Bendigo Line Sightings

K160 · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:07 pm

While out and about on a drive today I found T356-T357 on their ballast train stabled at Goornong. They were still there at 1600:

http://matthewdavis.fotopic.net/p53301730.html
http://matthewdavis.fotopic.net/p53301731.html
http://matthewdavis.fotopic.net/p53301732.html
http://matthewdavis.fotopic.net/p53301733.html
http://matthewdavis.fotopic.net/p53301734.html

Was quite a suprize to find them there.

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Matthew Davis

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vlocity160 · V/Gunzel Joined: May 03, 2006 Last Visited: Jan 10, 2009

Any freighters along the way?

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Matt

iansvr · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:34 pm

There's a PN wheatie in the yard today with quite a lengthy string of wagons attached, 2 x XR's up front.

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emd645e3c · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:13 pm

T356-T342 (or was it 320 ?) left Bendigo just after 17 30 with the ballast wagons headed back Echuca-wardly.

J-C · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:41 am

XR557 and XR559 are the locos on the grain train and last night about 1100 the ballast train was heard leaving Bendigo(i think) then at about 0345 it was heard leaving again.

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K160 · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:06 pm

A couple of pics of XR558 and XR557 at Bendigo from yesterday:

http://matthewdavis.fotopic.net/p53685812.html
http://matthewdavis.fotopic.net/p53685842.html

The locos have since been taken off the train and stabled at the fuel point.

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NR77 · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:12 pm

Great the one time I decide to skip seeing a grainy it has double PN XR's on it Laughing

lol ah well always next time!!!

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J-C · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:33 pm

The grain train was ready to depart after the 1428 pass left but i get the feeling they would had to wait for the 1300 from Swanhill to clear the single track section.

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emd645e3c · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:00 pm

The down grain was seen deaprting Bendigo yesty arvo at 15 30 with the 2 x XR's.

It arrived back tonight at 17 50.

Just now ( 21 55) he 2 x T's have passed Epsom, both on the front, so probably heading south to ballast and not return.

It didn't run at all Wed night, but Tues night it went through around 23 30, and didn't return until just after 05 00 through Bendigo. The down empty cars to Echuca were about 10 mins late that morning.

J-C · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:34 am

XR557-XR558 and a very large grain train were seen ready to depart Bendigo after the arrival of the late 1515 service on sunday evening around 1730

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NR77 · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:55 am

Polar Tiger · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:23 pm

The third XR was 554, they ran 9121.

NR77 · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:52 pm

I'm surprised someone hasn't beaten me at posting this yet.
BL32 with 18 PN and FA liveried goofies thru Sunbury at 20:06 last night.

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K160 · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:02 pm

It has been in Bendigo yard all day. Smile

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K160 · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:37 pm

A photo of the loco and train, taken 15 minutes ago:

http://matthewdavis.fotopic.net/p54084838.html

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Matthew Davis

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