V/Line to Bacchus Marsh
26 June 2020
Photos of the V/Line services that run to Bacchus Marsh, taken between there and the end of the wires back at Sunshine. As well as boring old VLocities and Sprinters, loco hauled trains with A, P and N classes are also used in peak times.
AK track recording cars
11 June 2020
The AK cars are a set of three specially equipped ex-NSWGR carriages fitted out for track inspection and testing purposes. They are operated by the Australian Rail Track Corporation over their standard gauge lines behind hired motive power on a regular basis
Great Southern Rail - The Overland
24 March 2020
Great Southern Rail operates 'The Overland' from Melbourne to Adelaide, via Geelong, Ararat and the Western standard gauge
707 Operations - Leeor Loop and Kaniva Tour, February 2016
27 February 2016
On Saturday 27 February 2016 707 Operations and Steamrail Victoria operated a joint tour from Melbourne to Kaniva. T413 and P16 run push-pull from Melbourne to Ararat on the broad gauge, with TL152 taking the standard gauge train from Ararat to Leeor Loop, dropping off passengers at Kaniva.
Pacific National - Western standard gauge
27 February 2016
Out on the Western standard gauge, from beyond Gheringhap across the plains towards South Australia
El Zorro grain trains
6 March 2013
El Zorro operates a number of grain trains inside and through Victoria, on both broad and standard gauges, using a mix of hired locomotives and wagons
Adelaide Rail Revitalisation works trains
9 July 2010
For the Adelaide Rail Revitalisation project works trains operated between Victoria and Adelaide, brining welded rail from the Anzac Sidings at Spotswood, and concrete sleepers from the Austrak plant via the loading siding at Inverleigh.
Portland stored grain wagons
10 January 2009
For a number of years Pacific National stored a large number of standard gauge grain wagons in the harbour sidings at Portland