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    VR B Class Model

    This is the 1962 Mildura Mardi Gras Parade.

    I recall a model of a B Class in the Spencer Street Railway Station foyer back when as a kid, we traveled by train from Red Cliffs in country Victoria, down to the Big Smoke.

    Cheers, Mick.
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    1971 S2A 88
    1971 S2A 109 6 cyl. tray back.
    1964 S2A 88 "Starfire Four" engine!
    1972 S3 88 x 2
    1959 S2 88 ARN 111-014
    1959 S2 88 ARN 111-556
    1988 Perentie 110 FFR ARN 48-728 steering now KLR PAS!
    REMLR 88
    1969 BSA Bantam B175

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    The B Class are lovely looking locos. Only 26 built, 4 still in service. VR B Class Model
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    The B Class are lovely looking locos. Only 26 built, 4 still in service. VR B Class Model
    As a kid i had a lot of rides in them and "T's", mainly from Red Cliffs to Ouyen and return.
    It was early days and steam loco's were still running.
    One thing that stands out in my memory is the crew always had electric radiators burning in winter, but they (diesel electric)
    probably left the steam loco's for dead when it came to crewing them in summer.

    Cheers, Mick.
    1974 S3 88 Holden 186.
    1971 S2A 88
    1971 S2A 109 6 cyl. tray back.
    1964 S2A 88 "Starfire Four" engine!
    1972 S3 88 x 2
    1959 S2 88 ARN 111-014
    1959 S2 88 ARN 111-556
    1988 Perentie 110 FFR ARN 48-728 steering now KLR PAS!
    REMLR 88
    1969 BSA Bantam B175

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    The A ( B ) is one of my favourite locos as well.

    My mother use to live in Frankston and when ever I visited, to took every opportunity to video the Stone Point shuttle.

    He is a A Class in Geelong yard in 2008

    A78 Geelongb.jpg

    B class in the early 70s.

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    Back in about 1962 a head on occurred between two B Class locomotives in the Red Cliffs station yard.
    It was high impact as one was travelling at speed, the other was parked in a siding to allow the other through.
    We have some movie footage of the recovery operation on 8 mm home movies.


    Cheers Mick.
    1974 S3 88 Holden 186.
    1971 S2A 88
    1971 S2A 109 6 cyl. tray back.
    1964 S2A 88 "Starfire Four" engine!
    1972 S3 88 x 2
    1959 S2 88 ARN 111-014
    1959 S2 88 ARN 111-556
    1988 Perentie 110 FFR ARN 48-728 steering now KLR PAS!
    REMLR 88
    1969 BSA Bantam B175

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