Photos By: Chris Nuthall, Ian Green, Peter Cousins, Thomas McIntosh, Alex Thorn,  Brad White, Trent Martin, Felix Castelan and Tom Schache

Noted Events:
​1985 - Repainted into V/line Orange and Grey livery
1994 - Ownership transferred to West Coast Railway
​Approx 1995 - Repainted into West Coast Railway livery
May 2004 -Withdrawn from service due to cracks in the frame/bolster area
 18 Aug 2004 - Ownership transferred to CFCLA
7 Oct 2004 - Stored at Bendigo
25 May 2006 - Returned to service and repainted into CFCLA livery
9 Aug 2006 - Converted from Broad Gauge to Standard Gauge
1 Feb 2007 - Placed on hire to QR National, operating 1451/4152
Oct 2009 - Placed on hire to QUBE logistics, operating MA2/AM2
2010 - Converted from Standard Gauge to Broad Gauge, Metro Trains decals  applied and placed on long term hire  to Metro
2011 - Placed on hire to QUBE logistics
2013 - Placed on hire to El Zorro
2014 - Returned to Metro to operate various spoil/plant/ballast trains
2016 - Placed on hire to QUBE logstics to operate the Apex Quarry train, shortly returned to Metro
2017 - Placed on hire to QUBE logistics again
Jan 2018 - Metro Trains decals removed, CFCLA ones reinstated, remained on hire to QUBE for most of the year
Dec 2018 - Placed on hire to Metro to operate works trains
Oct 2019  - Returned to being on hire to QUBE

Liveries  worn by B76

Photos of B76

1985

B76 with a down Ballarat passenger service at  West Footscray. (12/5/85)
Photo By: Chris Nuthall

1991

B76 with a Ballarat passenger service at Bacchus Marsh. (12/91)
Photo By: Ian Green

2003

B76 on the West Coast Rail service to Warrnambool near Corio. (17/1/03)
Photo By: Peter Cousins

B76-T363 at North Shore on the up West Coast Rail service. (17/1/03)
​Photo By: Peter Cousins

2006

B76-T377 with a ballast train at Rowsley (left) and Wallace (right). (4/6/06)
Photos By: Chris Nuthall

2007

B76-42303-42302 near Teralba with #1451 QRN freight. (20/11/07)
Photo By: Peter Cousins

2008

B76-X53-CLP12-CLP11 near Fassifern with #4152 QRN freight. (4/3/08)
Photo By: Brian Atkins

B76-G534 at Broadmeadow yard with QRN freight #4152. (2/5/08)
Photo By: Brian Atkins

B76-42107 near Fassifern with #4152 QRN freight. (26/2/08)
Photo By: Peter Cousins

 B76-G533-CLP10-CLF1 lead QRN freight #1451 near Eraring. (2008)
Photo By: Peter Cousins

B76-4477 with QRN Freight #4152 near Hawkmount. (2008)
Photo By: Peter Cousins

2009

B76-HL203 with loading for 5MA2 seen twice around Swanson Dock. (3/12/09)
Photos By: Chris Nuthall

2010

B76 with Metro Trains Melbourne decals applied sits in the siding at Albion with a Metro Spoil train. (7/8/10)
Photo By: Ian Green

2012

Due to an occupation on the Bendigo line, #9071  with B76-S313-T413-T364-T356 was diverted  to return to North Dynon seen here at Footscray. (16/7/12)
​Photo By: Ian Green

2013

B76-G532-B74 unloading an El Zorro grain at Appleton Dock. (27/1/13)
Photo By: Ian Green

B76-B80 near Mont Albert with a Metro spoil train. (27/7/13)
Photo By: Chris Nuthall

2016

B76-B80 with #9342 up Quarry train to Brooklyn at  Kilmore East. (26/5/16)
Photo By: Chris Nuthall

B76-B80 on #9342 Quarry train to Brooklyn near Gowanbrae. (27/7/16)
Photo By: Ian Green

2017

B76-X31 with #9344 loaded quarry train to Westall at Hawksburn. (1/7/17)
​Photo By: Ian Green

B76-B74-G515 with an empty Qube grain consist at Appleton Dock. (16/9/17)
Photo By: Ian Green

2018

B76-B80-VL356-G515 with #9476 up Maryvale freight at Malvern. (17/9/18)
Photo By: Ian Green

B76-S303 with S313-B80 on the rear dpearting Kensington with a works train. (15/12/18)
​Photo By: Thomas McIntosh

2019

B76-T373-T377 with a track consolidation train near Rockbank. (27/11/19)
Photo By: Alex Thorn

B76-X31 with #9085 wagon transfer to Bendigo at Kangaroo Flat. (17/9/19)
Photo By: Brad White

B76-T373-T376 with a track consolidation train from  at Melton. (27/11/19)
​Photo By: Ian Green

B76-B80 with #9572 up cement freight from Dandenong at Caulfield.   (19/12/19)
​Photo By: Ian Green

B76 idles at Camberwell with a Metro works train. (21/12/19)
Photo By: Trent Martin

B76-T373-T377 with a track consolidation train at the rebuilt Rockbank station. (27/11/19)
Photo By: Ian Green

2020

B76-B80 with #9572 QUBE cement at Flinders Street. (17/2/20)
Photo By: Felix Castelan

B76-G521 with #9175 Ultima freight at Bunbury Street near Footscray. (29/6/20)
Photo By: Tom Schache

B76-G521 with #9175 Ultima freight at Moorabool (top left), Bannockburn (top right), East (bottom left) and North (bottom right) of Ballarat. (29/6/20)
Photos By: Alex Thorn

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