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I was looking for Web sites that had information about
Vline freight operation around the area of the Murry river from Mildura to
Albury that went down to Melbourne, includes the line from Tocumwal in
N.S.W. through to Melbourne via Shepparton Vict.
As a family we used to go camping along the banks of
the Murry river at Tocumwal every year at Easter since 1990 to '95. There was a
fire along the Murry around Xmas '93, as a result the tracks at Tocumwal
were burn't out, including the bridges that crossed the gully's on the Vict'.
side of the border. I walked along these tracks the Easter after the fires, and
noted that a lot of tracks had been lifted out of position and thrown to
one side, the bridges had been completely stripped of track.
After this period they rebuilt ( I guess V/Line) the track
from Toc' through to Strath' and were hauling containers with
rice using "P" class loco's from Toc' through to Shepparton on to
Melbourne terminal. As well as rice they may have been sending general freight
in both directions. The train went over the bridge at Toc' at around 7.00 am
weekdays.
If possible I would like to find out if the freight
operation is still going on to or from Tocumwal or has it died or still
alive , on what basis do they send the train "as example" twice a
week - maybe a Tuesday & Friday or every second day or only on request
when the freight yard starts to get full, also in what direction do the goods go
?. It would be to think that the line continues up through Finley and
hopefully beyond into N.S.W. but I suspect that this is not case.
Likewise I would be curious on when the last train
went through Yarrawonga on to N.S.W. with freight and if it is still
operating how regular is the service on this line ?.
Name; Kenneth Jennion.
P.O. Box 47 Boronia., Vict. 3155.
Ph. No;
0408-058394 |