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V/Line bits and pieces

Just bits and pieces of V/Line trains, locomotives, carriages and railcars

Original analogue radio equipment on the roof of VLocity VL03

Friday 31 October 2014 8:51 AM
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'VLocity trains VL46 VL31' on the next train board at Southern Cross

Somebody pointed out the uselessness of this message to me the other days - the VLocity sets don't actually display VLxx set numbers anywhere on them; just 11xx, 12xx, 13xx carriage numbers.

Friday 31 October 2014 8:49 AM
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Clean and fresh bogies on VLocity 3VL52

Friday 31 October 2014 8:47 AM
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Carriages 'B' and 'D' on a VLocity set

Carriages TM / 13xx and DMD / 11xx respectively

Friday 31 October 2014 8:47 AM
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Carriages 'C' and 'D' on a VLocity set

Carriages DM / 12xx and TM / 13xx respectively

Friday 31 October 2014 8:46 AM
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Clean and fresh front end of new VLocity 3VL52

Also note the new 'Bombardier: the evolution of mobility' badge on the cab front

Friday 31 October 2014 8:45 AM
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V/Line conductor flicks the switch to close the doors of a H set

Due to the recent spate of H set doors failing open, conductors now have to visually verify that the doors have closed

Friday 3 October 2014 6:00 PM
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Pair of Sprinter railcars coupled together, and the inter-car gangways linked

Tuesday 30 September 2014 6:17 PM
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(2 times this month, 6 times this year)

Step up into a VLocity carriage at Southern Cross Station

Tuesday 23 September 2014 8:26 AM
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Additional end-of-train marker attached to the coupler of carriage set N11

Friday 19 September 2014 5:49 PM
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West end of a 'pure' N set - no BTN or BZN carriages

Thursday 18 September 2014 9:18 AM
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Aerodynamic fairings atop a VLocity railcar cab

Thursday 31 July 2014 8:41 AM
Viewed 957 times, 2 times this year)

Empty V/Line services board at North Melbourne, now that Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo services all bypass the station!

Now Seymour trains are the only V/Line services which stop there

Thursday 17 July 2014 8:55 AM
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(1 time this month, 2 times this year)

Detail of the PTV livery applied to VLocity 3VL40

Wednesday 16 July 2014 3:12 PM
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Bodge job done of the yellow front of PTV liveried VLocity 3VL40

Wednesday 16 July 2014 3:12 PM
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Notice that V/Line passengers will have to change trains at Geelong due to Regional Rail Link work

VLocities can't use the line to Warrnambool, and a locomotive can't run around a set of carriages at Southern Cross platforms 15 and 16.

Sunday 6 July 2014 2:16 PM
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Warrnambool service operating as a VLocity train from platform 15 at Southern Cross

Passengers will have to change trains at Geelong due to Regional Rail Link works - VLocities can't use the line to Warrnambool, and a locomotive can't run around a set of carriages at Southern Cross platforms 15 and 16.

Friday 4 July 2014 6:46 PM
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V/Line ticket for a reserved seat on a Warrnambool train between Geelong and Footscray

The cost is $0 because you can use myki to pay for the trip - seat reservations are still handled separately by the old V/Net system.

Tuesday 1 July 2014 5:53 PM
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(1 time this month, 3 times this year)

PTV-liveried VLocity 3VL40 coupled to original-liveried classmate 3VL22

Friday 27 June 2014 8:13 AM
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New PTV liveried on VLocity 3VL40

Friday 27 June 2014 8:12 AM
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'First Class' notice beside the door of an ACN carriage

Wednesday 18 June 2014 8:26 AM
Viewed 1996 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

Underfloor diesel generator beneath a V/Line N set carriage

Thursday 12 June 2014 9:15 AM
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(1 time this month, 2 times this year)

V/Line cleaning staff washing windows of a carriage set

Friday 30 May 2014 8:44 AM
Viewed 1707 times, 1 time this year)

V/Line staff loading the buffet car of the down Bairnsdale service

Friday 23 May 2014 6:12 PM
Viewed 2487 times
(1 time this month, 5 times this year)
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