The Fruit Flyer was a fast overnight freight train operated by the Victorian Railways to bring fruit produce from the Mildura district to the Melbourne Markets.
[1] It departed Mildura at 17:00, loading at Irymple, Red Cliffs, Carwarp and Hattah before running express to Dynon Freight Terminal arriving at 03:00.
To allow it to operate at the line speed of 110 km/h, the wagons were fitted with bogies similar to those fitted on passenger carriages.
[1] It initially operated three times weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights, but within a few weeks this had increased to four times.
[1][2] By 1961 it was running six times a week, Sunday to Friday.