after the withdrawal of passenger services to leongatha, a few more steam-hauled trips were organised before the line was booked out of regular use between cranbourne and nyora. on 17 april 1994, k190 and k183 again travelled to leongatha with the "south gippsland rambler", with a consist of seven wooden carriages. steam locomotive j515 journeyed to leongatha on 14 october 1995, for the first time since november 1989, organised by the seymour railway heritage centre and the arhs. during the tour, j515 derailed due to a missing guide rail on the locomotive turntable at korumburra that had been recently relocated from foster.