2008 track relaying

In 2008 the railways discovered that the bits of track on the Geelong line that they did not upgrade under the Regional Fast Rail project (Little River - Lara and Corio - Geelong) now needed to be relaid. So now they need to cancel all trains at night, hire a bunch of guys at huge penalty rates, and handle each and every sleeper manually instead of using a special track layer to do it automatically - great cost saving ideas there guys...

Steamrail locos on a ballast train

T395 and T356 on a train of CFCLA ballast hoppers at North Geelong Yard

May 11, 2008

Steamrail locos on a ballast train

T395 and T356 on a train of CFCLA ballast hoppers at North Geelong Yard

May 11, 2008

Ballast train at North Geelong Yard

S302 on the Geelong end of the ballast train

May 4, 2008

Ballast train at North Geelong Yard

T357 on the back of an El Zorro operated ballast train, getting loaded at North Geelong Yard from a ballast stockpile beside the tracks

May 4, 2008

Ballast train at North Shore

S302 leads T357 on an El Zorro operated ballast train, running from North Geelong Yard up to Little River, at North Shore

May 4, 2008

Ballast train at North Shore

S302 leads T357 on an El Zorro operated ballast train, running from North Geelong Yard up to Little River, at North Shore

May 4, 2008

Ballast train at North Shore

S302 leads T357 on an El Zorro operated ballast train, running from North Geelong Yard up to Little River, at Little RIver

May 4, 2008

North Shore works

Replacing rail on the West line at the Geelong end of North Shore

May 4, 2008

Ballast train at Lara

T357 tails the ballast train at Lara

May 4, 2008

Ballast train at Lara

CFCLA ballast hoppers on El Zorro operated ballast train at Lara

May 4, 2008

Ballast train at Lara

S302 leads T357 on an El Zorro operated ballast train, running from North Geelong Yard up to Little River, at Lara

May 4, 2008

Ballast regulator

North Geelong Yard

April 26, 2008

Ballast tamper

North Geelong Yard

April 26, 2008

Ballast hoppers

CFCLA CHOY hoppers, rebuilt from the old brown PTC / Met / V/Line ones. New bottom discharge doors added, as well remote control of them. At North Geelong Yard

April 26, 2008

Dumped sleepers

Between Lara and Little River

April 25, 2008

Hi-rail track machines

At Peak School Road, between Lara and Little River. Only sleeper dumping has been done so far

April 25, 2008