Baw Baw: when to see the FIRST STEAM TRAIN to traverse Sky Rail
 Baw Baw News   By // 20:58, Friday 22 June 2018

R761 leads R707 on a Snow Train service in 2014.

The first steam train to traverse Sky Rail will reach Warragul on Saturday.

R707, the steam loco run by appropriately-named 707 Operations Inc, will be the star of a journey to Sale over new sections of elevated rail in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

Hoping to see the service? R707 Operations has published the following timetable:


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To Sale:

  • Newport: 7.00 am
  • Southern Cross: 7.30 am
  • Flinders Street: 7.40 am
  • Caulfield: 8.00 am
  • Dandenong: 8.20 am
  • Pakenham: 8.45 am
  • Warragul: 9.45 am
  • Sale: 12.25 pm

To Melbourne:

  • Sale: 3.10 pm
  • Warragul: 5.55 pm
  • Pakenham: 6.38pm
  • Dandenong: 7.03 pm
  • Caulfield: 7.24 pm
  • Flinders Street: 7.45 pm
  • Southern Cross: 7.50 pm
  • Newport: 8.10 pm

The train will pause at Traralgon to take on water, although no time for that has been given.

Of course, the morning service to Sale offers the best visibility – it will very likely be dark by the time the return service reaches Warragul.


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What is Sky Rail?

Sky Rail refers to several long rail bridges recently constructed on parts of the Cranbourne/Pakenham/Gippsland line to separate tracks from roads.

The project has seen many level crossings removed and stations rebuilt.

These photos are from Clayton shortly after the new station was opened:

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