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What ran and what didn't - Saturday & Sunday
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UPDATED 24/9  5:00PM

SATURDAY 9th & SUNDAY 10th, SEPTEMBER, 2000
FREIGHT TRAIN DIVERSIONS

Due to major works (pit renewal) at Albion, on the weekend 9-10th SEP 2000, some freight trains were diverted onto the Broadmeadows line, certainly the longest and the only "real" freight trains on the line for some time.

All Bendigo VLP trains were piloted through the occupation.

 

What ran and what didn't:
Thanks to Chris Gordon for this original information.

Saturday 9th

9351 Tocumwal Goods
Normally follows behind the Spark Transfer
through Somerton on Saturday Mornings.

STATUS: 

 RAN VIA ALBION SATURDAY MORNING

Sunday 10th

9084 Echuca (and then to Deniliquin) goods
Sunday night via Toolamba (POSSIBLY via ESD to BMS)

STATUS:

 [VIA TOOLAMBA] PILOTED THRU ALBION
 
9319/9439 Kilmore East/Westall Pioneer Quarry Train
Sunday night quarry trains WILL run via Essendon
(for a Sunday night it is West Tower - Kilmore East and is about Approx. 1830 out of Melbourne (1909 BMS)
The return 9340 is Kilmore East - Westall (2258 BMS)

STATUS:

 9319 GLENROY AT APPROX 1900
9430 NORTH MELBOURNE 2245
CONSIST: G514 (V/Line) + 21 FV Quarry Hoppers
 
9353 Sunday Night Tocumwal Goods
Approx. 0000 ex Totty Yard (0100 BMS), but probably running via Albion.

STATUS:

 VIA ALBION
 
9393 Sunday Night Oaklands Goods
No Information

STATUS:

 UNKNOWN
 
9391 North Geelong - Oaklands Extra Grain (Empty)
Approx. 2200 ex Totty Yard (2302 BMS)
STATUS: RAN VIA ESSENDON - 2345 BMS
CONSIST: X44 (Long end leading) + S301 + 37 Grain
Both V/line livery

 

Photos

9319 Down Kilmore East Quarry Train

G514 climbs the Glenroy Bank easily with it's train of empty quarry wagons.  (Between OKP and GRY)

 

9391 North Geelong - Oaklands Extra Grain (Empty)

NME YARD 10-09-00.jpg (50226 bytes) North Melbourne Yard - (left to right) X44 & S301 and the Paper train being prepared to leave for Tottenham (X-T-T-Y) stand against city skyline.
KEN NIGHT 10-09-00.jpg (79851 bytes) The shot we missed - Kensington on the same night just moments before we gave up and left - and the train came through :/  We still saw it and heard it though, but I'm afraid you cant!  A lesson learnt the hard way - please don't do the same stupid thing!

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