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707 Operations - Ballarat September 2009September 13, 2009 16:36 PM
R707 lead a 7 car train push-pull with T413 from Melbourne to Ballarat and back, via North Geelong |
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Ballarat Hitachi transfer - January 2009January 18, 2009 14:39 PM
El Zorro took CFCLA liveried T369 went out light engine from Dynon to Ballarat to pick up a refurbished Hitachi set from Alstom's North Ballarat Workshops. The set was 23M-2007T-233M + 9M-1919T-144M and was taken to Newport Workshops |
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Ballarat Tramway MuseumSeptember 06, 2008 15:32 PM
Located on the shores of Lake Wendouree and with about a kilometre of single track with a single crossing loop, and a 7 road shed, the museum has a collection of trams representing those used on the Victorian provincial tramways |
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Ballarat WorkshopsAugust 29, 2009 12:49 PM
New owned by United Group they carry out work for Connex, Great Southern Railway and a number of other operators |
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First day of VLocity operations - Ballarat line launchDecember 22, 2005 13:44 PM
December 22nd 2005 was the entry of V/Line's new VLocity trains into revenue service. I managed to catch the 1406 service to Ballarat, and the 1629 service from Ballarat. In this collection I've got pictures of the VLocity arriving at Southern Cross Station, for the first time with paying passengers on board, as well as the services that I travelled on. |
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Hitachi transfer with T378 to BallaratAugust 31, 2008 10:05 AM
SRHC's T378 took the Elecrail Hitachi set from Newport to Ballarat Workshops via North Geelong for refurbishment. Here are some shots between Lara and Warrenheip. |
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Mildura freightOctober 14, 2009 15:44 PM
The Mildura freight runs from Merbein (just north of the town) to Melbourne and return for Wakefield Transport. The train is made up of standard and refrigerated containers, as well as a small amount of cement loading. Until recent years oil tankers, louvred vans and LCL containers were also attached to the train. |
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PCJ van transfer to and from BallaratSeptember 15, 2009 11:30 AM
El Zorro ran a transfer between Melbourne and Ballarat via North Geelong, T357 took V/Line power van PCJ491 to the Ballarat Workshops for refurbishment, bringing back completed van PCJ493 (formerly PCO2) |
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SRHC - Ballarat Blue Train Tour December 2007December 08, 2007 19:36 PM
The Seymour Railway Heritage Centre ran their 'Blue Train' from Ballarat to Seymour via Southern Cross, with locomotives B74 and T357, with Parlor Car in the consist |
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SRHC - Ballarat Blue Train Tour May 2008May 24, 2008 16:44 PM
On May 25 the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre ran a special train from Seymour to Melbourne to Ballarat and return. New V/Line liveried locomotive N468 took the train of blue S cars |
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Steamrail - 'Ballarat Discoverer' May 2009May 02, 2009 14:26 PM
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Steamrail - driver training September 2009September 12, 2009 12:08 PM
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 |
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Steamrail - Mildura 2009November 02, 2009 20:14 PM
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) |
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V/Line around BallaratNovember 02, 2009 18:50 PM
V/Line services around Ballarat |
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XTrap transfer - February 2010February 28, 2010 21:27 PM
T413 transferred brand new XTrapolis set 5M-1303T-6M and 7M-1304T-8M from Ballarat to Newport. So new that it had no identifying marks (other than 'unit 3' and 'unit 4' taped in the windows) the set had been taken directly from the docks to Alstom Ballarat to fix up the floor, the interior fitout was also carried out. |
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XTrapolis transfer - August 2009August 29, 2009 12:02 PM
T357 hauled 6 car XTrapolis 893M/894M and 955M/956M from Newport Workshops to the United Group workshops at Ballarat, a GVDY guards van with generator also went along to power the auxiliaries of the suburban set. T357 and Y145 had brought the van to Melbourne the night before |
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