B81 last run before withdrawal for rebuilding into an A class was on the 11th August 1984 when it was rostered to run the 8105 pass to Dimboola and return. B81 is the only B class in VicRail's orange and silver tea-cup livery to be sent west to Clyde's Rosewater plant for rebuilding into an A class.
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| B81 departs Ballarat station station on the 8105 Dimboola pass. |
B81 will be last B to be rebuilt, as the originally planned rebuilding of all 26 B class has been abandoned in favour of adding another 15 new locomotives to the already placed order for 10 new N class.
B81 will be stripped of parts before being dispatched to Clyde's Rosewater plant later in the month.
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| B81 runs across Lydiard Street on the 8105 pass. |
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| B81 accelerates through Ballarat North on the 8105 pass. |
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| A BWL is replacing the usual BE(a/c) as car D in the set. |
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| Bringing up the rear of the train a CD van on hire from Australian National. The blue AS is the last unrefurbished S car operating. |
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