Steamrail Tours of 2014
12 videos • 426 views • by MattOaten VR A series of videos featuring Steamrail Victoria during 2014. Steamrail Victoria is a not-for-profit volunteer group established in 1965 to the restore and operate historic locomotives and rolling stock used on the railways in Victoria, Australia. Based at the Newport Railway Workshops in suburban Melbourne. In addition to operating railfan special trains and charters for private groups, the group also operates special steam trains in the Melbourne suburban area. Steamrail regularly tours the state, including participation in annual events such as the Ballarat Heritage Weekend (steam locomotive Y112 is used to shuttle between Ballarat and Sulky Gully/Lal Lal). The group has custody of a number of Victorian Railways steam locomotives, including the R, D3 and K classes; in addition to several diesel electric locomotives, and various suburban electric rolling stock. Heritage carriages include the wooden 'E' and 'W' types, steel air conditioned 'S' type carriages, and South Australian 'K' type steel stock. The playlist includes scenes from Steamrail's K Class Spectacular tour on the Victorian Goldfields as well as the 150th Celebrations of Rail To Ehuca. Locomotives include Hudson locomotive R761, Newport Workshops built D3 639, K153, K160, K190 and Y112. Also featuring J549 from the Victorian Goldfields Railway and R707 from 707 Operations. Also featured for the first time in over 50 years, A2 986 in steam during the Newport Workshops Open Weekend. Website: http://www.steamrail.com.au/