Steam locomotive departing from platform 2. This steam engine was built right here in Ballarat in 1889, about 2 kilometers from where this photo was taken. Semaphore signals visible in background,... (more)
On it's first outing in 5 years, Y112 storms up grade out of Ballarat with a shuttle to Sulky, passing some of Ballarat's many statically preserved semaphore signals which have been blanked out wi... (more)
As 1889-built steam loco Y112 prepares to move into the platform at Ballarat for a day of shuttles between here and Sulky, VLocity unit VL36 passes between the special and the former signal box.
After several years out of service, oil-burning R711 underwent a series of slow speed runs at Newport today prior to an expected return to traffic later this year. The locomotive was converted to ... (more)