After a 29 year restoration, A2 986 made its first public appearance at the 2016 Steamrail Victoria open weekend. 986 was built in 1915, and is the only operational A2 class.

K190 and D3 639 set back with a motley collection of freight wagons, as R711 looks on. This year the Steamrail Victoria open weekend featured no less than 7 mainline steam locomotives in steam, as... (more)

Y112 becomes the first steam loco to traverse the new Regional Rail Link (RRL) route between Manor Junction and Deer Park. The loco is seen pausing briefly at Wyndham Vale Station while on transfe... (more)

A2 986 performing a mainline test run from Newport at Sunshine.

A2 986 undergoing it's first mainline test run with T395 at Brooklyn.

Sunday 25th of October 2015 was a historic day for Victorian steam preservation, with an A2 class taking to the mainline for the first time in over 50 years. Nearing the end of a lengthy restorati... (more)

A2 986 performing it's first mainline test run since restoration departs Sunshine for Newport with T395.

R711 returning from a "Rail & Sail" excursion to Geelong passes through Spotswood.

Operating over the now closed Maryborough-Ararat line, R766 works an ARE tour through the country town of Avoca.

R761-R711 trail a 30th anniversary 707 Operations special from Seymour near Southern Cross.

Winter is coming. K190 powers out of Southern Cross Station in pouring rain with a 'Rail and Sail' tour to Geelong. Due to rough seas, the 'Sail' part of the tour was cancelled, and all passengers... (more)

K190 prepares to run around the "Rail & Sail" Steamrail special from Geelong.

K153 leads a Steamrail Suburban tour between Ormond and Glenhuntly. This trip was run as a fundraiser for the Royal Children's Hospital's Good Friday Appeal.

Victoria's oldest operating mainline steam loco Y112 (built 1889), crosses the tramway crossing at Glenhuntly during a suburban tour. This is one of three remaining places in Victoria where the 60... (more)

T356-T364 await departure from Spencer Street Station with a Steamrail charter to Kyneton.