Over the weekend a year blog post of mine got a mention in the Herald Sun – the subject being the new railway station at Deer Park and the platforms not quite long enough to fit a nine car V/Line train. The story starts Opposition transport spokesman and part time gunzel Matthew Guy kicked off […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is July 2014. Regional Rail Link The Regional Rail Link project was now approaching the finishing line, with a ‘consolidation train’ running back and forth over the newly laid tracks to bed them down before the commencement of revenue services. The […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is June 2014. Regional Rail Link These has been an ongoing theme for many months now, but ten years ago Regional Rail Link was nearing the finishing line – the finishing touches were being applied to the new platforms at Footscray. […]
You’ve seen Melbourne public transport as Arnott’s Shapes, but how about as crew cab utes? You have Metro Trains Melbourne in blue. Yarra Trams in green. V/Line in purple. And buses in orange. I cheated on the last one because it’s a van, and it’s operated by outdoor advertising company oOh!Media, who have the contract […]
In recent years V/Line has been retiring their fleet of aging locomotive hauled carriages, with the long distance N sets given away to railway preservation groups, and the H sets sent for scrap. And with nothing left to haul, this has also rendered V/Line’s fleet of diesel locomotives surplus The story starts V/Line now has […]
