Posts Tagged ‘Steamrail Victoria’

A new life for retired V/Line carriages

Since 2005 over a hundred VLocity trains have been delivered to V/Line, but with patronage also exploding over the same period, they were used to expand the fleet rather than to replace older rolling stock. But this changed in 2022, when V/Line started retiring locomotive hauled carriages dating back to the 1980s, and delivering them […]

Photos from ten years ago: October 2013

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is October 2013. Regional Rail Link Progress on the Regional Rail Link project has been a theme in recent months, and this is the same – plenty of work at Footscray station, along with a clear view back to the Melbourne […]

Photos from ten years ago: August 2009

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is August 2009.

Cleared area beside platform 4

Photos from ten years ago: May 2009

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is May 2009. We start over at Flinders Street Station, where Hitachi trains were still in service with then-suburban train operator Connex Melbourne. Connex was replaced by Metro Trains Melbourne in November 2009, but the Hitachi trains hung on until December […]

Photos from ten years ago: February 2009

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is February 2009.

Main access from the station to the north