Historical recreation of Southern Aurora in the 1970's. Victorian Railways S303 leading the charge over the Great Dividing Range.
Image has been digitally altered in Photoshop CC 2022.
Southern Aurora.
April 2022
Digital Photographic Medium.
In 2022, the Southern Aurora celebrated it’s 60th year, although not in regular daily revenue running service, the Southern Aurora is used solely as a tourist train that allows day to weeklong trips away in the hidden gems of Regional Victoria, Regional NSW.
Transport Heritage NSW, Vintage Train Journeys and St James Rail offers this train though the years gave this train a new beginning as a chartered luxury offering, similar to the Journey Beyond trains.
With the events of the issues of Southern Aurora lacking locomotives due to a weather related incident at Picton which isolated the locomotives at Thirlmere, NSW. The Seymour Railway Heritage Centre was hired on to assist with the weeklong operations from Sydney Central to Melbourne and back.
Being a photographer. This is certainly an event not to forget, as the Southern Aurora comes back to life, recreate like how it was 60 years ago, with a few extra additions, T357 and P22.
OBJECTIVE:
Photograph this event in a way that communicate stories but yet tells a story about the iconic train in Victoria.
Day 1 - 24 April 2022
Powering towards Melbourne, seen here along the North-East Mainline to Melbourne on the Victorian Railway's Standard Gauge.
Day 2 - 26 April 2022
Leaving Melbourne, embarking on an adventure in North-East / Goulburn Valley Victoria.
Traversing out of Melbourne, as S303 leads the way towards Sydney Central. The Victorian Railway diesel locomotives are complemented with the modern and ever-changing Melbourne City Skyline.
Crossing the Great Dividing Range, snaking through Kilmore East S-Curves. Seymour Railway Heritage Centre’s iconic 1957 EMD Streamliner, S303 leads the charge on 6L66 - Southern Aurora, heading to Sydney Central.
