Pakenham Steam Rattlers | Steamrail LXRA Charter - Beaconsfield Steam Tr...

Howdy all,

Time for this weeks video, and who'd have guess it would be on the last day of the month.

Over the weekend, the LXRA chartered out the steam hauled Taits for another round of shuttles, this time as a thank you to the Beaconsfield Community. Running between East Pakenham and Berwick, four shuttles were run along with four one-way transfers, with steam leading the DOWN trips.

We attempts to have some variety of locations from last year, when they were charted out for the Pakenham Community. We also jump aboard for the trip back to Melbourne.

Anyways, there really isn't any videos planned for the next little while, so we are back to our weekly/fortnightly scheduling for at least July.

Cheers all.

Solo Steam Rambles through the Suburbs | Steamrail - Members Suburban Ra...

Howdy,

Well, didn't expect to be back so soon but here we are.

Over the weekend Steamrail ran their annual Member's Suburban Rambler, but unlike the past 2 years, it was back to steam power. K153 took the helm of the seven carriage long train travelling throughout Melbourne's suburban network. 

This video was initially planned to be an extra due to length, but after some changes to the trip, it did make it reasonable to be edited as a full video.

Anyways, enjoy the slightly shorter video.

Now we're finally at the end of the sequence. Next video is currently planned for Monday.

Glen Waverley Model Railway Exhibition 2025 - Part 2 | Waverley Model Ra...

Howdy, we're back for our last video in sequence. Today we have our second part of the Glen Waverley exhibition.

This video was intended to be a single part, but there were some network issues with out previous uploads which meant the videos have to be shorten slightly. Anyways, we're here.

This year's exhibition was once again pushing the size of the Brandon Park Community Centre, with 32 exhibitors (-1 due to being a no show).

Anyways, that's the last exhibition video for around a month, so it'll just be full sized trains for a little bit unless any new models finally arrive. 

Cheers all.

Bendigo Steam Shuttles & Melbourne Transfers | Steamrail - Bendigo Steam...

Hello all,

Continuing our coverage from the busy long weekend, we have our captures of Steamrail's Bendigo Steam Weekend. We captured two days of the operation, which is all complied into this single video.

Locomotives R761 and S301 joined forces for the tour. We take a look at both transfers and some of the shuttles that were run on the sunniest day of the weekend, Monday.

We will finish off our weekend's coverage with our second exhibition video that will be due on Wednesday. It is still yet to be decided whether it'll be a single part or split, so we shall have to see.

Cheers all.

Ballarat Model Railway Exhibition 2025 | Ballarat Model Railway Club

Another long weekend has past, so it's time for our next exhibition video.

Today we head up to Ballarat for another exhibition. This year's ran closer to the town centre, so it made sense to check it out for another year.

14 operational layouts were available, making up a decent sized regional exhibition.

Anyways, this'll be the first of two exhibitions due in the short term, so stay tuned, after a heritage video first. Cheers.

Steamrail - Ballarat Steam Shuttles Transfers 2025 | A2986, K183 & T364

Howdy.

We're back with on last video for this flexible rotation. 

Today, we have a shorter video compared to our other videos, this being a quick look at the transfer trains for this year's Ballarat steam shuttles. This annual operation has the train run up to Ballarat for the weekend as part of the Ballarat Heritage Festival.

We capture a single location on the return transfer, which this year saw the train turn back at Flinders Street Station.

Anyways, not sure of whether they'll be a video next week, but there is definitely one for the week after. So till then, cheers.

Moe Model Railway Exhibition 2025 - Latrobe Valley Model Railway Associa...

Howdy,

Videos are back for the short term again, and we return with another exhibition video.

Today we are in Moe for the Latrobe Valley Model Railway Association's bi-annual exhibition.

Got another video in a few days, so I'll catch everyone again soon.

Cheers.