ltd graincorp s 48203 at junee locomotive depot in march 2011 industry railway operator headquarters junee website www.jrw.com.au junee railway workshop pty ltd acn 061 696 697 is an accredited rail transport operator and rail infrastructure manager that maintains and repairs locomotives and rolling stock from its base at junee locomotive depot . history edit junee railway workshop pty ltd was formed in january 1995 as australian traction corporation pty ltd trading 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 . 1 2 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 . 3 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 . 4 in february 1998 nb1872 and nb1873 were purchased from westrail . 5 6 from august 1998 the griffith services ceased with austrac commencing a sydney to melbourne service as a joint venture with v line freight . 7 this ceased in 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 . 8 in late 1999 austrac recommenced a three times a week sydney to melbourne service with four leased chicago freight car leasing australia el class locomotives and from december 1999 containerised grain services from willow tree were operated . 9 10 in july 2000 austrac commenced a weekly moree to melbourne service replacing the service from sydney . 11 12 on 21 august 2000 the three austrac operational arms went into voluntary administration . 13 austrac operations pty ltd and austrac holdings pty ltd went into liquidation in august 2002 . the australian traction corporation pty ltd changed its name to junee railway workshop pty ltd in 2004 . retaining the junee depot lease and 48 class locomotives . since april 2010 junee railway workshop has been overhauling a fleet of eighteen 48 class locomotives for graincorp along with an ex south australian railways 830 class for its own use . the ex austrac 48s have been hired to other operators including el zorro . 14 15 references edit austrac ready power supplies first leased locomotives railway digest july 1995 page 14 first austrac locomotives enter service after official hand over railway digest august 1995 page 9 austrac signs nsw access agreement railway digest august 1997 page 14 new austrac loco paint scheme unveiled railway digest december 1995 page 13 motive power railway digest april 1998 page 38 n na nb classes westrail alcos austrac commences sydney melbourne service railway digest october 1998 page 9 railway digest august 1999 page 5 railway digest february 2000 page 31 chicago freight car leasing update railway digest march 2000 page 10 austrac s melbourne nsw north west service forerunner of inland railway railway digest august 2000 page 7 railway digest october 2000 page 39 austrac financial woes railway digest december 2000 page 8 locos junee railway workshop junee railway workshop vicsig.net retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title junee railway workshop & oldid 710650362 categories railway maintenance companies of australia1995 establishments in australia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 march 2016 at 05 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view