7901V Merbein 09/07/2024 - a photo on Flickriver

7901V Merbein 09/07/2024

            Having arrived from Appleton Dock earlier in the afternoon as 7901V and in the process of splitting their 62 wagon train into 4 portions for unloading are Pacific National locomotives G530/BL33/G526 as they shunt the last few wagons within ‘A’ siding at the Seaway terminal in Merbein on Tuesday the 9th of July 2024. The locomotives will soon be cut off from the wagons out of sight behind G526 and refuelled before their lengthy journey back to the big smoke as 7902V later that evening. 

PN operate a thrice weekly service between Melbourne   and Mildura to convey fruit in addition to other produce and agricultural products from the Murrayland region to Melbourne for both domestic and international export. This train is affectionally nicknamed by both rail personnel and locals as ‘The Fruity’ and is, according to PN, the most profitable train running in the state of Victoria. The Fruity previously operated on the Broad Gauge via Gheringhap, Ballarat and Maryborough as trains 9101/9102 prior to the standardisation of the Yelta line from Maryborough as part of the botched Murray Basin Rail Project during 2018, the train now travels a longer route via Maroona on the Western Standard Gauge line and along the reopened Avoca line between Ararat and Maryborough before continuing onwards towards Mildura, taking around 4 hours longer than previously in both directions. 

The two G classes on this train are normally allocated to PN’s Intermodal division and are commonly used as banker units between Melbourne and Adelaide, so having them show up on Bulk workings for a couple of weeks due to a locomotive shortage was a welcomed surprise and the only reason I bothered to grab a record shot. Motive power typically allocated for 7901V/7902V is normally a combination of 3 G, BL or 81 class locomotives, all members of the highly reliable EMD JT26C-2SS family. 

© Dom Quartuccio 2024.

Taken on: July 9, 2024

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