	{"id":80937,"date":"2024-01-30T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=80937"},"modified":"2024-01-25T13:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T02:12:46","slug":"historic-steam-locomotive-chugs-into-drysdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/historic-steam-locomotive-chugs-into-drysdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic steam locomotive chugs into Drysdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BELLARINE Railway&#8217;s heritage steam locomotive is set to return to Drysdale for a limited run next month, offering community members a scenic ride to Lakers Siding.<\/p>\n<p>The 90-minute return trip will be offered over four Saturdays in February and March and take passengers through steep hills, forests, and over a trestle bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The steam locomotive slated for the run was built in South Australia in 1917, while the first-class carriages date back to the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>Intended to act as training days for the railway&#8217;s newly qualified drivers, the sessions have been opened to the public following a large number of requests for the return of a Drysdale service, which stopped in 2020 as a result of the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80947\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-80947 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0672-Wayne-Pickett-Noah-Milne-Steve-Dalton-Walkers-Limited-251-Steam-Train-Steam-Train-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-1024x683.jpg?_t=1706148463\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0672-Wayne-Pickett-Noah-Milne-Steve-Dalton-Walkers-Limited-251-Steam-Train-Steam-Train-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0672-Wayne-Pickett-Noah-Milne-Steve-Dalton-Walkers-Limited-251-Steam-Train-Steam-Train-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0672-Wayne-Pickett-Noah-Milne-Steve-Dalton-Walkers-Limited-251-Steam-Train-Steam-Train-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0672-Wayne-Pickett-Noah-Milne-Steve-Dalton-Walkers-Limited-251-Steam-Train-Steam-Train-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0672-Wayne-Pickett-Noah-Milne-Steve-Dalton-Walkers-Limited-251-Steam-Train-Steam-Train-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0672-Wayne-Pickett-Noah-Milne-Steve-Dalton-Walkers-Limited-251-Steam-Train-Steam-Train-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayne Pickett, Noah Milne and Steve Dalton at Queenscliff station. Photo: PETER MARSHALL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bellarine Railway president Steve Dalton said the driver training sessions were an important step toward bringing the service back permanently.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We haven&#8217;t forgotten about Drysdale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do want to return trains to Drysdale because that&#8217;s what the railway is all about but it&#8217;s just a matter of how and what we do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It hasn&#8217;t been an easy task and we&#8217;ve got to make sure it&#8217;s what the public wants as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Recent track upgrades between Queenscliff and Drysdale have made that task easier, but Mr Dalton said there was still work to be done before a regular service can return.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80948\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-80948 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0688-Wayne-Pickett-driver-Steve-Dalton-driver-president-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-1024x683.jpg?_t=1706148519\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0688-Wayne-Pickett-driver-Steve-Dalton-driver-president-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0688-Wayne-Pickett-driver-Steve-Dalton-driver-president-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0688-Wayne-Pickett-driver-Steve-Dalton-driver-president-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0688-Wayne-Pickett-driver-Steve-Dalton-driver-president-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0688-Wayne-Pickett-driver-Steve-Dalton-driver-president-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/B07K0688-Wayne-Pickett-driver-Steve-Dalton-driver-president-Bellarine-Railway-Queenscliff-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayne Pickett and Steve Dalton. Photo: PETER MARSHALL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Bellarine Railway and its fleet of locomotives are operated and maintained by a dedicated group of volunteers from the Geelong Steam Preservation Society.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the locomotives in working order is both difficult and costly, and more than 60 per cent of the revenue raised through ticket sales is spent on maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From my perspective, as the president of the railway, before I commit to running more services, we need to make sure we&#8217;ve got more locomotives,&#8221; Dalton said.<\/p>\n<p>He praised the Bellarine Railway&#8217;s &#8220;fantastic bunch of volunteers that just go above and beyond the call of duty in restoring locomotives and carriages&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re all working hard to keep the railway open and keep Australia&#8217;s history going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trips to Lakers Siding will run February 10 and 21, and March 9 and 23, with trains departing Drysdale at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.20pm each day.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, or to book tickets, head to <a href=\"http:\/\/bellarinerailway.com.au\/drysdale-special-trains\">bellarinerailway.com.au\/drysdale-special-trains<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BELLARINE Railway&#8217;s heritage steam locomotive is set to return to Drysdale for a limited run next month, offering community members a scenic ride to Lakers Siding. 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