006
T364 was the loco with a mix of steel S and K carriages
Steamrail - 'Geelong Flyer' September 2006
Thursday 28 September 2006
R761 was the loco with a train of mostly wooden cars
Steamrail - Geelong driver training August 2006
Sunday 27 August 2006
R761 on a driver training run to Geelong
Steamrail - Geelong December 2005
Sunday 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