Railways Of Doom

06/06/2026

Steamrail Victoria in conjunction with CMV Truck and Bus operated a private suburban steam charter with K183 and A2 986, as both top-n-tail from Newport Workshops to Flinders Street and Return.

Date: 01/12/2024

01/05/2026

12/04/2026

C501 “George Brown” and X31 operated Southern Shorthaul Railroads 7SM5 Wagon Transfer from Enfield NSW to Somerton Loop.

Date: 12/04/2026

15/03/2026

The Labour Day long weekend saw Steamrail Victoria, and other organizations host the annual Newport Workshops Open Day of 2026 in the West Block yard, with several types of steam, diesel, electric, and DERM’s 58RM in operation or on static display.

On this day, K160 from the Victorian Goldfields Railway was restored to operational condition, with R711 being repainted into Victorian Railways Blue and Gold, along with the Royal Train from the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre and a special guest from the Bellarine Railway, Locomotive: Klondyke.

Inside 707’s workshop is their preserved Hitachi Suburban Train attracted the attention of enthusiasts and urbex explorers and over in East Block is two of the six remaining Hitachi carriages that have been transported by Chrystall Holdings to Molong NSW and other locations across Australia.

Date: 09/03/2026

01/03/2026

Photos of S302 “Edward Henty”

Entering service for the Victorian Railways on the 15th of September 1957 to being withdrawn from service in 2022 and scrapped in June 2025.

In July 1992, S302 was withdrawn from V/Line operations and sold to West Coast Railway on the 4th of February 1994, being repainted and name plate restored, it would run passenger services to Warrnambool and Return.

In August 2004, S302 was sold back to V/Line after West Coast Railway ceased operations. The locomotive initially ran with altered WCR livery before being repainted into V/Line Blood n Bone colours in December. It ran with a fixed consist including a PH van for head-end power at one end and a D van at the other end to insulate passengers from the engine noise.

In 2006, S302 was withdrawn from passenger service and sold to freight operator El Zorro, it was painted in the orange, grey and yellow livery and ran freight trains across the state. It was withdrawn in stored at Seymour in June 2013 after El Zorro went into liquidation.

The locomotive was sold to Southern Shorthaul Railroad in January 2014 and returned to service with SSR logos applied in December 2017. In October 2016, S302 was placed on display at Goulburn Railway Workshops for Streamliners 2016.

S302 suffered an electrical fire in 2022, it was transferred to Bendigo North Workshops for storage and scrapped in June 2025.

15/02/2026

Prior to being restored a month later, A2 986, undergoes steam testing at Newport Workshops.

Date: 11/04/2015

15/02/2026

B80, B76 and B74, operated QUBE Logistics Apex Quarry Train from Brooklyn to the Hanson Quarry at Kilmore East and then onto Brooklyn and Westall.

Date: 21/12/2020

14/02/2026

CF4420, CF4412 “Black Caviar”, and QL003, head on 6WM7 Up Steel Train from Port Kembla to North Dynon.

Date: 14/02/2026

07/01/2026

Tait 317M-341T-230D-208T-381M and A² 986, head on #8546 Up Shuttle from Cranbourne to Dandenong, through Merinda Park.

Date: 23/09/2023

05/01/2026

Steamrail Victoria's T364, T395, T356, and S313, seen shut down in West Block yard at Newport Workshops.

Date: 14/05/2021