Steamrail Victoria is a not-for-profit volunteer group established in 1965 to restore and operate historic

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s and rolling stock used on the

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. The main depot of the group is at the

Newport Workshops The Newport Railway Workshops is a facility in the Melbourne suburb of Newport, Victoria, Newport, Australia, that builds, maintains and refurbishes Rolling stock, railway rollingstock. It is located between the Williamstown railway line, Willia ...

('West Block') in suburban Melbourne. In addition to operating

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special trains and charters for private groups, the group also operates special steam trains in the

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suburban area. Steamrail regularly tours the state, including participation in annual events such as the

Ballarat Heritage Weekend Ballarat Heritage Weekend is a community cultural festival held annually in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Run since 2006 by the City of Ballarat, it is a major tourist attraction. The festival follows a heritage theme drawing on Ballarat's rep ...

(steam locomotive Y112 is used to shuttle between Ballarat and

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/ Lal Lal). Steamrail Victoria also leases diesel locomotives to freight operators such as Southern Shorthaul Railroad (SSR) &

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as required. Locomotives were also hired to El Zorro until they ceased trading. The group has custody of a number of

Victorian Railways The Victorian Railways (VR), trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companie ...

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s, including the R, D3 and K classes; in addition to several diesel electric locomotives, and various suburban electric rolling stock. Heritage carriages include the wooden 'E' and 'W' types, steel air conditioned 'S' type carriages, and South Australian 'K' type steel stock.

Locomotives

Steam Locomotives

Diesel locomotives

Electric rolling stock

Locomotives

Swing Door electrics

Swing Door (train)

Tait electrics

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Passenger Carriages

E Cars

W Cars

K Cars

S Cars

N Cars

Special Carriages

References

External links

* {{official site, https://www.steamrail.com.au/ Heritage railways in Australia Railway museums in Victoria (Australia)

Locomotives

Steam Locomotives

Diesel locomotives

Electric rolling stock

Locomotives

Swing Door electrics

Tait electrics

Passenger Carriages

E Cars

W Cars

K Cars

S Cars

N Cars

Special Carriages

See also

References

External links