Geelong Flier

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The Geelong Flier was an Australian named passenger train operated by the Victorian Railways, running between Melbourne and Geelong. As the first officially named flagship service of the Victorian Railways, the train took pride of place on the timetable, and operated with some of the best available locomotives and rolling stock.

The first run of the service was on 3 May 1926, departing from Flinders Street station Platform No.1 at 9:00 am, stopping only at Spencer Street before running express to Geelong, arriving at 10:10 am.^[1] On its return journey, the train left Geelong at 4:00 pm, arriving at Flinders Street at 5:11 pm. It was hauled by locomotive A²906, fitted with Stephenson-link motion and superheating equipment, and consisted of an assortment of short (58 ft (18 m)) W-class passenger cars.