Power Parade V/Line Video

Power Parade shows the development of steam and diesel locomotives of the Victorian Railways and V/Line. Power Parade has some rare historical footage including the first steam locomotive built at Newport Workshops, in action as a steam crane. Also included is action of a narrow-gauge Garratt in the Otway Ranges, S Class steam locomotives, both in their original and streamlined forms, R 752 hauling a wheat train and X, A2, D4, C, Old R and E Class locomotives. As an added bonus, there is a photograph of every locomotive to run in Victoria included. But Power Parade is not just about nostalgia. Power Parade has present day action including the powerful sight of two C Class diesel-electric locomotives hauling more than 1,000 tonnes of freight up Ingliston Bank. V/Line's newest locomotives, the N and G Classes, are featured in action as is the final run of the L Class mainline electric locomotives. Power Parade is hosted by Gerald Dee, who spent many years on the footplate and was V/Line's Fuel Conservation Officer until his retirement, and is narrated by well-known rail-way historian Bruce McLean.