Newport Workshops Open Days 2024

Thursday, 4 June 2026

On Saturday, 9 March 2024 I visited the biennial Newport Open Day, hosted at Newport Workshops by Steamrail Victoria.

L1160 in VLine Orange and Gray livery

A66 at the garden platform in VLine Orange and Gray livery

N473 at the garden platform in VLine PTV livery

N473 drivers cabin

VLocity 2211 exterior

VLocity 2111 interior

VLocity 2211 drivers cabin

Various locomotives and steam trains

R711 Snow Train

T334 and T356

Hitachi 298M

Abandoned Hitachi's

I was able to get a VLine hat and some cardboard VLocity's which was great! Since then, fences have been installed at the garden platforms and sidings seporating it from the rest of the workshop.