spot of train spotting #2

Having long retired from plying the wilds of suburban Adelaide, Red Hen 402 climbs the Bena Bank — a 1:40 grade, I was assured by a train groupie with whom we were riding.

Below is the roomy interior, a suburban commuter’s dream, waiting to depart from Leongatha station.

After a day well spent plying the wilds of South Gippsland, Rail Motor 55RM (below) arrives at the Korumburra terminus. This vehicle, converted from petrol to diesel in the late 1950s, is indicative of the passenger rolling stock which serviced many country lines in Victoria in days of yore.

Rockin’
Rollin’
Ri-yi-yi-yi-idin’

Buckling of the rails, below, particularly during the warmer months, occasionally makes for an interesting ride.

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spot of train spotting #1

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Like a ghostly apparition, Y135 (early-1960s vintage) hauls the South Gippsland Tourist Railway’s ‘Dinner Train’ across the river flats between Nyora and Loch.

UPDATE

Dinner Train — caboose perspective (bum shot) ...

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