Steamrail Victoria
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Steamrail Victoria is a not-for-profit volunteer group established in 1965 to the restore and operate historic locomotives and rolling stock used on the railways in Victoria, Australia.[1] The main depot of the group is at the Newport Railway Workshops ('East Block') in suburban Melbourne. In addition to operating railfan special trains and charters for private groups, the group also operates special steam trains in the Melbourne suburban area.[2] Steamrail Victoria also hires diesel locomotives to operators such as Pacific National and El Zorro.[3][4]
The group has custody of a number of Victorian Railways steam locomotives, including the R, D3 and K classes; in addition to several diesel electric locomotives, and various suburban electric rolling stock.[5] Heritage carriages include the wooden 'E' and 'W' types, steel air conditioned 'S' type carriages, and South Australian 'K' type steel stock. The group has been criticised by some elements of the railfan community for use of non-heritage liveries on rolling stock.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Steamrail Victoria - About Us. www.steamrail.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ Media Release: RIDE A STEAM TRAIN AROUND MELBOURNE THIS SUNDAY. www.dpc.vic.gov.au. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ Addenda. V/Line ~ Network Access ~ Information Pack. www.vline.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ Steamrail Forum ~ View topic - El Zorro Hirings of SRV Locos. www.steamrail.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ VICSIG - Heritage Groups - Steamrail Victoria. www.vicsig.net. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ S313 SteamRail Victoria Movie Livery??? - Railpage Australia™ Forums (Victoria). www.railpage.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
[edit] External links
- http://www.steamrail.com.au/ (official site)
