The Victorian Goldfields Railway

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The Victorian goldfields railway is a heritage railway that operates on an ex-Victorian Railways branch line. The line starts at the Castlemaine railway station (which is still serviced by V/line which is the regional train company of victoria) and runs to the Maldon train station. The line is run by purely run by steam locomotives except for total fireban days and summer months (December, January, and February) 

Wikipedia aritcle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_...ds_Railway
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J541 which is one of 2 J class 2-8-0's that operates on the line. It is loaned by the railway from the Vulcan foundry. J549 also operates on the line and is owned by the railway 
photo credit: https://www.visitvictoria.com/regions/go...ds-railway[Image: nSmaJdE.jpg]
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K160 is the other operational steam locomotive (there may be more of your reading this in the future) that is owned by the railway. The locomotive is a K class of the VR. Picture credit: https://www.visitvictoria.com/regions/go...ds-railway.[Image: zFapXrU.jpg]
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