Dynon Nights

Howdee fellow home-confinement sufferers.

While passing the countless hours stuck at home, well away from humanity, I continue on my quest to catalogue the, long neglected, archive.
Occasionally, I come across a group of photos that I feel may be of interest to others. If they aren't, I do invite you to move on to another website rather than bellyache on the interwebs.
This is one such lot. They were taken during a LEGALLY authorised night visit to the Dynon locomotive depot in Melbourne (Victoria).
I will also be aiming to give the situation of each locomotive today (April 2020) for those, who like me, have an interest in such guff.

T408 (one of them) still in Freight Victoria livery. By that time, the company changed it's name to 'Freight Australia' to reflect their expansion outside of the state.
Went to Pacific National, then onsold to Ettamogah Rail Hub and stored at Seymour.

A70 still remains with V/Line, although withdrawn in 2015 and currently stored.

X36 and T392 show the revised Freight Australia logo (note the disappearance of the white Victoria part as seen on T408 above) on the front.
X36 would go to Pacific National as part of the earlier mentioned sale of the company. Today it is scrapped and possibly part of that Kia your driving.
T392 went to Pacific National with the same sale,  she has now gone to '707 Operations'.  She currently wears the blue/yellow livery of Pacific National.

Owned by Great Northern Rail Services at the time
Today GM25 is no longer in existence.

Owned by 'Great Northern Rail Services' at the time.

Believed to now be owned by Southern Shorthaul and stored at Bendigo.

Y121 is seen here on freight bogies.
Despite the livery, she was owned by Freight Australia at the time. Like other FA (don't be rude) locos here, she passed into Pacific National ownership.
She was scrapped in 2011.

Former Westrail L253, then owned by 'ATN Access' in storage. Ownership would later pass to RTS, then to ARG, before becoming part of Aurizon.
Today she is renumbered LZ3119, owned by Aurizon, and stored in Avon Yard (Perth).

Have absolutely no idea what RT class this is, nor where it is now.
If ou can help, I would love to hear from you.

T382 would go on to be owned by Great Northern.
Today, she is with the 'Seymour Railway Heritage Centre' and back in her original 'Victorian Railways' blue and gold livery.

See above.

See above again.

X33 was part of the sale to Pacific National and was subsequently rebuilt as XR553.
She still exists as XR553.

G521 was owned by Freight Australia despite her old V/Line livery.
She would go on to be part of the Pacific National fleet, but today is believed operational with QUBE Logistics.

Now with Ettamogah Rail Hub and stored.

See above.

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Just in case you have, even the most minuscule, interest in transport videos, I include some of my more recent ones below.
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A short video looking at U15C locomotive hauled passenger trains at Yuseco level crossing in Manila, Philippines.

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A look at the group's amazing aircraft collection, and even better restoration work.

Historic Aircraft Restoration Society
A look through the museum's Boeing 747.
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 Cringila Footbridge
A look at the comings and going of this busy Bluescope steelworks exchange sidings at Port Kembla.
Including a rare English Electric sighting.

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Richmond Steam 1988
Illawarra Steam 1988

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NORTH SHORE STEAM

Howdee ladies, gentleman, and assorted haters.
Firstly, a big thank you to those delightful members of the hobby who expressed a desire for me to stop sharing rail items on railway groups. I did give it a lot of thought, honest I did, I do like to try to make everyone happy.
But then it dawned on me, how stupid would it be, catering to the miseries of twats and allowing others to miss out on all the garbage I have to peddle.
So, I humbly apologise to those with a irrational hatred of what I do and genuinely hope that you enjoy this helping of steamy North Shore (Sydney) action.

Anyway, enough of that guff. Back in the bi-centennial year of 1988, there was a huge steam program around the suburbs of Sydney.
Earlier I showed photos from a day of shuttles to East Hills. This post covers the same sort of event, but on the North Shore line.
I've no idea where they ran too

3112 departs Hornsby station for the North Shore line.
Can't recall how far they went on the day, but am sure someone out there will know.
Photo: Brad Peadon

3001 has arrived back in Hornsby with its train.
3112 comes up the rear, in preparation to haul the next run back dwn.
Photo: Brad Peadon

3112 on the up Shore line approaching some station.
Photo: Brad Peadon

Then heads back to Hornsby light again.
Photo: Brad Peadon

3112 - Beyer Peacock & Co - 5807 of 1914
3112 prepares to depart Hornsby station
Photo: Brad Peadon

3001 - Beyer Peacock & Co - 4444 of 1903
Photo: Brad Peadon

3001 departs Hornsby station light engine.
Photo: Brad Peadon

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Steamfest - 1987
Fiji - 2006

EAST HILLS STEAMERS

Happy Easter to all my fellow railfans, viewers my blog and, of course, all my irrational haters who work so hard to encourage me.
G'day Gordo.
Being stuck at home due to the Coronavirus, and interfering online weirdos, I have had a huge amount of time to get stuck into scanning photos and cataloguing a ridiculously messy archive.
This week I became quite concerned.
No, not about the ongoing pandemic that is gripping the world, but that I once invested so much time in photographing steam locomotives.
Yes, yes, I know. Very out of character.

3137 at Revesby station.

The steam program was huge during 1988, the 
bi-centennial year. A few of my friends (creepy ones according to Gordo) and I decided to make the effort to cover as much of the action as possible.
In coming weeks I shall put a little of this up here.

3137 crosses the Cooks River bridge on approach to Tempe station.

One of the more interesting events were the steam shuttles from Sydney Terminal to the, still quite new, East Hills station using 3112 and 3137.

3137 at the new East Hills station.
R19 on the other platform.

3137 passes through Tempe station with a shuttle to East Hills.

3137 at Revesby station.

3137 arriving at Revesby station.

3112 approaching some station on the East Hills line.

3137 arrives at Narwee on the up.
This shot blows me away the most. I had a business in Narwee from 2010 until 2017 and just can't believe that it once looked like this. Those embankments are totally gone and the streets-cape beyond is visible.

Comparison shot with Narwee in 2012.

3112 flies through Revesby station light engine..

3112 departs Kingsgrove station.

3112 at Riverwood.

3112 at Kingsgrove station.

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