 On the night of 31 May, locomotive N453, hauling a newspaper train to Geelong, ran into the rear of a stationary goods train at the Drome crossing loop.The locomotive overturned, and many goods wagons were derailed and damaged.On 11 October 1979 a wheat train derailed and some wagons ploughed into the station building, partly demolishing it, and causing $2 million worth of damage.