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| SCT's G514, on hire to El Zorro, on the front of an empty grain train stabled at the up end of the Dimboola AWB siding on the afternoon of Sun.18.5.
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| Current and Recent Operations
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Upgrade Announced for the Maroona to Portland Line - Thurs.17.7
- Rail track upgrade announced for Portland - [ABC Radio - Wed.16.5] - [read more]
- Future of Portland to Maroona Rail Line Secured - [Govt. Press Release] - [read more]
- New Deal Will Improve Rail Performance Maroona to Portland - [ARTC Press Release] - [read more]
It would appear that QRNational may soon take over the contract to operate the Horsham container service (currently run as trains 9791 and 9792 by Pacific National who are contracted to the job until the end of July), and if so they would be transferring a locomotive to Horsham for shunting duties - QRNational have yet to confirm this. - Thurs.17.7
Operations to cease on the Dimboola to Yaapeet line - Fri.27.6
Council slams rail line plans - [Wimmera Mail-Times - Fri.20.6]
PACIFIC National and grain handler GrainCorp will cease rail freight operations on the Yaapeet to Dimboola rail line....[read more]
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SCT liveried G514 on hire to El zorro led a short (20 hopper) grain train to Dimboola on the morning of Sat.17.5, where it stabled at the up end of the AWB siding for the weekend. - Sun.18.5
The Horsham container train services, 9791 and 9792, have won another reprieve until at least July, despite this service regularly exceeding 50 loaded wagon hauled by double G's. - Fri.4.4
Stored Rolling Stock
As of Thurs.20.3, the rake of twelve VLEY louvre vans, in assorted Freight Australia and V/Line colours, had been joined by 27 assorted empty container flats and the SE1 rake of grain hoppers, all stored in Murtoa yard. A further small number of grain hoppers were also present in the sidings at Marmalake. - Thurs.20.3
The following rolling stock is stored in the silo road ('A' siding) at Dimboola - 5 x VLEX louvre Vans and 1 x NGKF hopper. 'C' siding also contains seven VHAF grain hoppers and a number of empty container flats. - Thurs.20.3
The rake of 21 former NSWGR 'Blacks' grain hoppers, now in Freight Australia green and coded VHBF, remain stabled in the siding at Antwerp on the Yaapeet branch where they have been since mid-June 2006. - Thurs.20.3
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