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| The yard at Ballarat North Railway Workshops is filled with GY's awaiting grain proofing ahead of the forecast 1983/84 bumper gain harvest. |
The railway workshops at Ballarat North are busy grain proofing GY's ahead of the forecast bumper grain harvest. The movement of the 1983/84 grain harvest to ports of Geelong and Portland is only a month away.
The drought of 1982/83 had been disastrous for the state's grain growers with only 350,000 tonnes harvested, the lowest grain crop in nearly 40 years. This resulted in many 4 wheeled grain wagons being surplus to requirements and temporarily stored. With the 1983/84 grain harvest forecast to be over 4 million tonnes, grain wagons that have been stored at various locations around the state are being returned to service which includes some wagons visiting the workshops for attention.
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| The workshops pilot is busy shuffling open wagons around the yard. |
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| The pilot pulls forward onto the mainline before setting back into the yard. |
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| GY open wagons awaiting grain proofing in the yard at Ballarat North Railway Workshops. |
Each day this week the workshops has outshopped between 7 and 15 GY or GH wagons ready for the commencement of the harvest in late November. Additional grain wagons awaiting space in the workshops are currently being held in the Doveton Street sidings.
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