Freights to Ballarat via the Straight

Bill Johnston (wajohns@tpgi.com.au)
15 Oct 1997 04:43:16 GMT

There is one freight to and from Ballarat via the straight at present. It
mainly hauls containers and runs to/from Mildura. Both ways are in the dark
leaving Melbourne around 8PM and arriving between 4 and 7AM. Ballast trains
still operate to the Boral? siding at Deer Park West usually on a daily
basis but this hardly counts.
This Mildura superfreighter is almost always hauled by double or triple "X"
class and it brings back memories of the Adelaide jets as it roars through
Deer Park unfortunately without the staff exchanger and any signs of humanity
except the train watcher. (Boy thats an opening)

Regards Bill Johnston