Bye Bye Broad
Gauge- Volume 1
Released 27 November 2002.
The final operations of broad gauge steam
trains in northwestern Victoria during 2002 prior to track gauge conversion.
In 2001, the Victorian Government announced
a proposal to regauge the majority of the state's rail network from broad
gauge to standard gauge. Converting the current fleet of operational
steam locos to standard gauge is not an economically viable option.
Thus, the present opportunity to run broad gauge steam statewide will soon
disappear forever. Steamrail Victoria ran a series of tours during
2002 advertised as "the final steam workings" to a variety of destinations
in Victoria's northwest. This superb tape provides an excellent record
of those history-making journeys.
Evocative steam action on the following lines:
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Mildura;
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Yelta;
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Murrayville;
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Dunolly - Inglewood;
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Castlemaine - Maryborough;
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North Geelong - Ballarat
featuring locos D3 639, R711, K190,
R761
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D3 639 visiting Yelta;
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R761 and D3 639 on the Murrayville line;
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K190 and R761 from Dunolly - Inglewood;
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R711 and R761 storming Bealiba Bank at dusk;
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double R class sunset silhouette departing Dunolly;
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R761 running from Castlemaine to Maryborough;
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D3 639 and R761 in the Mildura district;
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R761 solo to St Arnaud
Videographers
Tony Marsden, Asheleigh Marsden, Yuri Sos, Andrew
McDonald, Norman Crothers, Roger Tralaggan.
Producer
Tony Marsden
Narrator
Paul McDonald
Cover Photos
Front: R+R761+2x T class diesels at Swanwater
- Christopher Sos
Rear: K190 + R761 at Bannockburn - Alan Williams
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