FIRST EVER Standard Gauge Passenger Train to Mildura! The Vinelander returns with 707 Operations.

On the 6th of June 2024, 707 Operations/Slow Rail Journeys set off from Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station on the first leg of their tour to Mildura. The tour was titled The Vinelander which was a regular Passenger Train that operated between Melbourne and Mildura that ceased in 1993. We start off seeing N451 “City of Portland” leading the charge with a retired V/Line N set at Spotswood. After that we don’t see it until Maryborough where it spends the night. It was simply going too fast to catch up to it in a car. Also, it had left a lunch stop at Maroona early, and since I didn’t expect this I left Ararat too late where I was hoping to see it along the Ararat to Maryborough line. But the good thing is we do get to see a bit of shunting at Maryborough . In the morning we see the late Up Mildura Freight do a Driver Change at Maryborough which delayed The Vinelander Shunting into the Platform.
After Shunting and seeing it leave Maryborough we then see it at Dunolly, Bealiba, Emu, St Arnaud and 3 times in Donald including a Parallel between Train & Car. At Woomelang the passengers had a lunch stop (along with most Gunzals). We then see it at Speed, outter Ouyen, Ouyen Station, Kiamal and finally the historic arrival into Mildura. To finish off the video, we see the train depart to head off to Yelta for stabling. We then go to Yelta the next day to take a look.

Filmed 06-07-08 of June 2024 06-07-08/06/2024
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