Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC) in Seymour, Victoria | Non-profit organisation

Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC)

Locality: Seymour, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5799 0515

Address: victoria street extension 3660 Seymour, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.srhc.org.au

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25.01.2022 GM36 and T320 approaching Craigieburn on Saturday 14 October, 2000. GM36 is currently waiting for body work and paint before returning to our trains. Thanks to Peter Sweetten for allowing us to share this photo!

23.01.2022 CLF1 fresh out of the SRHC paint shop looking sharp in its new SSR livery. Great work guys! Photo by Brandon Parsons

22.01.2022 Big George working the SCT Dooen freight with CLF2. You are going to want to turn up the volume for this one! Fantastic footage Adam!

20.01.2022 Today B74 and X31 are working QUBEs Dandenong cement train. Here we see the train passing through Springvale on the down. Photo by Bradley Matthews

19.01.2022 Todays flashback: X31 has just emerged from the Bunbury Street tunnel with the Southern Aurora as an S class heads out from Dynon back in 1978. Photo by Kevin Wright

19.01.2022 Fresh from repaint and mechanical repairs, C501 has been moved up into the SRHC yard to make room in the workshop for CLF1 to be repainted for SSR. Photo by John Crofts

19.01.2022 Awesome shot of C501 while on hire to SCT

19.01.2022 A classic shot of B60 (now A60) with the Royal train in Castlemaine

15.01.2022 Happy Birthday S303! S303 entered service with the Victorian railways on 29th of September 1957 after being built by Clyde-Engineering in Granville NSW. S classes have run on both Broad and standard gauge across the Victorian and interstate networks. S303 is currently on the broad gauge but will soon be transferred to our standard gauge fleet.... Do you have photos of S303? We would love to see them in the comments below!

15.01.2022 Due to technical issues our website is down. We are working on it and hope to be back up and running in the next few days. You can keep up to date by checking out our latest blog at: http://srhcblog.blogspot.com/?m=1

12.01.2022 Latest blog is online now! Follow the link below for the latest SRHC news! http://srhcblog.blogspot.com/?m=1

11.01.2022 Happy 65th Birthday T320! On 2nd of August 1955, Class leader T320 entered service with the Victorian Railways. T320 is currently awaiting mechanical repairs and repaint that once completed will see it return to our trains in the future.

10.01.2022 Happy Birthday X31! Class leader X31 entered service for the Victorian Railways on 15th of August 1966 after being built at Clyde's plant in Granville, NSW. X31 spent its working life both on Broad and standard gauge working across the Victorian rail network aswell as venturing into NSW and South Australia.... These days X31 is used on our heritage trains aswell as available for hire for use on freight services. Photo by Max Thum

08.01.2022 Want to become a part of the SRHC team? Why not join us and become a member to help support our activities! Annual membership fees: (1st October- 30th September) ... Adults (18 years and over)- $40 Junior/ Concession card holders- $20 For more information or to become a member please email us at [email protected] for details

08.01.2022 Today big George (C501) was picked up by Rail Powers CLF2 from Seymour and will be heading to SCT in Laverton. These locos are on hire to SCT to run their services between Melbourne and Dooen (VIC) Did you spot big George today? We would love to see your photos in the comments below!

07.01.2022 While on lease to Qube, X31 and B74 have been busy working the Dandenong cement train. Click on the link below to check out the footage sent to us by Paul Moir

07.01.2022 Happy 56th birthday T378! T378 entered service with the Victorian Railways on Tuesday, 11th August 1964. Photo by Corey Rawlinson

06.01.2022 Latest SRHC blog is now online! Click on the link below

03.01.2022 A sneak peek of CLF1 undergoing respray at SRHC. The arrangement here is that we are painting CLF1 for SSR as part of the deal that saw SSR provide us a reconditioned turbo charger for C501.

03.01.2022 A stunning photo by Matt Oaten VR of our tour celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Spirit of progress. "In magnificent final minutes of light, Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC) B74 and S303 cross the Maribynong River Viaduct at Keilor East with the "Spirit of Progress 80th Anniversary Tour". November 25th, 2017."... Do you have a photo you would like to share on our page? Message us on Facebook with a photo and a description.

01.01.2022 Happy birthday P22 and P23! P22 and P23 entered service for V/line on September 11th 1985 after being rebuilt from former "Flat top" T classes T328 (P22) and T326 (P23) at the Clyde engineering plant in Somerton Victoria. They are powered by a 1100hp V8 (8-645E), upgraded from the T classes 950hp V8 (8-567c). ... A smaller second diesel engine was added to supply head end power (HEP) throughout the train. P classes operated across the Victorian broad gauge network on both passenger and freight services P22 is now operational on our standard gauge heritage trains and P23 is nearing completion of its restoration.

01.01.2022 GM36 and visitor GM27 are together in the SRHC depot for attention. GM36 will eventually be repainted after some body work and SSRs GM27 is visiting for mechanical work. Keep an eye on our blog for more details!