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Portland Mineral Sands
 
El Zorro's mineral sands train operated on behalf of Iluka stabled beside the locomotive depot at Portland on the evening of Wed.24.9
2009 Motive Power Combinations
Fri.13.2 GM36-EL52 9767
Tues.17.2 EL52-GM36 9768
Tues.10.3 S300-J102 9767
Sat.14.3 J102-S300 9768
  GM36-EL51 9767
Thurs.19.3 EL51-GM36 9768
Thurs.26.3 GM36-T386 9767
Thurs.2.4 T386-GM36 9768
Fri.22.5 4836-4816 9767
Wed.27.5 C501-T386-4816-4836 9768
Sat.30.5 T386-4816 9767
Thurs.4.6 4816-T386 9768
Sat.25.7 TL154-S300 9767
Thurs.30.7 S300-TL154 9768
  TL154-S300 9767
Fri.7.8 S300-TL154-S311-T386 9768
  GM36-T386 9767
Thurs.13.8 J102-S300 down light
Fri.14.8 S300-J102-T386-GM36 9768
  GM36-S300 9767
Fri.28.8 T386-J103 down light
  T386 9768 empty
Sat.29.8 T386 9767
Wed.2.9 C501 down light
  J103 up light
Fri.4.9 T386-C501 9768
  T386-C501 9767
Fri.11.9 C501-T386 9768
  T386-C501 9767
  C501-T386 up light
Fri.13.11 T342-C501 up empty
Sat.14.11 C501-T342 9797
* both locos ran to Gheringhap before T342 returned to
Melbourne light and C501 hauled the train to Maroona
alone. Later in the day T342 ran light to Maroona to join
the train for the trip to Portland.
Fri.20.11 GM36-S302-T342-C501 9768
  C501-T342-S302-GM36 9767
Wed.25.11 T342-C501 9768
  C501-T342 9767
Sun.29.11 T342-C501 9768
Mon.30.11 C501-T342 9767
Tues.1.12 T342-C501 0762 - up light
Sat.5.12 S300-G512 down light
Sun.6.12 G533-S300 9768
Mon.7.12 T342-S300 9767
Tues.8.12 T342 up light
Sat.12.12 C501-T342 down light
Sun.13.12 S300-T342-C501 9768
Mon.14.12 C501-S300 9767
Fri.18.12 S300-C501 9768
S302, T342 and C501 at the DImboola Grain Centre on Fri.6.8

The motive power for a recent El Zorro grain service at the DImboola GrainFlow Centre

S302, T342 and C501 stabled in the AWB GrainFlow siding at Dimboola on the afternoon of Fri.6.8.

Current and Recent Operations
  • Since late April the Yaapeet line has enjoyed one or two grain trains per week. All of these services have been operated by Pacific National and have been hauled by double headed combinations from a pool of locomotives includeing G542, XR555, XR558 and XR559, altough the G has only been reported once. The loading of these trains has occurred at all of the three remaining active grain storages on the line; Yaapeet, Rainbow and Jeparit. - Sun.1.8

    Stored Rolling Stock

  • The rake of ten VHCF cement hoppers that had been stored at Portland for a number of years are now in storage at Dimboola. - Sun.1.8

  • All of the VHGF grain hoppers that had been stored in the sidings at Portland for the last few years have been relocated to DImboola and the currently unused Ararat to Maryborough line between Elmhurst and Avoca. - Sun.1.8

  • A rake of twelve VLEY louvre vans, in assorted Freight Australia and V/Line colours, and 27 assorted empty container flats all remain stored in Murtoa yard. - Fri.6.11.09

  • The following rolling stock is currently being stored in the yard at Dimboola - in the silo road ('A' siding) - 5 x VLEX louvre Vans, 1 x NGKF hopper and a number of container flats. At the down end of 'C' siding - 7 x VHAF grain hoppers. - Sun.1.8

  • 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. - Sun.1.8
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