A Passenger Train Returns to the Hopetoun Branch | SRHC’s Wimmera Weekender

In this video, the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre operated their “Wimmera Weekender” from Seymour to Murtoa, with locomotives S303, T357, and P22. The train venture onto the Hopetoun branch, as they operate a local shuttle from Murtoa to Warracknabeal and Return. The Patchewollock railway line (also known as the Hopetoun railway line) is a standard-gauge railway line branching off the Serviceton railway line. The line was opened in stages beginning from Murtoa to Warracknabeal on May 12th, 1886, it reached Patchewollock in May 1925. The line beyond Hopetoun was ripped up in December 1986 and on April 1st, 1995, the line was converted from Broad to Standard-gauge. Filmed on May 21st, 2022. Subscribe to Railways Of Doom:    / @railwaysofdoom   Facebook:   / railwaysofd00m   Instagram:   / railways.of.doom   ©Railways Of Doom 2022.