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SPENCER STREET
S 302 (Edward Henty) at Spencer St, circa 1940
Two 280 Walkers and a trailer on a Geelong service Sept. 4 1956
Official VR photo
Fortunately Peter Vincent captured this fine photo that brought the memories flooding back!
March 24 1971
Photo courtesy Peter J. Vincent
and serviced in preparation for that nights journey to Adelaide. DERM 57 and other railmotors can be seen in the background. 1978.
X 49 brings the empty "Southern Aurora" cars into Spencer Street from South Dynon, March 4 1978.
The usual nightly standard gauge ritual was the Spirit Of Progress" empty cars would arrive into platform 1,
the loco would detach, run around its train and couple on to the head end. The Aurora empty cars would then come
over from Sth Dynon arrive in the run around road, loco detach from its cars and sit behind the Spirit's last car. After the
Spirit of Progress departed the Aurora's loco would follow it up platorm 1, hook onto the head end of its cars, pull them out
of the run around road, set them back into platorm 1, detach, go over and pick up its Motorail and back onto its train and
await daparure. As a Wodonga big wheel fireman (1982 - 1985) I was involved in this ritual numerous times.
X 52 and S 304 bring "The Overland" into Melbourne's main passenger terminal, Spencer Street on Jan. 26 1985.
The Overland provided sitting and sleeping car overnight service between Melbourne and Adelaide
The down Southern Aurora departs Spencer Street, 1985
Queen Elizabeth II visted Australia in 1988 to celebrate Australia's Bicentenary. During that trip the royals made
a visit by train to Geelong. Here the train awaits departure from platform 1 at Spencer St. May 1988
The Adelaide bound "Overland" awaits departure from platform 2 at Spencer Street, 1986.
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