Dermpav Victoria

07/08/2026

Memories of DERMPAV’s First Long-Distance Tour. 5th & 6th November 2011.

Ken Coram our most unofficial, official photographer sent along some photos of our first overnight tour and our first long distance tour DERMPAV organised. This tour took us to Swan Hill staying there overnight then out to Piangil the next day. By this time, we had organised the Welcome Back Tour to Pakenham and Bacchus Marsh, then ran a few tours before embarking on our tour to Piangil. Sharprail thought it was now time for something with a bit of distance in it and an overnight stay.

Ken was there on the Welcome Back tour as a rail enthusiast taking photos and joined all our other tours in that capacity. It seemed natural he would become involved with our group and fell into our railmotor operations as a car officer. Now he was riding on the DERM entertaining our passengers making sure they were well looked after, Ken does an excellent job. Even though he was riding with us he still always took loads of photos, which have been posted here on these pages.

If you are interested in joining our small band of enthusiasts and becoming involved we would love to hear from you, please contact us at [email protected] This enquiry will be passed on to me through our webmaster and I will respond to you. I must extend our apologies, four people requested membership information at the 2026 Steamrail Open Day, however their contact details were misplaced. We would love to hear from them again.

Like all our heritage tours the first overnight tour was operated by V/Line they provided Bill Webb and Colin Sharp as drivers with a separate conductor on the Saturday and Sunday. Mark Findlay was our pilotman for the tracks Bill and Colin did not normally operate over.

The trip was a success and that of course is attributable to our passengers who come along paying the ticket price to make the tour financially viable. We extend our thanks to you all. Also to everyone in V/line that made it possible and our members who continue working on our projects at our depot in the Newport Rail Heritage Depot.

Here are a few photos to serve a s a memory of that tour. Thanks Ken! Keep up the great work.

Regards
Colin Kelly
Secretary
DERMPAV

21/03/2026

Hi Everyone,

Here is our link to the Steamrail Open Day from a DERMPAV perspective. Enjoy the video.

Hi Viewers,This video is of the 2026 Steamrail open day from a DERMPAV perspective.We would like to thank the public for coming along to se our preserved rai...

13/03/2026

Hi Everyone,

Here is the second batch of photos Ken took, he does a marvelous job of capturing the event. He is obviously in the know to capture that shot of the event from the clock tower, it looks great! Great job Ken.

Enjoy the photos.

Regards DERMPAV

13/03/2026

Hi Everyone,

Well isn't it always the way! I thought Ken Coram's photos would have been a few days away. Checked the mail box and there they are! So here they are for your viewing pleasure.

Ken is our unofficial - official photographer we asked him to photograph the event for us so we would have somthing to share on our page. I think you will agree he did a marvelous job.

We recieved so many photos I have to post them in two sections, here is the first.

Enjoy the photos.

Regards DERMPAV

12/03/2026

We would like to thank the team at Steamrail Victoria for hosting the event, also to all the tourist and heritage railways that participated.

It was especially great to see 74RM on site from the Daylesford Spa Country Railway, Klondyke from the Bellarine Railway and the Royal train from the Seymour Rail Heritage Centre.

The event really showcases the tourist and heritage railway scene in Victoria. We believe there were 11 steam locomotives in steam. This coupled with the steam traction engines, steam rollers and motor car displays makes it an event for all the family.

We at DERMPAV provided 58RM along with our recently restored Regal Mark III bus No.560 as static exhibits and operated our sausage sizzle, some of our members also brought along their old motor cars for display.

We would like to extend our thanks all the public who came and purchased from our sausage sizzle stall, your custom was very much appreciated. We have perfected the ability to assemble the customers order at the collection point very quickly to keep the queue to a minimum. Their food and drink order was arriving at the collection point while they were still paying our point-of-sale staff.

For the second Steamrail Open Day we operated the voucher counter, this was conceptualised to allow participating organisations volunteers a quicker path to obtain their food and drink. It allows an organisations volunteer to return back to their respective exhibit much quicker. Participating organisation in the voucher system have agreed to pay for the food consumed by their members on invoice after the event. The system has been well received by those organisations in it currently.

Here are a few photos, hope you enjoy them.

Regards DERMPAV

03/03/2026

Dont forget the Steamrail Open day ois on this weekend at the Newport Railway workshops. Have you got your tickets? Dont forget to visit DERMPAV for a suasage or drink.

22/01/2026

Steamrail Victoria have made us aware of an article written by Amy Gardner of Seniors In Melbourne. As it was a good article we have borrowed the link, we will return it after Open Day! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

We wanted to post it here so you could all have a read.

https://seniorsinmelbourne.com.au/newport-workshops/

Enjoy!

Regards
DERMPAV

Newport Railway Workshops Open Days are one of Melbourne’s most fascinating heritage sites. Trains, history, food and family fun. Read our practical guide before you go.

21/01/2026

Hi Everyone,

We are now six weeks away from the Steamrail Open Day to be held over the 7th, 8th and 9th of March 2026.

It is an exciting time where the tourist railways and other rail based organisations display their offerings, as well as providing an opportunity for the resident groups to show case the various items they have been involved with since the last event.

DERMPAV has moved the sausage sizzle inside the shed to better protect our volunteers from the elements. We will have 58 RM on display. This year our Winton engine and the talk on the battle for horsepower will only operate once in the morning and afternoon.

Dont forget to locate our sausage sizzle and have a sausage in bread with or without onion.

Dont forget to like, comment or subscribe. Oh hang on thats youtube! Please share this with your friends, tickets are now available through Steamrail Victoria

Regards
DERMPAV