G525 X39 XR553 cross Lal Lal Creek Viaduct with 9141 down Merbein goods on a rare daylight freight working on the Melbourne - Ballarat line.

With the Bolte Bridge in the background, the new rail alignment at Appleton Dock can be seen since the recent completion of the Footscray Road grade separation project. Ready to haul a rare daytim... (more)

Hauling a rare daytime freight on the Melbourne to Ballarat direct line, G525 X39 XR553 approach the new Deer Park Bypass overbridge with 9141 goods to Merbein, near Mildura, on Good Friday 2009.

Crossing the lofty Lal Lal Creek viaduct, on the Regional Fast Rail re-alignment from about 5 years ago, a very rare daytime 9141 service to Merbein, near Mildura, heads towards Ballarat behind G5... (more)

Good Friday it certainly was - the lure of an actual freight train along the direct Melbourne to Ballarat line in daylight saw many photographers spent the afternoon chasing this probably once a y... (more)