 | 13th Jun 2009 | Maldon Railway 125th Anniversary
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Castlemaine to Maldon railway a mainline steam special ran from Southern Cross with R761 and R707 to Castlemaine then on to Bendigo. At Castlemaine it meet up with the VGR special to Maldon hauled by J541 and J515. Here are some photos of the Anniversary celebrations.
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 | 20th Apr 2009 | Bellarine Peninsula Railway
Includes photos from several visits. Updated 20th April 2009. New photos indicated with a *.
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 | 13th Apr 2009 | Hobson's Bay Model Railway Exhibition 2009
The Hobson's Bay Model Railway Club held it's 16th Annual exhibition at the Collingwood College. Included here are some of the items of interest from my first visit to this exhibition.
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 | 25th Mar 2009 | A busy day on the VGR
25th March saw 2 groups of school kids take a ride on the VGR, one being a group on bikes and the second partaking in a one-way journey from Castlemaine. It was decided to run the first trip of the day as a 6 car special with 16ZLP-30BCPL-43BPL-23AW-39AW-42BU-29BCPL hauled by K160 and J541.
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 | 9th Mar 2009 | Sandown Model Railway Exhibition 2009
On the labour day holiday I once again attended Sandown for the annual exhibition. Here are a selection of photos.
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 | 1st Jan 2009 | RAIL 2009
This gallery hosts all general rail photos taken in 2009. Updated 13th June 2009. New photos indicated with a *.
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 | 8th Oct 2008 | Senior's week 2008 at the VGR
As part of Senior's week 2008 the VGR ran a special event allowing Seniors to travel aboard a historic steam hauled train on Wednesday 8th October. Due to popularity, the 2 trips necessitated a 7 car train and double headed steam. Shown here are the 2 specials hauled by K160 and J541.
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 | 5th Oct 2008 | ARHS Vic. Museum
Being the last day of the September-October school holidays I paid a visit to the ARHS Museum at North Williamstown. A few changes have occurred since I was last there 3 years ago. Enjoy the photos.
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 | 6th Sep 2008 | VGR Steam on Show 2008
The VGR held it's 2nd "Steam on Show" event on Saturday 6th September. Included here are a number of shots of the special trains run during the day.
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 | 24th Aug 2008 | AMRA Vic. Caulfield exhibition 2008.
This was the first AMRA Victorian branch exhibition since 2006 due to the previous Box Hill venue costs rising. Back at a new slot in the year's exhibition calender and a new venue at the Caulfield Racecourse. Here are some pics I took on the Sunday.
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 | 17th Aug 2008 | RTBU training run to Seymour
In order to train new steam loco crews a number of special empty car movements are run each year. This run involved steam loco R707 and a consist of S and Z type cars running from Newport to Seymour. The day was going well until a minor derailment occured near the Seymour turntable, resulting in a revised shunting manouvre and the return to Newport being delayed by about 3 hours. None the less the crew did a very good job, achieving some 100km/h running in both directions.
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 | 10th Aug 2008 | Sunshine Model Railway Exhibition 2008
The Sunshine MRC held it's annual exhibition at the Braybrook College. Here are a selection of photos from the day.
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 | 29th Jun 2008 | SRV Glen Waverley-Darling shuttles
In conjuction with the Waverley Historical Society, Steamrail ran steam shuttles between Glen Waverley and Darling with an intermediate stop at Mount Waverley. Locos K153 and K190 were used.
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 | 8th Jun 2008 | Waverley Model Railway exhibition 2008
I attended the Waverley Model Railway Club's 30th annual exhibition held at the Brandon Park Community Centre on the Sunday of the Queens Birthday weekend. I only took a small amount of photos, mainly of "Victoria Bridge".
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 | 5th Jun 2008 | Puffing Billy Railway
This gallery will contain photos of my visits to Puffing Billy. The first batch were taken on June 5th 2008 and was my first visit for 8 years. Updated 26th January 2009. New photos indicated with a *.
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 | 10th Mar 2008 | Steamrail Open Day 2008
Steamrail held it's 3rd Open day in a row over the Labour Day long weekend. Included here are some photos from my visit on the Monday. The next one will not be held until 2010.
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 | 10th Mar 2008 | Sandown Model Railway Exhibition 2008.
On the Labour Day holiday, I visited the "Model Railways of Australia" exhibition at Sandown Park. Contained here are a few photos of interest.
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 | 27th Feb 2008 | DSCR
Features photos of the Daylesford Spa Country Railway. Updated 31st August 2008 (Newst photos indicated with a *)
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 | 1st Jan 2008 | RAIL 2008
Updated 14th December 2008. Newest photo/s indicated with a *
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 | 16th Sep 2007 | J541 regular VGR runs
Features J541 on regular VGR operations, including driver experience trains. (Updated 10th April 2009, new photos indicated with a *)
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 | 1st Aug 2007
to 2nd Aug 2007 | VGR, DSCR, Creswick and Ballarat.
A visit to the VGR on August 1st, followed by a visit to the DSCR, Creswick station and Ballarat East on August 2nd.
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 | 18th Jul 2007 | VGR visit
Photos from yet another visit.
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 | 28th Jun 2007 | J541's first run on the VGR. |
 | 15th Jun 2007 | J541 arrival at Maldon. |
 | 20th May 2007 | VGR steam on show 2007 |
 | 10th Mar 2007
to 12th Mar 2007 | YVTR & Diamond Valley Railway |
 | 26th Jan 2007
to 28th Jan 2007 | Corio Model Railway Exhibition 2007. |
 | 23rd Jan 2007 | RAIL 2007
Updated 30th December 2007. Newest photo/s indicated with a *
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 | 31st Dec 2006 | J515 regular VGR runs
Features steam locomotive J515 (On hire from the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre) on regular VGR services as well as driver experience trains. (Updated 3rd June 2009, new photos indicated with a *)
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 | 31st Dec 2006 | VGR visits 2006-2007. |
