Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is April 2013. Regional Rail Link We start the month at Footscray station, where work was well underway on building the two new suburban platforms beside Irving Street. A whole lot of digging was required in what was once a car […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is March 2013. A trip to Sydney I spent a few days up in Sydney, and went for a ride on their double deck trains. Stumbled upon the wooden tread escalators at Wynyard station. And went for a last ride on […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is February 2013. Ding ding Metcard had been switched off. The ‘safety’ zone tram stop on Epsom Road in Ascot Vale was copping a beating. Route 19, 57 and 19 passengers didn’t have any platform stops along Elizabeth Street. And the […]
This is the story of Lynch’s Bridge over the Maribyrnong River in Melbourne’s west, connecting Smithfield Road in Flemington to Ballarat Road in Footscray. On the downstream side is the original 1936 bridge, with art deco-styled decorative parapets, pillars, and light fittings. And beside it a far more utilitarian concrete bridge completed in 1992. In […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is August 2012. Trains We start the month at Footscray station, back when there were only four tracks – not six. The reason for my visit – DERMPAV were due to pass through with their 1920s railcar RM58. I also made […]
