Oil Hudson Thunders to Bendigo | Steamrail - Bendigo Easter Festival 202...

Howdy,

Today we are back to main line steam content. Today we take a look at Steamrail Victoria's Bendigo Easter Festival special tour with the Spirit of Bendigo, Hudson R711.

This year uses the same locomotives as last year's special, however, this year we got the opportunity to capture R711 being turned in Bendigo thanks to the Bendigo Railway Workshops.

Anyways, pretty normal video, so enjoy. Some of the clips were a little more shaky than usual for some reason, but it might be due to my tripod starting to show it's age with a heavier video camera than last year.

Anyways, cheers all, catch everyone soon, still a couple of videos to go.

Easter Model Railway Exhibition 2025 - Diamond Creek - Part 2 | Yarra Va...

And here we are, part 2 of our overage of this year's Easter Exhibition. 

Taking a look at the last 9 layouts on display.  I should note that they were filmed out of order but have been edited back in order to the program, due to filming requirements.

From here, our videos will be 4 days apart, for what is a planned 3 videos.

I should  also end off this post by saying Lest We Forget.

Cheers all.

Easter Model Railway Exhibition 2025 - Diamond Creek - Part 1 | Yarra Va...

Howdy,

And we are back with the next Victorian model railway exhibition. The Easter Model Railway Exhibition runs annually at the Diamond Creek Bank Stadium.

This year, 21 layouts were on display, which we cover every layout, although do shorter takes for some layouts that have been seen previously due to filming contraints.

This video has again been split into two parts as is just goes over our threshold of a single part exhibition.

Part two is due in 3 days, so will catch everyone soon.

Steam from Day to Dawn Over the Hills - Puffing Billy Railway - April 20...

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We've a bit of a break in the schedule as there hasn't been any mainline videos or exhibitions lately, so we're back at the Puffing Billy Railway for another day. This was captured last Saturday which saw the operation of the regular Saturday timetable, along with two special twilight trains. This day saw the operation of PBR's inaugural Steam & Spirits special to Lakeside. This was hauled by 14A with one of the rakes of carriages ferrying the passengers to the main event, tasting the flavors of the local breweries. Along with this, a special charter service was also run during the evening.

The main portion of the video captures the regular day's operation with locomotives DH5, 7A and 14A making an appearance. 

This video was supposed to be backlogged for a bit, but while I sift through what videos we have available, it was the quickest to prepare. We should be back next week, hopefully.

Cheers all.