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Remember the good old days when for $50.00 one could get a
First Class all lines ticket to travel around Victoria. I did such a journey in
April 1974.
PART ONE
Monday April 15( Easter Monday)
0540 Ballarat- Melbourne ( Vinelander from Mildura) B79 CE BS BZ AZ #3
#14 #12 AX AX Arr 0729.
0843 Melbourne- Tocumwal T393 CW (off Shepparton) BU ABE AW
BE CE C ( off Toolamba) Noted X39 Sthn Aurora, X40 S O P X34 Daylight T362
up Numurkah Pass. Arr 1321. Dep 1510 adding BW BPL at Numurkah. Noted Y117,Y141
& T326 at Shepparton.Y105 at Toolamba Y154 at Murchison East. Arr
1945.
2055 Melbourne-Dimboola (Overland) S310 S315 17 Cars. I hour
delay at Bank Box loop a/c Signal Failure. Arr 0253.
S311 S312 2nd Divn Overland.
Tuesday April 16 0329
Dimboola-Melbourne (Overland) S300 S304 17 Cars Arr Ballarat 0644 S304 failed
replaced by S308( off 0725 Pass) T354 ran the pass. Dep 0811 Arr Sunshine
0944
0840 Melborne-Albury ( Daylight) dep Sunshine 0948 X44 &
GM32 11 Cars arr Albury 1307 Change locos to 44225 & 42104 locos at Albury;
44235,44202,4201,42101,42201(!!!) 4406,4418,4469,7320 & T410. locos at
Wodonga T366,S305,B61 & B76.
1525 Albury-Melbourne S301 ( Driver Bell from Seymour- a well
known thrasher of steam & diesel) AE AW AW AE BE BE BE MBS AS CE VP Dep 1525
Wodonga 1534-1539, Wangaratta 1622-1630 Benalla 1656-1705 Avenel 1750-1758 ( non
scheduled stop - dropped staff) Seymour 1820-1840 ( a very fast run from
Albury-Seymour) arr Melbourne 2006.
2055 Melbourne- Ballarat (Overland) S303 S315 18 cars Dep
2057 Arr 2303. S317 on Sth Aurora, T358 & T364 on Vinelander.
Back to work for 2 days. Coming up- Cohuna, Bairnsdale, Nhill,
Mildura . Stay tuned for the next instalment.
Regards
Noel M Forster
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