Locomotives from a grain train enroute from Bowmans (SA) to Marmalake (Murtoa) being refuelled at Dimboola on the morning of Tues.12.12.

This is typical of the motive power being utilized by Pacific National to run a series of grain trains from locations in South Australia to Victoria and New South Wales.

B76-44s1-T385 leading a loaded ballast train between Wail and Dimboola on the evening of Sun.29.10 - this train will stable at Dimboola overnight before heading off the next morning to drop the ballast west of Nhill.

T385-44s1-B76 leading a ballast train between Wolseley and Serviceton on the morning of Tues.17.10.

T399 leading the down Boort trip train out of Kurting on the line between Inglewood and Korong Vale on the morning of Thurs.5.10

G514-XR559(obscured) leading 9126 up Woomelang grain service through the S curves approaching Morton Plains, just south of Birchip, late in the afternoon of Wed.20.9.

G542-8149-8166 with a rake of NGPF and NGKF grain hoppers at Dimboola on Wed.23.8.

This consist will form the first of at least four barley trains from the Dimboola Grain Centre to Port Adelaide over the next few weeks.

After the wide variety of motive power on broad gauge grain services over the last five or so years, a typical train is now hauled by an XR-G combination.

On Fri.14.7, XR550 and G513 await departure from Manangatang on the Robinvale line, for the trip back to Geelong.

Former New South Wales 'Blacks' (grain wagons), now belonging to PacificNational as their VHBF hoppers, stored in the siding at Antwerp on the Yaapeet branch - Fri.30.6.

8171 leading 9782 up Rainbow to Murtoa grain service at Ellam (between Rainbow and Jeparit on the Yaapeet branch) on the afternoon of Fri.23.6.

XR555 with nine VLEY vans forming the up Dimboola goods, 9792, on the evening of Mon.19.6.. The train is seen here upon arrival at Horsham where a rake of container wagons will be collected before continuing on to Melbourne.

The first appearance of an XRB class locomotive (XRB560) west of Melbourne, seen here sandwiched between NR74 (Ghan colours) and DL49 approaching the road overpass at Wail on the morning of Wed.3.5 .

T371-T379-8166 on an ATN Access grain train at the Dimboola GrainFlow Centre on Fri.21.4. The locos had arrived earlier in the day in this order, with T371 leading, but 8177 was added to the front upon departure giving the expected 81-81-T-T combination.

On its first visit to western Victoria, on the standard gauge anyway, GM36 combined with G519 to haul the down Horsham goods, 9791, on Tues.11.4.

8171 leading an up loaded grain train on the Yaapeet branch on the afternoon of Sat.18.3.

8173 waiting at Lah on the Hopetoun branch while seven grain hoppers are loaded just after midday on Thurs.23.2 - This loco spent much of February hauling grain off this branch down to the port at Portland.

A time exposure shot of ALF24 stabled in the yard at Dimboola on the evening of Thurs.16.2 (49 kb)

(30 second exposure, f4)

Country New South Wales?......No, empty ATN Access grain service approaching Dimboola on the morning of Thurs.2.2.06, bound for the AWB GrainFlow Centre adjacent to Dimboola Loop.

Having arrived the evening before on 9791, XR555-T392-T408 are stabled with G537 in the storage siding at Dimboola on the morning of Mon.30.1.06 (8 kb)

T383-KL82-4483 fronting a ballast train stabled at Dimboola on the evening of Sun.22.1 - the train as loading at Glenorchy and discharging west of Dimboola on this occasion (102 kb)