photo(s) (AUS) Good Friday

[Pakenhamtrain]

On Good Friday I went out and about into the City. During the day Steamrail ran a special Suburban rambler with proceeds going to the Good Friday Appeal. The Good Friday appeal is a fundraiser for the Royal Children's Hospital.

 

Siemens train 725M-2513T-726M-800M-2550T-799M pass by the grain sidings at Kensington with despite what the desto says is a City bound Cragieburn train. The grain sidings are one of the last places where freight is unloaded in the suburban area.

Passing by a Cragieburn bound Comeng.

Southern Comeng 384M-1010T-343M-394M-1048T-393M approach Kensington Station with a Cragieburn train.

393M-1048T-394M has a bit of a History on this line with it 12 years ago running away from Broadmeadows with no brakes while the driver was changing ends. it traveled the entire length of the line at speeds over 100KM/H. Flying through open level crossings and narrowly avoiding the previous citybound Broadmedows at North Melbourne before crashing into the Stationary N463 and car set FSH27 at Spencer St/Southern Cross.

Northern Comeng 633M-1167T-634M-489M-1105T-510M Run onto the Suburban line Not in Service bound for Flinders St. The Broadmeadows Suburban line is often used for trains bound for Flemington Racecourse.

Southern Comeng 506M is the rear car of a City bound train.

After having gone round the City Loop 725M-2513T-726M-800M-2550T-799M heads back up to Cragieburn.

Sprinters 7022-7017 head out of the City bound for Seymour.

Northern Comeng 645M is the rear motor with a Citybound train.

Y112 leads about the half an hour late Suburban rambler.

K153 on the rear.

VLocity unit 23 departs Flinders St with a Traralgon bound train.

Departing on the Caulfield local is a Northern Comeng. While the track might be called the Caulfield Local the train will actually run Express South Yarra to Caulfield.

On the Caulfield local is a Mixed Southern and Northern Comeng bound for Frankston.

Om the down Special line is a Southern Comeng bound for Sandringham. Of note the lead car 501M has a trial LED desto. The Southern units when refurbished were fitted with dot matrix destos.

Arriving into Flinders Street on the rear of a Up Traralgon train is a brand new VLocity unit 56 featuring the 3rd major livery change the trains have had. The PTV regional trains livery.

A Siemens train departs on the Caulfield Local with a Frankston bound train.

Y112 departs with the afternoon rambler train to Mordialloc.