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Branchline Society the Members Newsletter of the Castlemaine and Maldon Railway July 2013 Preservation Society Castlemaine and Maldon Railway Preservation Branchline Society The Members Newsletter of the Castlemaine and Maldon Railway July 2013 Preservation Society D3 639 Returns to Maldon Alf Batchelder was on hand to photograph D3 639, Macedon and 80BW on their arrival at Maldon. Since the Maldon - Castlemaine line re-opened under the care of the Castlemaine and Maldon Railway Preservation Society, we’ve had a number of different locomotives hauling trains on the Victorian Goldfields Railway, be they 2-8-0 K Class locomotives, 2-8-0 J Class locomotives as well as a variety of diesel locomotives. We have now welcomed back the beautifully preserved 4-6-0 D3 class locomotive, D3 639. D3 639 is, in some ways, the pride of all preserved steam locomotives in Victoria, being known as the Commissioners' engine when she was in service with the Victorian Railways. She was built in 1903 and was originally numbered D3 658. D3 639 is returning to the Victorian Goldfields Railway after visiting Maldon under the Victorian Railways prior to the closure of the line in 1976. Her visit to us comes ab out thanks to our good friends at Steamrail who have agreed to let her be our standby engine while work continues on J549. She will be used only occasionally and under supervision of Steamrail personnel who will mentor our crews in operating this different class of locomotive. The transfer of D3 639 was also significant as she hauled two carriages from Newport that will soon see service on the VGR. The first one was 80 BW which replaces 67 BW that has returned to our good friends at Steamrail. 80 BW will prove a useful addition to our regular services as she has a kiosk installed which will allow us to sell drinks, snacks and souvenirs to our Excursion Class passengers. She will be undergoing some cosmetic work and a general clean-up before she enters service with us. The other carriage was the magnificently restored Macedon, that was profiled in the July 2013 edition of Branchline. The acclamation for the presentation of Macedon was unanimous. Those seeing her for the first time were stunned at the magnificent part of Victoria’s railway heritage and how beautiful she looks. Some final fit-out and accreditation work will be conducted before Matthew Davis photographed the beautiful combination of D3 639 and her commissioning on the VGR. Macedon at Castlemaine. July 2013 Page 2 President’s Column I want to start by taking a moment to reflect by Michael Vines Maldon. This is something that the Board in on how well the movement of rolling stock principle has resolved to do once all went a few Sundays ago. As members will be necessary measures are in place. aware K190 returned to Melbourne with a carriage that needs some ceiling repairs. As I also wanted to take a moment to alert foreshadowed D3 639 came to us in members to the excellent progress made in exchange along with Macedon and a regard to our sponsorship arrangement with replacement carriage that will require some the Kangaroo Hotel in Maldon. Details of this external repainting. There was tremendous arrangement may now be seen on our interest on our railway that day and a lot of website and there is hyperlink connection to old fashioned “motorcading” took place their website. The terms of our sponsorship particularly when the D3 travelled through to involve a travel and lunch ticket for Maldon. I don’t want to sound over the top passengers coming to Maldon from about this but I have repeatedly commented Castlemaine. A courtesy bus now drops that the presence of the D3 on our line is passengers off at the Hotel along with Maldon very symbolic of what we are about in terms 50km Local which is at the top end of town. I of our arrangements with Steamrail and our have recently spoken to the proprietors of own organization generally. Whilst the D3 the hotel, Darren and Nicole, and they report will only operate occasionally on our line as a that the numbers for passengers coming to back up its presence on our railway sends a the hotel for lunch, particularly on a great message to the heritage movement in Wednesday, are really good and encouraging. general about the benefits of cooperating The other thing of course is that the standard between kindred organizations. of the meals at the hotel is really great – I am a devotee and I encourage members if they I was in Maldon for the first week of the haven’t tried a meal at the Kangaroo Hotel to school holidays and took some time to travel is under way with the balance of what is do so. Our travel and lunch ticket is yet down to Castlemaine and have a good look at required. This includes electricity, fire another initiative offering for tourists on our progress of the laying of track into the prevention measures, and water tank railway and is all part and parcel of our desire carriage shed. It is really pleasing how this is collection. The carriage shed construction has to move to yet another level in the tourist going and for those who are not aware there been a really important project for our market. are photographs on the website which give a railway and it won’t be long now before we good indication of the work being done. are able to start storing some of our precious I want to finish off this article by touching on When I was there one of the tracks had been heritage rolling stock there. As I have 2 further topics. Firstly, if members have not laid into the carriage shed and it may well be indicated to members before the other had a chance to look at the magnificent first by the time of writing that a second track has aspect of a functional carriage shed at class vehicle Macedon then I encourage them also been laid. As indicated in a previous Castlemaine is in furtherance of our desire to to do so. It currently sits in the headshunt at article the funds required to complete the ultimately operate more from the Maldon pending completion of accreditation carriage shed are now available and Art Lynch Castlemaine end of our line rather than (Continued on page 3) July 2013 Page 3 (Continued from page 2) issues to enable it to run on our line. The restoration of this vehicle is truly magnificent and the interior oozes class with leather lounge chairs and a superbly modern and tasteful bar facility in the middle of the vehicle. Once Macedon is up and running along with Tambo our first class operation will be second to none in the heritage railway movement throughout Australia. The second thing I want to mention is slightly different and relates to an advertising initiative that we now have going and was mentioned in the last edition of Branchline. We have purchased advertising space on SEN which is 1116 on the dial and is the dedicated sport radio station operating in Melbourne. Our advertisements are designed to attract people to our driver experience package and I encourage members to take a moment to listen to the radio station and when they Then President, Paul McDonald presents Shirley and Brian Frewin with their Honorary Life come across our advertisement I think they Membership certificates on 9th August 2011. will be truly delighted. Again this is a really good initiative designed to bring people to experience the unique aspects of our railway. and running the next day, shopping for our siblings of Brians’ are a brother living in kiosks and not to forget special events held Bendigo and a sister in Rochester. So there it is- I have ranged through a few annually. On the other hand Brian has Welshpool in South Gippsland was the topics. Some of the things happening at the contributed so much knowledge in restoring destination for a year on a couple of dairy moment are truly exciting and the optimism Locos’, carriages and anything else on wheels! farms and a garage in Yarram. Then his Dad around the railway is infectious. Our In the following paragraphs you will read got a transfer to Bendigo in 55/56 on the volunteer base is expanding and I want to some of the many important details which Transport Regulation Board and he is still thank Chris Gibb for all of her sterling efforts form the makeup of this outstanding duo who there. Enquiries at the Ordnance Factory, in that regard. We are now moving toward we will miss greatly. Bendigo found the quota of apprentices had our AGM in August which will be at the been filled for the year-but owing to prior Kangaroo Hotel. Members will have received Brian Frewin learning, he got a 4yr apprenticeship instead information in the mail about this and I Born 11th April 1938 in London – Brian said of 5. encourage everyone to attend. I look forward the world became a nicer place, “I’m here!” to seeing you all around our magnificent Brian spent the next 7 years in London 8 years with Ordnance Factory, Bendigo, railway. dodging “Doodle Bugs” and Adolf’s’ bombs. mostly in heavy machines (not too many After WW2 when things settled, and he was watches made here). A great place to do an Michael Vines a bit bigger, he found the “underground” (Just apprenticeship-many and varied machines. President down the road it went from overground It was now time for a change, the next six down the tunnel and came up again 17 1/2 yearss at Cohn’s/Coca Cola and then twelve miles away on the south side of London) .
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