Red Rattles Around Melbourne | Steamrail/Elecrail - Tait Members Train 2023

Hello all,

Lets start off another week's worth of videos.

Once again, we're still cleaning out the backlog of videos that were filmed earlier in the year, but without an uploading slot to be published. One such tour was this year's Tait Members Train, that ran in June.

The train did a suburban rambler style tour around Melbourne's train network.

Anyways, cheers all. Catch everyone later in the week.

Top & Tail Na's in the Dandenong Hills | Puffing Billy Railway - Variety...

Time for our first extra.

Today we have a rather special video, where we take a trip up to Puffing Billy to capture a rare operation of top and tail NA locomotives. During mid-August, the railway was chartered out by the Variety Children's Charity. Locomotives 12A and 8A top and tailed a consist of NBHs between Lakeside and Emerald for the day.

Anyways, enjoy the slightly different video.

Various videos from the backlog from the last year will be progressively uploaded during this extras season, so stay tuned for more!

Shunters Trundle Over the Great Divide | 707 Operations - The Winelander...

Back for another week, and time for a Winelander.

Over the weekend, 707 Operations ran their last public tour for the year. This had the Y classes make a trip to Maldon, with a side quest in Daylesford. 

This video highlights the mainline portions of the tour.

Anyways, this week we also begin our holiday scheduling, so catch everyone later in the week for another video!

Steam & Push-Pull Ps Trek to the Stony Point Seaside | 707 Operations - ...

Welcome back for another week.

Today we have another heritage video, as we slowly begin to whine down for this year's heritage season.

For this video we capture 707 Operations tour, where they head down the Stony Point line on the Mornington Peninsular. Intially Steam locomotive R707 was to make the full journey down, but due to operational requirements, instead a return of V/Line's Push-Pull P classes would head down the entire length. R707 was dropped off at Frankston to allow the return of both the P classes and H carriages to the line. 

Next week we will announce our plans for this holiday season, that will start the week as well.

Until next time, cheers all.

North East Dash - 150 Year's of the North East | Seymour Railway Heritag...

Hello all,

Welcome back for another weekly upload. One from last month, which saw the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre operate a shuttle to Benalla as part of the 150th anniversary of the North East Railway.

Locomotives made a dash up the line, with pick up stations at all stations along the way.

As a side note, tomorrow (21st of November), is the actual 150th of the North East line making it to Wodonga, so it was about time this video made it online.

Cheers all,

Back to flexible scheduling next week, so see you all.

Oil Burner Hudson to a Garden Show | Steamrail Charter - Morwell Interna...

Howdy all,

Time for this weeks video, and we ehad back to the Latrobe Valley, for what should be the the last tour in the region for 2023. This is also the last regional and Steamrail steam tour for 2023. For this, we have a chartered service, that saw locomotive R711 head east solo for the Morwell International Rose Garden Festival.

being a summer run, it saw the train as a rare daylight UP tour, something that for the Snow Train would be in darkness by the time they leave Hernes Oak Loop.

An enjoyable chase, as we begin the count down for the end of year.

Anyways, enjoy the video, next week's is from the backlog, so catch everyone on Monday.

Sunny Blue Bayside Steam Dash | Steamrail - Rail & Sail - November 2023 ...

Welcome back for another week.

Well, another weekend has passed and so has another tour. This was Steamrail Victoria's last Rail & Sail for 2023, and the last steam tour that was hosted and operated by them. Once again we cover a chase of both the rail and sail components, for what possibly might be one of the last times that we cover both sides comprehensively. 

Anyways, under the haulage of K183 the 7 carriage train sprinted along with South West main line to the seaside town of Geelong, while Port Phillip Ferries' Geelong Flyer made it's dash along the bay with a layover in Portarlington.

Anyways, the season is slowing coming to an end in a few weeks, so until next week, cheers all.