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photographer, webmaster for a heritage railway group and graphic designer. graduate student @rmit . all comments and posts are my own views.

South Melbourne, Melbourne
Joined June 2016
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Posting this without context.
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Yes.
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On a side note, HST heading off… *checks notes*… Mexico?
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Flinders Street Station if the Victorian Government added a few extra zeros in the budget.
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Monday shenanigans.
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Hey @metrotrains , enjoy a photo!
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Sorry… where’s the nearest bin… 😂
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I swear this is the greatest invention to exist. E-Ink PIDS.
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Old VLine Freight posters… damn. Might be time to print one out.
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Nope, Sydney has a far better public transport system than Melbourne. Especially in the timetabling.
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Melbourne is 'one of the best cities to live car-free'. Agree or disagree? #springst
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No context
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Wait. This seems interesting, operational flexibility.
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Ouch. reposted from Hills and Dandenong FB group.
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This Twitter account is based in Melbourne, Victoria… Australia. Not Melbourne, Florida. 🤣
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The Met… 😦
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Dear V/Line. Please purchase more or allocate carriages to Bendigo services, 3 cars isn’t enough.
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Uhhh. Just realised this gliding without a panto up lol.
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It’s a bus. 🤡
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Four different stories, four different generations of motive power. In the heart of the Dandenong Ranges. More to come from this photo spot 😝.
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It’s an exciting day as the Warragul Line has reopened, electrification is back. Wait what… only 2km to Pakenham East… nvm.
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So, went to Benalla for this shot.
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Today sees the full scale deployment of the CBTC signalling under a supervised test environment. Between Westall - South Yarra, multiple Evolution HCMT trainsets will operate under the new CBTC system which is controlled from Sunshine Signalling Centre.
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Bored, looking at PTV design manuals tonight. More I look at it, it’s amazing how PTV has actually designed a uniform brand with a simple design element, the PTV geometric pattern in the various transport mode colours.
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Some crap attempt at recreating an old shot lol. 😑
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Bruh.
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Ballarat new footbridge… interesting.
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Kinda funny the XPT is going to outlive the Intercity 125.
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Hitachi. 🥳
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Compare the pair. Victoria Cross Station (Sydney) Flinders Street / Town Hall (Melbourne)
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Melbourne Bound Southern Aurora - April 2022
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Is no one mentioning that E0011, the first Evolution HCMT to take passengers is now the first train through the Metro Tunnel.
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Tait.
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🤷🏻‍♂️
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Nice to see Sydney Ferries expanding their service.
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New Sydney AquaDuck testing in the CBD this first day of winter
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It’s finally happening.
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Ahh yes, it’s a typical Sunday.
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I’ll say it once again, The current proposal for MARL Airport Station is literally not future proofed for SRL. Literally, it’s like the government got cities skylines and plonked an elevated station in the middle of nowhere to give themselves a gold medal.
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That was unexpected. 🥳
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Huh, PTV Ferry Teal is used for the first time. 😯
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NSW TrainLink XPT and Xplorer replacement. Leaked… 😦 RailColour News…
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Celebrating 40 Years of V/Line. As 1st of July 1983, saw the launch of the new look operator that replaced the Victorian Railways. With the uses of vivid colours of orange and grey, brought modernity to the Victorian Rail network.
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They are pumping these out of Footscray under CBTC-AM. Train headways are at 2mins it seems today as testing continues.
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9 months
Genuine thought, Container Deposit Scheme is legitimately designed in a way to be hostile and not return the 10 cents. Places that should have CDS machines, railway stations, shopping centres and high traffic areas. Instead it’s placed in the most awkward places.
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Bored.
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Yes. Not a single loco or Sprinter in sight. Alstom won. 🫤
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Morning Sun. 😮
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Sunbury to Watergardens… these Comeng are really pushing it. lol.
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Controversial opinion, the City Loop is architecturally significant and is a photography haven for 1980’s Comeng Trains.
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Fourth time is a charm? 🥴
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A massive what the f*** moment. Siemens on the Hillside network.
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Bumped into this by accident lol.
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Interesting to see the Victorian Railways document Richmond Stations rebuild in the 1959-60s.
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Mont Albert / Surrey Hills (Union Station) test trains photo. Enjoy.
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Imagine losing your tripod… 🥳
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From memory, double decker train in Sydney compensates the dwell time with longer double decker trains (8 cars) with two doors, dwell is 1 min each. Melbourne, six - seven cars with three doors on each side. 18/21 doors with a dwelling time of 30-40 seconds.
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Don’t go to Middle Footscray. lol
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Hear me out, imagine a photo session in the tunnel before it opens.
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1 year
This is the answer to Flinders Street. Finish it off in grand style to make it our iconic station that Melbourne can be proud of, not the mess it is today.
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Flinders Street Station, never change you decrepit shithole. ♥
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Stolen meme from VicPol.
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So this happened in UK. Class 69, in the Elizabeth Line. 😮. *69004, was conducting CBTC trial operations to verify the locomotive for future Class 345 recovery trains.
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10 months
Metro.
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7 months
Well congrats to Metro Tunnel, the first station is completed. Arden is now in a completed state, ready for day one ops. Here’s some pics from my last trip to Arden.
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😎
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If anyone interested, apparently Dr Yellow Shinkansen is heading to Lilydale and Belgrave today.
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Reposted from R/Melbourne… Z3.168 wanted to drift.
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Hey @metrotrains , might want to have a look at 13M once it’s back at the depot. One of the seats seems to be loose.
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Visiting the Costco Docklands, rumoured to close down in the next two years… yeah it’s dead quiet.
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XPT. 😩
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This is the 1558 Ballarat service. Why do I doubt the $9.70 ticket would work during peak weekday 🧐
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Idk, silvers are cool.
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Today marks a new era for SRHC. Welcome onboard the Spirit of Yarrawonga.
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Damn. Look at these modern trains in US… vs here. Honestly say, it’s not bad tbh.
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Anyone lost a cat? There’s one at East Camberwell.
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Heh. 7005, last Sprinter in red, purple and yellow.
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idc. I just randomly photographed these without context.
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Announces x station opening today. - station doesn’t open on the day, still an active construction site. Great success.
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This is gonna be a rare time, I would even consider photographing this “French baguette” on the rails. Might have a few shots ideas in mind.
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Alstom. 🤷🏻‍♂️ > Loses HCMT contract > Threatens to close down Dandenong and Ballarat East factories. > Wins X’Trapolis 2.0, G Class Tram and Further VLocity orders…
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Do I? lol. Photograph a silver set in Sydney? 🙃
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Huh. MX papers are back!
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Frequency.
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Society: She can’t break your heart… Her:
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Hypothetically speaking. If you wanted to do this. $2,067 ($1,033 for concession) for unlimited travel across Victoria. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Welcome back!
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Someone gave up.
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A class on Route 96… packed.
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Interesting photos from Membery’s. Melbourne’s first articulated tram was carted off to the scrapyard. Questionable but whatever. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Finally, last time to change at Camberwell. 🙃
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Can I just say, NSW has done it right with Metro Stations, whilst being functional but yet aesthetically appealing.
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Victoria Cross Metro was breathtaking. I had high expectations and was still blown away. It's HUGE and absolutely stunning. Biggest Metro station so far. One thing I noticed was the lighting on the platform - it's all from two LED strips that reflect off the roof, a cool effect!
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Transdev wins the MR5 Yarra Trams contract.
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🙃. Tonight on the Ringwood lines… we introduce a story of a super train…
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Which one V/Line Livery is the best? 1: Orange and Grey 2: ‘Blood and Bone’ 3: Red, Yellow Grey ‘Cheeseburger’ 4: PTV Geometric.
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🫤.
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The iconic, Spirit of Progress is back at Spencer Street Station.
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The FKN line could’ve been the most scenic suburban line if all the stations alongside the bay were elevated.
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lol it happened, however the “last” was 1916 to Waurn Ponds (N-SLH32).
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Huh, this was quietly announced.
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7 months
Tait day.
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