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Trains that run short shunting trips from a station to a nearby siding and return are known as pilots. Depending on their destination, Ballarat had the following regular pilots: | Trains that run short shunting trips from a station to a nearby siding and return are known as pilots. Depending on their destination, Ballarat had the following regular pilots: | ||
Revision as of 15:36, 9 October 2013
T367 shunting the oil company sidings at Eureka, taken from the site of the Free Trade Hotel, 25 August 1981. Photography: Ron Woods.
T367 shunting the oil company sidings at Eureka, taken from the site of the Free Trade Hotel 25 August 1981. Photography: Ron Woods.
T367 passes under the Victoria Street bridges with the Eureka Pilot, taken from the site of the Free Trade Hotel 25 August 1981. Photography: Ron Woods.
Trains that run short shunting trips from a station to a nearby siding and return are known as pilots. Depending on their destination, Ballarat had the following regular pilots:
- Eureka Pilot – served the sidings at Eureka
- Workshops Pilot – served the Ballarat North Workshops (may still run as required)
- Cattleyards Pilot – served the saleyards at Delacombe
- Redan Pilot – served the industrial sidings south of La Trobe Street at Delacombe. (VR called this area Redan for decades before it was officially named Delacombe.)<ref>Email from Ron Woods to Clare Gervasoni, 08 October 2013.>
The first three photos are taken from the site of the Free Trade Hotel.
