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VicTrack, trading as the Victorian Rail Track Corporation, is a Victorian Government state-owned enterprise which owns all railway and tram lines, associated rail lands and other rail-related infrastructure in the state of Victoria, Australia, [1] with the exception of the Emerald Tourist Railway Board's heritage Puffing Billy Railway.
In order to achieve the required weight reductions, a series of novel weight-saving measures were taken. The original round-ended nose design (which was to have resembled the EMD F7 nose used on the B class Diesel ) [ 11 ] was shortened and squared off to allow the frame to be reduced in size and weight, reducing the depth of the cabs and ...
This series of engines were normally used on the interstate runs, where multiple engines were required so back-to-back formations overcame the single-end handicaps. In addition, about half the class spent extended periods on standard gauge, and they were the first Victorian Railways class of engine allowed to run in revenue service from Albury ...
The Great Victorian Rail Trail (previously the Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail), is in north-central Victoria, Australia, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north-east of Melbourne, and is the second-longest rail trail in Australia, after the 161 km Brisbane Valley Rail Trail in Queensland.
In 1960 it was decided to build the track at Winton Recreation Reserve and the track was completed in twelve months. The circuit hosted its first race meeting on 26 November 1961. [ 2 ] The circuit was immediately popular - a March 1965 meeting featuring the Neptune touring car and the Victorian Formula Two championship drew a crowd of ...
At Seymour N464 leads the last locomotive hauled train from Albury on 30/07/22 N class in the original orange and grey livery hauling H type carriages at Geelong in 1993 N463 in the 1995 livery hauling N type carriages on the North East line in October 2007 N460 in the 2008 Mk3 livery at Southern Cross in September 2008 N469 in the 1995 Mk2 livery at Southern Cross in August 2006 N457 on up ...
The Victoria line is the most intensively used line on the Underground, in terms of the average number of journeys per kilometre. [9] In the early 2000s, the reliability of service on the line was decreasing due to the age of the 1960s-era Automatic Train Operation (ATO) system, and the 1967 Stock used on the line.
The Victoria Park track is now in its third incarnation. Prior to 2009 the track included an uphill segment of Wakefield Rd. From 2009 to 2012 the track used the southern hairpin and start line of the Adelaide Street Circuit and a new section running parallel to Wakefield Street. Late in 2012 it was confirmed by the Adelaide City Council that ...