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July 23 - 43 new photos in 707 Operations - Farewell to Murrayville Tour, July 2017, Locos, light engines, and lashups, Long Island steel train, V/Line - Regional Rail Link, Apex quarry train, Melbourne broad gauge freight and Metro Trains Melbourne - Northern group
July 22 - 26 new photos in Melbourne suburban bits and pieces, V/Line - Regional Rail Link, V/Line workshops, yards and shunting, Yarra Trams - diverted and out of place, V/Line at Southern Cross Station, V/Line bits and pieces, Melbourne broad gauge freight, Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel preliminary work, City Circle Tram, Road coaches, Melbourne buses, Yarra Trams - Melbourne CBD and Docklands and Failing rail infrastructure of Melbourne
July 21 - 11 new photos in Yarra Trams - Melbourne CBD and Docklands, Motorists delaying trams and Metro Trains Melbourne trackwork
July 20 - 32 new photos in X'Trapolis transfer, July 2017, Metro Trains Melbourne - Northern group, Pacifc National grain trains, Locos, light engines, and lashups, Melbourne stations and infrastructure, Melbourne buses, Metro Trains Melbourne - Clifton Hill group, SCT Logistics trains, Works trains, Geelong region stations and infrastructure, V/Line - Regional Rail Link, Melbourne standard gauge freight and Yarra Trams - Melbourne's north-western suburbs
July 19 - 1 new photos in Melbourne buses
This website is now mobile friendly
December 30, 2016 13:27 PM
If you've tried to visit this using using your mobile phone before now, you've probably had to do lots of scrolling around in order to see the photos.
But scroll no more - I've updated the look and feel of this site so it automatically resizes for smaller screens, so that it doesn't matter what device you are using.
Yet another visit to Hong Kong
September 28, 2016 00:00 AM
Time flies as you get older, and for me it is no different - I've just returned from yet another visit to Hong Kong. This time around my young son was also along for the ride, with twelve days spent visiting family and sightseeing around Hong Kong, plus a short stopover on the way back home from somewhere else.
I still managed to visit a number of new places in Hong Kong - the village of Tai O on Lantau Island, Shek O beach on Hong Kong Island, a visit to the quiet island of Peng Chau, and a night spent in a hotel overlooking Hong Kong Airport.
You can read more on my other blog - Checkerboard Hill.
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707 Operations
707 Operations operates heritage trains across Victoria, using steam locomotive R707 and diesel locomotive T413.
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Adelaide
All kinds of transport can be found in Adelaide - double stacked freight trains, passenger rail, light rail and the O-Bahn guided busway.
Ballarat
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Buses
Urban and country buses from around Australia
Eastern Victoria
V/Line, freight and heritage trains from the east of Victoria
El Zorro
El Zorro is a small freight operator based in Melbourne, running a mix of elderly locomotive and units hired from other operators and heritage groups
End of the line
Scraping of wagons and locomotives once they reach the end of their useful lives
Freight
All kinds of freight from around Australia, on standard, narrow and broad gauge
Freight in Victoria
Rail freight from across Victoria, on both broad and standard gauge
Geelong
Photos of V/Line, broad and standard gauge freight, the Overland, track machines, and heritage trains around Geelong. My full set of infrastructure photos are at Rail Geelong
Heritage trains
Heritage trains operated by both steam and diesel locomotives around Victoria
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Photos of all kinds of rail infrastructure from around Australia
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Diesel and electric locomotives from all around Australia
Melbourne
V/Line, suburban, freight and heritage trains, and train station in Melbourne and the surrounding suburbs
Melbourne trams
Trams and tramway infrastructure from around the Yarra Trams network in Melbourne
Metro Trains Melbourne
Metro Trains Melbourne has been the operator of the Melbourne suburban rail network since November 2009.
New South Wales
That wacky state up north, where two green lights is a valid signal, and Alco diesels were considered a good idea!
North East Victoria
V/Line, freight and heritage trains on the North East line from Melbourne to Albury, via Seymour
Northern Victoria
V/Line and heritage trains on the lines running through Bendigo and the grain belt
NSW Trainlink
Operator of passenger trains and coaches throughout New South Wales, NSW Trainlink uses a fleet of XPT and Xplorer trains
Pacific National
Operator of freight services throughout Vicotria and the rest of Australia.
Queensland
The land of the 'banana benders' and 3 foot 6 inch gauge electric trains.
Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
Based in Seymour, the SRHC operates heritage trains across the state
South Australia
Not like Victoria: diesel suburban trains and double stack freights!
Southern Cross Station
Photos of redevelopment work and trains at the main station in Melbourne, Southern Cross. Metro Trains Melbourne, V/Line, NSW TrainLink and Great Southern Rail all operate from the station
Southwest Victoria
V/Line, heritage and freight services on the line from Geelong to Warrnambool
Standard gauge
Two standard gauge lines enter Victoria, from Adelaide and New South Wales. A variety of operators run freight trains over them, as well as interstate passenger trains by GSR and NSW TrainLink
Stations
Photos of railway stations around the state
Steamrail Victoria
Steamrail Victoria operates heritage trains all over Victoria
Steam trains
Steam operated trains from around the state
Suburban Melbourne
Metro Trains Melbourne operates the suburban railways of Melbourne with a fleet of electric multiple unit trains, taking over from Connex in 2009
Sydney
Trains, trams, buses and monorails in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales
Ticketing systems
Transport ticketing systems from around Australia and the world
Trackwork
Track machines, ballast trains, and all of the other things that come out at odd times to keep the railways running
Trams of Australia
Trams from around Australia, both in normal service and preservation
Transfers
Locomotive hauled transfers of electric multiple units and railcars
V/Line
V/Line operates passenger services all around Victoria with both locomotive hauled carriages and railcars
Western Victoria
Trains in the west of Victoria
Workshops
Trains being worked on in the workshops