If you take a close look a level crossing, you might’ve noticed something about the boom barriers used to prevent cars driving onto the tracks. Some are made of metal. Aluminium channel to be specific. And others are made of timber. Two separate pieces, tied together to form a truss. So what gives? The answer […]
Another month, another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is December 2011. Christmas in the CBD Christmas decorations were everywhere. Crowds aplenty to see the Myer Christmas Windows. With the massive ‘Merry Christmas’ sign at Flinders Street Station finally finished! And Yarra Trams even rolled out a Christmas […]
I paid a visit to Mentone recently, taking a look at the new station opened in July 2021 following the removal of the Balcombe Road level crossing. However there are a few ‘signs’ that the Level Crossing Removal Authority’s design is flawed. On leaving the station, I found a loooong flight of steps linking the […]
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 […]
Then, now and in between – let’s take a look at the Toorak Road level crossing on the Glen Waverley line near Kooyong. In the early years the level crossing was protected by a set of hand gates, opened and closed by a staff member for every passing train, and spending their downtime in the […]
