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VGR Young Volunteers Group

Locality: Maldon, Victoria

Address: Gangers Shed, Hornsby Street 3463 Maldon, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.vgr.com.au

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25.01.2022 The blog post about Macedon's repaint is now live!! Check it out. https://vgryoungvolunteers.wordpress.com//macedon-makeover/

23.01.2022 Check out our latest blog post on the only surviving operational Ice cooled T van!! https://vgryoungvolunteers.wordpress.com/2020/09/11/t-222/

22.01.2022 Completion of Macedon's repaint 3rd October 2020 Photo: Gerald Chapman

21.01.2022 The T van is back on its wheels!! And a little red now ... well.. just the underframe at the moment. Check out the latest blog post to see what we were able to achieve in a short space of time!! https://vgryoungvolunteers.wordpress.com//i-see-red-i-see/

16.01.2022 The latest update on the T van is now up on the YVG Blog!! https://vgryoungvolunteers.wordpress.com//10/30/rust-no-m/

15.01.2022 Climbing out of Castlemaine

14.01.2022 Saturday 29th Feb saw the Young Volunteers latest project on the move from Maldon to Newport today! A couple of the VGRs Gangers Trolleys has gone to Newport for Steamrail Victoria’s Open weekends on 7th, 8th and 9th March. Our trolleys will be on display during the entire weekend... so be sure to check them out!! More details on Steamrail’s open weekend can be found on their Facebook page or website: ... www.steamrail.com.au See more

14.01.2022 The Second Young Volunteers Operating Day was a huge success!! Thank you to everyone that came along. Without you this day would not have been possible!! All the Young Volunteers did an amazing job today running the railway!! ... Stay tuned for more photos over the coming days. We are the "Future of the VGR"

14.01.2022 Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas! Victorian Goldfields Railway ran the last steam hauled regular service for the year on Sunday. Some of our young volunteers, who were working on the loco for the day, decided to make the smokebox look festive with a cheery message for the season.

13.01.2022 The latest blog post of the T vans progress is now live!! Check it out. https://vgryoungvolunteers.wordpress.com//sealing-up-t222/

10.01.2022 Departure from Castlemaine

09.01.2022 The YVG are excited to announce a project we've had "Under wraps"!! It's rapidly nearing completion and should be released within the next few weeks. Keep an eye out for the unveiling in a few weeks time.

05.01.2022 Check out the YVG Blog for the latest updates on T222 and other projects the YVG have undertaken. https://vgryoungvolunteers.wordpress.com//20/wheely-excit/ Stay tuned for more exciting updates.

04.01.2022 Today we have Paul Blake from Mort Signs applying all the sticker stencils to Macedon for us! We are getting really excited to show off the finished product this Saturday 3rd October!! Stay tuned

02.01.2022 Its been a while since our last post. However, after a bit of a break, the YVG are back into the swing of things and kicking more goals than before!! Check out what we've been up to in our latest blog post! https://vgryoungvolunteers.wordpress.com ... Stay tuned for more updates over the coming weeks

02.01.2022 The steam loco joins the train! Trainee guard Ryan guides the driver as the loco couples up while Guard Adisson looks on.

01.01.2022 Thanks to our good friends at A. C. S Lang for providing us with a load of local Muckleford Crushed gravel for the YVG area up at the Gang shed. This has made the appearance outside the shed so much more presentable!!! Alan Lang who is a life member at our railway, kindly donated the load of Gravel and his time to come out and spread all the gravel for us after Normal working hours!! Thank you so much Alan!! If you would like some gravel delivered, concrete pipes delive...red and installed, Site levelling, driveways etc etc in or around Maldon, Ring: 5475 2218 and have a chat to Alan, Steve or Cheryl Stay tuned for more updates of what the YVG are up too

01.01.2022 Here is the small team that have all taken part in Macedon’s repaint over the last 3 months. A very big thanks goes out to this small team for all the hard work they put in to get the amazing results as shown. Also, a massive thanks to Mick for putting up with this giant carriage in the workshop for 3 months. L-R: Fletch, Adisson, Baz, Dave, Lauren, Chelsea, Rebekah & Mick. Absent from the photo were: Kade, Tom & Riley.... Photo: Gerald Chapman