8547 Stack Talk, The Newsletter of Steamrail Victoria Incorporated, Volume 4, Issue 1, January / February 1993, price $2.50. Six page spread on Engine R766 "Feature 2 40 Years of R766" a history of the train engine.r766 train engine, stacktalk newslletter

Slide. Bendigo- Train in Town. The VRI Building behind the resting place for the Engine R766.slide, bendigo, bendigo- train in town., bendigo- train in town.

Slide. Bendigo- Train in Town. Engine R766 on track.slide, bendigo, bendigo- train in town.

Roy J Mitchell was born in Williamstown in 1935 and grew up in Ballarat. He was the son of Horace Mitchell, a railway man, and Catherine Donovan whose father James Donovan was himself a railway man. Roy worked for the Victorian Railways also, until this era finished and worked into the MET era. Roy never lived in Bendigo but visited often, many times taking his daughter Rebekah with him, drawn in by the historical trams. His passions in life were his family, dogs, trains and trams and photography. His cousin Frank O'Meara, said "Roy always had his camera with him. He Took it everywhere". Roy's ancestors came from Maldon, Mt Edgerton, Trentham, Ballarat, Creswick, Berringa and Geelong.Eleven Coloured slides of Bendigo Trams and Trains taken by Roy J Mitchell. history, bendigo, bendigo trams, roy j mitchell, bendigo r766 steam engine