Victorian Passenger Trains; 40 years of change
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A collection of photographs going
A collection of photographs going back to the 1970's followed by video shot in October 2010. The trains were once a mix of wooden bodied and some air conditioned steel cars hauled by anything from an 1800HP locomotive down to a 650HP locomotive best suited to working in the yards. Then there were the little rail cars that plyed the far reaches of the state. They and the services are gone. The mainstay of the fleet now is the 2500HP N class supported by a number of similar powered A class and 1000 HP P class units. Sprinter rail cars have displaced a lot of locomotive working and now the V'locity fleet is on the increase running trains from 2 to 7 cars in length. In terms of sheer numbers the passenger rail service to country Victoria has never been better than it is today. It is still, in this writers opinion, less than satisfactory in terms of speed. The Regional Fast Rail project to raise speeds to 160km/h fell far short of what was required to take the system into the 21st century.
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