Aspect 19 Photography

Aspect 19 Photography Photographing the passing events of Puffing Billy Railway and other Australian railways.

Sporting a scorch mark on its smokebox door, A2 986 and K153 join the Melbourne-Ballarat line at the former Warrenheip s...
04/06/2026

Sporting a scorch mark on its smokebox door, A2 986 and K153 join the Melbourne-Ballarat line at the former Warrenheip station site and coast downhill into Ballarat.

June 9th, 2023.

At Dockereys Road between Broadford and Tallarook, R761 blasts up the gradient with aplomb enroute to Echuca with Steamr...
03/06/2026

At Dockereys Road between Broadford and Tallarook, R761 blasts up the gradient with aplomb enroute to Echuca with Steamrail's "Echuca Explorer" tour.

This section of track is notable for having four parallel operational lines; the two lines in the foreground are part of a passing lane on ARTC's standard gauge network, which continues onwards to Brisbane, while the other two tracks are broad gauge to Seymour.

July 4th, 2015.

Steamrail's "Maldon Experience" tour slows to a halt on the outskirts of Elphinstone, where they would wait to cross a M...
02/06/2026

Steamrail's "Maldon Experience" tour slows to a halt on the outskirts of Elphinstone, where they would wait to cross a Melbourne-bound train from Swan Hill.

On the other side of town beyond the former station site - closed in 1981 along with thirty four others under the New Deal for Country Passengers - the double track ends, remaining single line through to Castlemaine.

Formerly double-tracked all the way to Bendigo, the Regional Fast Rail upgrades in the early 2000s saw large stretches of the line converted to single track to facilitate the upgrade to 160km/h line speed.

May 9th, 2026.

Starting off the day late and struggling to make up for lost time on the climb up the Great Dividing Range, 3801 and 383...
01/06/2026

Starting off the day late and struggling to make up for lost time on the climb up the Great Dividing Range, 3801 and 3830 pause at Seymour to take water from a roadside CFA tanker before departing onwards to Albury.

April 27th, 2000.

D3 658 (aka D3 639) strums through Spotswood on its way out west to Ballarat via Geelong. Shortly after, Y112 with two W...
31/05/2026

D3 658 (aka D3 639) strums through Spotswood on its way out west to Ballarat via Geelong.

Shortly after, Y112 with two W cars in tow cruised through Spotswood hot on the heels of the D3. The two carriages from Y112's train were added to the D3's, and the now 7-car train proceeded onwards to Ballarat.

Information on this tour is limited. I'm guessing Y112's train was merged at Newport, as the full consist was captured later at Hoppers Crossing.

April 20th, 1997.

Ex Southern Railway U Class no. 31806 basks in the sun at Ropley station on the Watercress Line, formerly known as the M...
30/05/2026

Ex Southern Railway U Class no. 31806 basks in the sun at Ropley station on the Watercress Line, formerly known as the Mid Hants Railway.

September 29th, 2013.

Deep in the forest surrounding Dunolly, R711 charges uphill towards Bealiba with a tour for St Arnaud.July 4th, 1999.
29/05/2026

Deep in the forest surrounding Dunolly, R711 charges uphill towards Bealiba with a tour for St Arnaud.

July 4th, 1999.

With morning dew still clinging to the grass and bracken, 8A descends through the forest between Menzies Creek and Clema...
28/05/2026

With morning dew still clinging to the grass and bracken, 8A descends through the forest between Menzies Creek and Clematis with a Belgrave to Lakeside train.

June 4th, 2023.

In manky, wet, and overcast weather, R761 storms up the climb into Heathcote Junction as a Melbourne-bound passenger tra...
27/05/2026

In manky, wet, and overcast weather, R761 storms up the climb into Heathcote Junction as a Melbourne-bound passenger train heads in the opposite direction.

July 4th, 2015.

After stopping to let a Melbourne-bound train pass, R761 and R711 erupt out of Elphinstone station on their journey nort...
26/05/2026

After stopping to let a Melbourne-bound train pass, R761 and R711 erupt out of Elphinstone station on their journey north to Bendigo.

May 9th, 2026.

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