Across Victoria there are a number of specialised rail vehicles used to inspect the tracks for faults – so let’s take a look at them. Track evaluation vehicle IEV100 IEV100 is a track evaluation vehicle that traverses the Victorian railway network to test track quality. Self propelled with a diesel engine, and with the option […]
I’ve done a few “then, now and in between” posts in recent months, and here is another one – the Bell Street level crossing in Coburg. PROV image VPRS 12800/P0003, ADV 0478 We start off in the 1960s, when hand operated gates were still in place to separate motorists and trains. PROV image VPRS 12800/P0001 […]
Over the years there have been many examples of pilots confusing one airport for another, and Melbourne has seen more than it’s fair share – thanks to Melbourne Tullamarine Airport being located near Essendon Airport. Google Earth 14 January 2014 Air India flight AI301 Boeing 787-8 VT-ANM Photo by byeangel from Tsingtao, China, via Wikimedia […]
Today is Horse Slaughter Day, so let’s jump on a train to Flemington Racecourse. On the train Trains start at Flinders Street Station. First stop Southern Cross. Then North Melbourne. Then takes the high level tracks towards the Craigieburn line. Passing over Moonee Ponds Creek. Trains to the Showgrounds and Flemington Racecourse run express through […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is October 2011. A land before COVID Remember peak hour crowds at CBD railway stations? I wrote about it a decade ago, and ended up in The Age. In the years since much faster ticket readers by Vix have been deployed […]
