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Branchline Society the Members Newsletter of the Castlemaine and Maldon Railway May 2013 Preservation Society Castlemaine and Maldon Railway Preservation Branchline Society The Members Newsletter of the Castlemaine and Maldon Railway May 2013 Preservation Society The Goldfields Steam Train Challenge - An Honorable 47th Position The inaugural Goldfields Steam Train Challenge took place on Sunday 21st April and proved a fantastic day for all concerned. The day was superbly organised by Paula Ewing and involved a bicycle race from Castlemaine to Maldon against our train. The train was hauled by J515, under the care of driver Tony Llewellen and fireman David Crowhurst and ran precisely as timetabled, arriving 45 minutes, 51 seconds after the starting signal. Our 47th position was right in the middle of the field, with 46 riders arriving before us at Maldon and 47 riders arriving after us at Maldon. The train was packed with friends and relatives of the riders and there was certainly a lot of excitement when riders were seen from the train windows. The winner of the race was Jason Lowndes (18) who set a blistering pace crossing the line in 32m20s and beating the train by more than 13 minutes. Lowndes’ closest challenger was friend and training partner Tasman Nankervis (17), who secured first in the U18 category as well as second place in the overall results. Lowndes heart rate reached 191 beats per minute (95% of his maximum) in the final kilometre of the course as he raced to the finish line at Maldon Station at more than 40km/hr; determined to take the win from Nankervis and lay down a scorching course record for future editions of the event. We’re certainly looking forward to seeing how he’ll do next year! Thanks go to Paula Ewing for organising such a great event and to all those volunteers who acted as marshalls on the day as well as to all those who made sure the event would run safely. Such an event not only provides great publicity for our railway, but also a great boost for the region with significant media coverage as well. We received a $1,000 donation from the organisers and we sincerely thank them for their contribution to the railway and the region. May 2013 Page 2 President’s Column Every so often I think of those who by Michael Vines the market and so I feel the assistance Paul contemplate the big picture or seek to pursue will provide to us will be invaluable. what seems to be a virtually unattainable goal. Our modern world is so beset with Some recent events on our railway have been pragmatists but there will always be a core highly successful. We continue to attract group who want to really challenge good numbers at our Steam Train for Kids convention. And so I recently met with events and the feed back is that people Jonathan Newton who is the coordinator of particularly like the all embracing ticket. We the V499 project. Some months ago our recently hosted the “Great Bicycle Race” board resolved as a matter of principle to which was a huge success. There were over a support the project and in line with that 170 entrants of which about 40 riders were decision I did a video clip for their website able to beat J515 and train from Castlemaine reaffirming our support. For those that might to Maldon. I travelled on the train (all five not be aware this is an ambitious plan to carriages being packed each way) and there recreate a class of locomotives built by was a real buzz as bike riders were passed Baldwin prior to the dawn of the last century and some were able to forge ahead. I thank all which had disappeared by the 1930’s. Just as of those involved in the organisation of the has been done in the United Kingdom V499 is event and we look forward to putting on a to reappear “Lazarus like” and for those who similar event next year. There are also plans might want to dismiss it as fanciful I suggest afoot (in conjunction with VicTrack and the you have a chat to Jonathan. He is local shire) to develop a bicycle track (rail determined to succeed and so I ask all of our trail) of the type that can found in other members to take a moment to look at their places around Victoria and if this is done it website and contemplate what it might be like will only serve as an adjunct to this type of if V499 someday runs on our railway. To event. We have resolved at board level to further reinforce our support we will be meeting. Subsequent to this meeting Paul sent support the establishment of the rail trail and selling “V499 water bottles” with a me an email which, in short, was a glowing have been involved in meetings to date proportion of the sale proceeds going back to endorsement of how we conduct ourselves at whereby the project is to be implemented. the project. board level. I don’t mention this because of some desire for self-satisfaction but it is a On the preservation front it is great to have On a different topic I want to bring to good indication to members of an objective one of our PL carriages back in operation and members’ attention our continuing desire to assessment made of what we are doing. Paul repainted. The John Cole inspired 41BU is refine and build on the effectiveness of our will be continuing to assist us and at this stage now close to completion and by all reports is business. As part of our package of assistance is looking at aspects of our marketing in likely to be running by the middle of the year. from the Maldon and District Community company with Andrew Reynolds, our Our first class carriage Macedon is finished Bank we have provided to us a business marketing director, and Garry Atchison, who and sitting at Newport pending finalization of advisor at no cost. This is Paul Henshell from is our paid marketing officer. We can always certain Bendigo who attended our last board look at new ways to further our product in (Continued on page 3) May 2013 Page 3 (Continued from page 2) accreditation issues and movement to our railway. In line with the “pool of rolling stock” concept which forms part of our joint venture with Steamrail we are expecting movement of another BW carriage which incorporates kiosk facilities and this may come as part of the move of Macedon. Finally Dave Bail’s labor of love – the Z Van – is back in action and formed part of the consist for the bike race event. Well done to Dave and all those who have assisted him in this very worthy restoration of such an historic and iconic piece of Victorian Railways rolling stock. That will do from me for this edition of Branchline which is the new title of our newsletter as members would have seen V499 sits at Nyora with a rake of 4 wheel wagons. from the last edition. I feel this is a thoroughly appropriate title for our will be built with Vauclain Compound provision of drawings of great benefit. The V newsletter. For the next edition I am cylinders, making it the only one of it’s kind class is a Baldwin designed locomotive, as too proposing to go back to something that was running in the Southern Hemisphere, and are the NA class locomotives: In fact the the subject of a newsletter a year or so ago only the second in the world. designs of these two locomotives were less which was the restoration of the workman’s than 12 months apart. As a result, the designs van (WW143-but now having its 1887 The aim is to build the locomotive for use on of items such as the frames, boiler, cab, number-149 AB ) which sits on our property heritage tourist lines across Victoria, such as cylinders, motion gear, and many other parts at Maldon. Restoration is now complete and I the VGR. As yet, there are no plans for main are practically identical. Naturally there are propose to provide a full report along with line running. This is due to many reasons, notable size differences between the narrow supporting pictures. I think members will be several political, however mainly this: The gauge NA class and the broad gauge V class, truly amazed when they see this carriage in VSLC wants tourists and enthusiasts to be however these drawings that have been its revitalized form! Stand by for more on this able to not only ride behind V499, but have supplied will be of immense help, as there are as I have said. the chance to experience life on the very little V class drawings left in existence. footplate, offer driver experiences and run Other drawings, plans and research come in Michael Vines period photo charters. If the locomotive the form of highly detailed books on Baldwin President were to spend its time running on the main designs and a reprint of the 1900 Vauclain line, only the small handful of main line catalogue. accredited crews would be allowed to use it. The VSLC envisions all volunteer steam Recently in January 2013 the board of the The V499 Project qualified crews having the chance to drive and Victorian Goldfields Railway voted to support fire V499, and currently this can only be the V499 Project. This has been excellent The very first 2-8-0 locomotive that the achieved on a preserved railway.
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