The following companies operate trains on the Melbourne to Adelaide railway line...
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Aurizon
Journey Beyond
Pacific National
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S.C.T.
Australian Rail Track Corporation
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QUBE Logistics
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Southern Shorthaul Railroad
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| Aurizon
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Aurizon operates a twice-weekly intermodal service between Melbourne and Perth, and the occasional grain service from GrainFlow at Dimboola or GrainCorp at Marmalake (Murtoa) to Port Adelaide / Pelican Point in Adelaide on behalf of Viterra / Glencore.
MOTIVE POWER
| Common Locomotives Used | ACDF, GWA, GWU, G535
| | Other Locomotives Used | ---
| | Hired Locomotives Used | ---
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SERVICES
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| Intermodal - Melbourne/Perth | 2 x ACD/GWU plus G535
| | Grain - Dimboola or Marmalake to Outer Harbour (Adelaide) | 3 x GWA/GWU
| | Grain - intrastate in South Australia | Various
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| Great Southern Railway
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Jurney Beyond (JB) currently operate the only passenger services on this line, with the twice weekly daylight Overland between Melbourne and Adelaide. Pacific National provide the motive power to haul these trains usually in the form of a single NR class locomotive
MOTIVE POWER
| Common Locomotives Used | NR
| | Other Locomotives Used | ---
| | Hired Locomotives Used | ---
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SERVICES
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| Passenger - Overland - Melbourne to Adelaide | Single NR
| | Passenger - Overland | Single NR
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| Intermodal
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Pacific National's Intermodal division operate intermodal and steel trains on this corridor and between all mainland state capitals,
excluding Darwin.
MOTIVE POWER
| Common Locomotives Used | NR
| | Other Locomotives Used | 93
| | Hired Locomotives Used | ---
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Haulage of the PacNat Intermodal services is domiated by the NR class.
Most trains feature two or three units, although occasionally quads or quins are sighted.
SERVICES
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| Intermodal - Melbourne to Adelaide/Perth | NR-NR
| | Steel - Melbourne to Whyalla/Perth | NR-NR
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| Rural & Bulk
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Pacific National continue to operate 'as required' grain services loading at locations along the main line and the Hopetoun and Yaapeet branches.
This operator took over the hook and pull for the Iluka mineral sands trains between Hopetoun and Hamilton in late May 2013, but this traffic ceased in November 2017.
MOTIVE POWER
| Common Locomotives Used | BL, G, XR
| | Other Locomotives Used | X
| | Hired Locomotives Used | ---
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SERVICES
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| Grain - Various locations to Appleton Dock/Geelong/Portland | Double and triple BL, G and XR combinations
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| Specialized Container Transport
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Specialized Container Transport operate trains between Melbourne, Adelaide and beyond to Perth, and are made up of their distinctive vans with some containers.
SCT provide their own line haul with their fleet of modern SCT and the new CSR class locomotives for their Melbourne to Perth Services.
Mid 2012 saw SCT take over the haulage of container services from the Wimmera Intermodal Freight Terminal (WIFT) at Dooen for Wimmera Container Lines with an almost daily service usualy hauled by double CSR locomotives, but the SCT and hired VL classes have also been reported.
MOTIVE POWER
| Common Locomotives Used | SCT, CSR
| | Other Locomotives Used | ---
| | Hired Locomotives Used | ---
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SERVICES
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| Vans and containers - Melbourne/Perth | Multiple SCT and CSR combinations
| Melbourne to WIFT Dooen | Containers - Melbourne/WIFT Dooen | 2 x CSR
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| QUBE Logistics
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QUBE Logistics operate as requried grain services, loading at sites such as Dimboola, Nhill, Marmalake, and Warrackside.
MOTIVE POWER
| Common Locomotives Used | ---
| | Other Locomotives Used | ---
| | Hired Locomotives Used | CM
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SERVICES
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| Grain - Various locations to Appleton Dock/Geelong | CM-CM
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| Southern Shorthaul Railroad
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Southern Shorthaul Railroad entered into the grain haulage task on the western Victorian standard gauge network in 2017 with trains loading at Dimboola, Nhill, Warracknabeal, Rainbow and Jeparit wince then.
MOTIVE POWER
| Common Locomotives Used | CLF, RL
| | Other Locomotives Used | ---
| | Hired Locomotives Used | EL
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SERVICES
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| Grain - Various locations to Appleton Dock/Portland | 2 x EL
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| Australian Rail Track Corporation
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The Australian Rail Track Corporation controls the track between Melburne and Adelaide and is responsible for all maintenance
on the line. They do not operate their own trains but contract this to other operators.
SSR currently hold the contract to haul the six monthly visit by the 'AK Cars' train, whcih has recently utilised a double streamliner combination.
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