ROLL 72. Ballarat, 3rd
January. Horsham, 5th January. Korong Vale & Bendigo, 6th
January 1969.
All photos © Les Brown. Not to be used
for Publication.
Scanned Negatives
72-01. Ballarat. W258.
72-02. Ballarat. W258.
72-03. Ballarat. S305 & B??
The carriage behind the B-class was on its delivery run to the Commonwealth
Railways’ Trans-Australia, Port Augusta – Kalgoorlie line. This carriage was
one of many required to form a new passenger train service between Sydney and
Perth – the “Indian Pacific”, after the completion of the standard gauge link
across Australia which happened a year later.
The track on the right between the
train and the wall of the Ballarat East loco shed is the truncated line to
Eureka after closure of the line to Buninyong.
72-04. Ballarat. W258.
72-05. Horsham. K157 & K183.
72-06. Horsham. K157 & K183.
72-07. Horsham. K157 & K183.
72-08. Horsham. S305. One of the often
touted advantages of diesel locomotives over steam was that turntables would no
longer be necessary for turning a locomotive since a diesel can go just as well
forwards as backwards. This did not always apply. The only time I have ever
assisted a crew in turning a locomotive was in this case. The two crew members
were struggling with turning this engine around on the old push-around steam
engine-era turntable. It was a hot day and they looked like they could use a
hand.
72-09. Korong Vale.
72-10. Korong Vale. Y159. It appears that confidence in
the roof of the shed was sufficiently lacking for the railwaymen to park the
locomotive inside.
72-11. Korong Vale.
72-12. Korong Vale. Perhaps the wooden post on the floor
was the reason for the railwaymen’s lack of confidence.
72-13. Korong Vale. T399.
72-14. Korong Vale.
72-15. Korong Vale. T399.
72-16. Korong Vale. T349 & T359.
I caught the Mildura overnight train at Ballarat and waited at Dunolly for the
1½ hour journey by a goods train hauled by these two locos, to Korong Vale
where I arrived at 5:45 am and enabling me to take these early morning
pictures. Photographing trains always produces the best results when done in
the late afternoon, or better still, in the early morning.
72-17. Korong Vale. T399. The track off at far centre
left is the line to Robinvale and the track just below T399 is the line to
Kulwin. The track in the immediate foreground is to the loco shed and the
engine requirements facilities. I was standing on the coal-stage in 72-9 when I
took this picture. Except for a simple single track junction and a few sidings,
there is nothing here now.
72-18. Korong Vale. B77. This was the only time I ever
saw a B-class in Korong Vale. I caught this train to Bendigo.
72-19. Bendigo. l-r; J526, J509, J504, J5?? & J511. All awaiting scrapping
at North Bendigo Workshops.
72-20. Bendigo. J511, J551 & J5??.
72-21. Bendigo. l-r; J544, J5??,
J5?? & J508.