Junee Railway Workshop
Australian railway operator
The Junee Railway Workshop is an accredited rail operator that maintains and repairs locomotives and rolling stock from its base at Junee Locomotive Depot.
History
Junee Railway Workshop was formed in January 1995 as Austrac Ready Power. It purchased a number of former FreightCorp locomotives and leased the disused Junee Locomotive Depot. In June 1995, it completed the overhaul of two 442 class and one 45 class locomotives for lease to BHP, Port Kembla. It also signed a contract to rebuild engines for BHP.
In August 1997, Austrac became the first private operator to sign a track access agreement with the Rail Access Corporation. In November 1997, Austrac began operating a service from Griffith and Junee to Port Botany using 48 class locomotives. Austrac adopted a livery that was a reverse of that of the US Erie Lackawanna Railway.
In February 1998, NB1872 and NB1873 were purchased from Westrail. From August 1998, the Griffith services ceased with Austrac commencing a Sydney to Melbourne service as a joint venture with V/Line Freight. This ceased in May 1999 following V/Line Freight being sold to Freight Victoria however by then, Austrac was operating log train services from Junee and Tuggeranong, grain services from Quandialla as well as metropolitan trip workings in Sydney.
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