Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly forty years ago today, NSW diesel loco 8025 at the head of the Melbourne-bound Intercapital Daylight calls at Cootamundra, NSW, November 16, 1985. The Daylight was an express passenger #train between Melbourne and […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: 39 years ago today, VLine DERM (Diesel Electric Rail Motor) 58RM hauling carriage 29BCPL running an ARHS tour #train awaits departure from Tocumwal, NSW, November 15 1986. Tocumwal is on the NSW/Victoria State border, 764km […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: British Rail diesel locomotive 37417 and its short #train the 1802 to Inverness, prepare to head south out of the UK's northernmost station, Thurso, Scotland, UK, April 26, 1988. Thurso is a town on the north coast of […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: SRA NSW EMD-engined diesel loco 42102 hauls the northbound Cooma Mail through Tuggeranong, NSW, February 16 1985. Despite having the same name as the large suburban area in Canberra, Tuggeranong station was in fact in NSW […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 37 years ago today, Melbourne SW6 class #tram no 946 on an outbound route 6 service runs along High Street near Harvey Street, Glen Iris, Vic, November 12, 1988. No 946 was built in 1949 as one of 120 SW6 class […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Adelaide H type #tram no 368 on a Glenelg to Victoria Square trip passes the Brecknock Hotel at the corner of Gilbert and King William Streets, Adelaide, April 25, 1986 These H type trams were built in 1929 for […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day, Exactly 40 years ago today, 42219 and 42211 haul a double-headed down Sunday Canberra Express #train through Fyshwick, ACT, November 10 1985. On Sundays in the 1980s, the only day of the week that the Canberra Monaro […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 40 years ago today, the station at Tahmoor, NSW, November 9 1985 Tahmoor is in the NSW Southern Highlands just south of Picton and 94.5km from Sydney by rail on the Southern Highlands line which is also the main […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 39 years ago today, broad gauge Warrnambool-Melbourne VLine #train no 8256 behind double-ended streamlined diesels B61 & A81 at Laverton, Vic, November 8 1986. This line, 21km west of Melbourne, opened in 1857 as […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 41 years ago today, NSW SRA Alco diesel loco 8030 heads an express goods #train at Coffs Harbour, NSW, November 7 1984. Coffs Harbour is a major provincial city on the NSW North Coast. The station is on the main […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 36 years ago today, Melbourne Z2 class tram no 110, running a trip diverted via La Trobe Street, turns left from Spencer Street into Bourke Street, Melbourne, November 6 1989. The curves linking Bourke Street and […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: A 7-car DEB set and the Canberra Monaro Express, comprising 4-car set HPF959+2 trailers+PF907 and 3-car set PF901+trailer+HPF951 sits at Canberra station, Kingston, ACT, April 4 1987. For years, Canberra was linked to […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 39 years ago today, Ballarat #tram no 43 sits on display in a park in Belmont, Vic, November 4 1986. This tram was built in 1914 by Duncan & Fraser of Adelaide for the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust who numbered […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 38 years ago today, diesel locomotive N471 and VLine passenger #train no 8134 from Ballarat bound for Melbourne just east of Ballan, Vic, November 3 1987. Ballan is about 79km west of Melbourne on the main broad […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 40 years ago today, we see the #railway station at Koorawatha, NSW, November 2 1985 Koorawatha is in Central West NSW on the cross-country railway from Blayney via Cowra and Young to Demondrille on the main South […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: 41 years ago today, SMR 10 class 2-8-2T #steam locomotive no 25 shunts sister no 22 on the Richmond Vale Railway at the depot at Hexham, NSW, November 1 1984. This is the only time I photographed steam in commercial […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 38 years ago today, Melbourne W5 class #tram no 774 runs a route 15 East Brunswick to Moreland shuttle trip in Moreland Road, Brunswick, Vic, October 31, 1987. No 774 is one of 120 W5 class trams built by the M&MTB […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: 41 years ago today, a Silverton Tramway Co diesel shunts at Broken Hill, NSW, October 30 1984. Broken Hill is an outback mining city in western New South Wales, 1,125km west of Sydney and about 50km from the border with […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: 39 years ago today, Melbourne SW6 class #tram no 857 runs a route 38 trip in William Street, Melbourne, Vic, October 29 1986. Route 38 was one of a number of Mondays to Fridays peak-hours-only routes from the south-eastern […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Train NT24 the Glen Innes to Sydney Northern Tablelands XPT calls at Broadmeadow, NSW, June 10 1984. XPTs, long distance diesel passenger #trains based on British HSTs, first entered service in 1982 between Sydney and […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

The drums of war Beat hard & fast Yuletide approaches We know what comes The Murdoch warriors Will shriek again A war on Christmas Will soon be here Headlines aflame With indignant scorn To stir engagement And retvrn the past The drums of war Beat hard & fast The time approaches To foment unrest

Today's historic photo of the day: VLine diesel locomotive G516, after having brought in the last ever Southern Aurora from Sydney, sits in platform 1 at Spencer Street station, Melbourne, Vic, August 3 1986. The Southern Aurora carried sleeping berth […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly forty years ago today, looking west, we see the station buildings and platforms at Galong, NSW, October 26 1985. Galong, 365km from Sydney on the Main South line, is a small town with a complex #railway history […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: 38 years ago today, Ballarat bogie dropcentre #tram no 36 and Melbourne Works tram 15W at Bylands, Vic, October 25 1987 Tram no 36 was built in 1917 for the Hawthorn Tramways Trust. It ran as their no 26. In 1920, when […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

In just a few minutes time, this year's best-of-7 World Series baseball series begins. And, out of 36(?) teams in the Major Leagues, the only one non-US team has made it to the final two. I am not a baseball knower, but I'll be interested for a few days. Go Jays.

Today's historic photo of the day: Diesel locomotives 42102 and 42101 and the Sunday Canberra Monaro Express from Sydney have just arrived at Canberra station, Kingston, ACT, June 2 1985. Canberra railway station, 6km SE of central Canberra in the suburb of […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: 37 years ago today, X2 class #tram no 676 runs a special service north along Spencer Street, Melbourne, October 23 1988 The six small four-wheeled X2 class trams, built in 1930, seated only 32 passengers, and were used on […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: An overview of the railcar depot beyond the terminus station at Newcastle, NSW, June 9 1985. Inside the shed is what looks like a Flyer set. To its right is a yellow-end 660 class #railcar set, next (in candy colours) is […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: 36 years ago today, southbound #Amtrak Coast Starlight, behind F40PHR diesel loco no 240, calls at Union Station, Portland, Oregon, USA October 21 1989. The Coast Starlight is a daily Amtrak train that runs a 35-hour […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: T359 hauls a down VLine commuter #train of wooden compartment cars at Footscray, Vic, January 5 1984. In the early 1980s, wooden carriages were still quite common on Victorian Railways, particularly on shorter distance […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

With the launch of FlixBus in Australia imminent, this article from the UK is worth a read. FlixBus sees itself first as a technology company. “We don't own buses or employ drivers. Our expertise is using technology in efficient network planning, sales, marketing and customer service" […]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 40 years ago today we see the #railway station at Binalong, NSW, October 19, 1985. Binalong is 354km south of Sydney on the NSW Main South. Rails reached town in 1876 when the line was extended from Bowning. However […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 38 years ago today, #tram 18 at Bendigo Tram depot, Arnold Street Bendigo, Vic, October 18 1987 Bendigo, about 160km north of Melbourne, was blessed with a tramway network from 1890 when a short-lived battery […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Dental Clinic Car DCC 953 sits in the up end dock platform at the #railway station at Cooma, NSW, December 1984. Over the decades, a number of former passenger carriages were converted to mobile dental clinics to provide […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: A narrow gauge Queensland Rail goods #train hauled by English Electric diesel locomotive 1225 sits at Wallangarra, Qld, August 4 1985, 1225 was one of a kind, it having been built in-house earlier that year at Redbank […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: A Grey Ghost converted Harris EMU, bound for St Kilda, runs between Albert Park and Middle Park, Vic, July 18 1987. Opened in 1857 by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company, the 4.5km 1600mm gauge St Kilda line was […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: The bracket semaphore #signals at the Up end of the junction station at Werris Creek, NSW, April 1 2007. Werris Creek is a railway town in central northern New South Wales, 45km south of Tamworth and 410km by rail from […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Melbourne W5 class #tram no 759 heads south on a non-passenger-carrying run in Spencer Street, Melbourne, August 31, 1983. Tram no 759, built in 1936 as a W5 class, was converted to an SW5 in 1985 by fitting of two […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Well well well. Transport for NSW have an RFT titled "Regional Overnight Sleeper Service- Rolling Stock Technical Advisor Services" and are seeking provision of minimum critical rollingstock specs and a business case for continuing Sydney-Melbourne sleeping car trains […]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 40 years ago today, power car HPF951 trails the Canberra Monaro Express onto the Canberra branch at Queanbeyan, NSW, October 12 1985 The Canberra Monaro Express was a 6 days per week day-return #train from Sydney to […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

The first electric train to Byford is en-route from Perth now and will arrive at 10:03WST. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-12/final-stage-perth-metronet-byford-rail-extension-opening/105876182 Timetables are online at Australian Rail Maps at timetable […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 39 years ago today, #train 9025, the Saturday afternoon VLine Bendigo goods headed by loco S307 with a Y class in tow, runs through Malmsbury, Vic, October 11 1986 Malmsbury is 102km north of Melbourne on the main […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: The candy livery on Alco diesel #locomotive 4875 stands out on a very dark afternoon against a backdrop of ferocious storm clouds at Henty, NSW, January 29, 1984. It's not often the speed of a shunting 48 blurs an image […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Victorian #railways Diesel-Electric Rail Motor (DERM) 63RM towing carriage 43BPL on an enthusiasts special day tour from Seymour to Mulyarra (on the Oaklands line just north of Mulwala) stops at Baddaginnie, Vic, March 14 […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 36 years ago today, 1067mm gauge passenger carriages sit stabled in the yard at the terminal station at Auckland, New Zealand, October 8 1989. I was on an unplanned one-day stopover due to a start-of-daylight-saving […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Melbourne #metrotunnel is special to me. And with yesterday’s announcement, I want to now tell you why, in a thread. I love rail maps. Inspired by Beck’s London Underground diagram since a youngster, I've long thought every big city needs a map and an UndergrounD just like London (1/12)

It works! Today, Transport Victoria generated a new realtime datafeed for VLine trains. And this evening, I have added that feed into railmaps.com.au Realtime data for VLine trains is now on railmaps.com.au It's only currently working for the Geelong & […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: 40 years ago today, 48139 hauls a goods including two cars labelled 'Australian Museum Train' around the Melrose Valley near Tuggeranong siding, NSW, October 7 1985. Not to be confused with Tuggeranong, ACT, this was a […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Here's a link to an svg version of my updated Melbourne train and tram map following December's soft opening of the Metro Tunnel. https://railmaps.com.au/melbourne_draft.htm

Here it is! My Updated Melbourne Train and Tram Map showing structure of services after the MetroTunnel 'soft' opening in December https://railmaps.com.au/melbourne_2025_12_07_Metrotunnel.png I have fudged it a bit at West Footscray with the yellow line […] [Original post on mastodon.online]