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Seymour Railway Heritage Centre


The Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC) is a railway preservation group based in Seymour, Victoria, Australia. The volunteer non-profit incorporated association was established in 1983 as the Seymour Loco Steam Preservation Group to restore and preserve locomotives and as used on the railways of Victoria.

The group is an accredited railway operator under the Victorian Rail Safety Act 2006, permitting it to move trains within its own depot. The group is also accredited to maintain and provide rolling stock on the Victorian railway network, running charters, tourist and railfan specials across the state with their fleet of restored trains. It is also a provider of locomotives to freight operator, El Zorro.

The Seymour Railway Heritage Centre is the custodian of a number of heritage pieces of rolling stock owned by the Victorian Government (by either VicTrack or V/Line), as well as other rolling stock owned outright.

Locomotives in the custody of the group include steam locomotives J515, mainline diesels C501, S303, X31 and B74, a number of smaller branchline T class locomotives, (T320, T333, T357 & T378) and smaller shunting locos Y133 and F202. Also 600 hp diesel railcar DRC43.

Locomotives owned by the group are: GM36, T378, K176 & J512.

Y133 is currently on long term loan to the Victorian Goldfields Railway based in Maldon, Victoria. Whilst T333 is owned by the Victorian Goldfields Railway and in the care of the SRHC.


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