Combining trains

 

When loading is light, the 383 Ballarat - Ararat Roadside Goods is often combined with the Corio - Horsham Block Oil train. The Roadside Goods usually only consisted of a few wagons, often a couple of open wagons and a lourve van with one of Ballarat’s Y classes as motive power. 

Y151 is rostered for tonight's Roadside Goods, and waits in no.3 road for its load to be shunted onto it by yard pilot Y153. Tonights loading only consists of 3 wagons (VOBX-GY-VLCX). Y153 pulls the loading out of the yard and then pushes the 3 wagons onto waiting Y151. Y153 then returns to Ballarat yard and making up the evening's 9170 Ballarat - Melbourne Yard Goods due to depart Ballarat at 8pm. 

At 6:56pm T321 arrives on the Corio- Horsham Block Oil Train ruñing through the station via no.2 road stopping at post 27. T321 uncouples from the safety wagon and pulls forward over Lydiard Street to clear the points, it then reverses down no.3 road onto waiting Y151 and loading for the Roadside goods. T321 and Y151 run forward to clear the points and then reverse down no.2 pushing the roadside goods wagons onto the safety wagons and oil tanks. Once safety working procedures are completed T321 and Y151 depart at 7:14pm with the combined roadside goods and Horsham Block Oil train. Y151 will return to Ballarat at 4:15am, with no. 362, the return working of roadside goods.

Y151 is rostered for tonight's Roadside Goods, and waits in no.3 road for its load to be shunted onto it by yard pilot Y153. 

Y153 pulls the loading for the roadside goods out of the Ballarat yard. 

Y153 pushes the 3 wagons via no. 3 road onto waiting Y151. Y153 then returns to Ballarat yard making up the evening's 9170 Ballarat - Melbourne Yard Goods due to depart Ballarat at 8pm. 

At 6:56pm T321 arrives on the Corio - Horsham Block Oil Train running through the station via no.2 road stopping at post 27. 

T321 uncouples from the safety wagon and pulls forward over Lydiard Street to clear the points, it then reverses down no.3 road onto waiting Y151 and loading for the Roadside goods.

T321 and Y151 run forward to clear the points and then reverse down no.2 pushing the roadside goods wagons onto the safety wagons and oil tanks.

T321 and Y151 run forward to clear the points and then reverse down no.2 pushing the roadside goods wagons onto the safety wagons and oil tanks. 

With safety working procedures complete, T321 and Y151 depart at 7:14pm with the combined roadside goods and Horsham Block Oil train. 

T321 and Y151 accelerate out of Ballarat across Doveton Street with the combined Ararat Roadside Goods and Horsham Block Oil Train.

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