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    The Hills Line Revisited

    Mar 12, 2019 5 minutes

    This layout last featured in AMRM Issue 302 (October 2013), describing that layout as it was at the time of publication. Reference was made at the end of that article to a proposed addition in the form of a dedicated locomotive depot to better service the 20 diesel locomotives in the fleet. At the time this task had been shared between the facilities at Dry Creek and Fairfield.

    Mile End Depot

    Approval was subsequently obtained to build the new depot and it was named Mile End Diesel Locomotive Depot, though it has become known simply as ‘Mile End Loco’.

    A suitable location for the depot was easily identified, basically on the other side of the passage way which gave access to both Hillside and Dry Creek yards, which were the main sources of

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