Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 40 years ago today, 42109, running no 2 end first, hauls the northbound Cooma Mail into Queanbeyan, NSW, February 15 1986. The Cooma Mail was a passenger #train connecting Cooma with Sydney via Queanbeyan and […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Melbourne's only Y class #tram no 469, sits awaiting a potential return to duty at Camberwell depot, Hawthorn East, August 1 1987. 469 was built in 1927 to test the Peter Witt design for adoption as a new standard for […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

This report from San Francisco on the situation facing BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is dire. Options being considered include station closures, reduced service frequency, shorter hours of operation and ultimately even closure. https://youtube.com/watch?v=xuldB-DfxdA

Today's historic photo of the day: Looking across to the southbound platform at the #railway station at Burradoo, NSW, November 9 1985. Burradoo is a small station in the NSW Southern Highlands just south of Bowral, 139km from Sydney on the NSW main South […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: 8170 and the Melbourne Express at the end of its journey from Sydney across the Maribyrnong River at Footscray, Vic, October 19 1986 The Melbourne Express was a Sydney-Melbourne overnight #train that, along with the Sydney […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: 4439 and the set for the Southern Highlands Express sits stabled at Canberra Railway station, Kingston, ACT, December 8 1985. The Southern Highlands Express departed Canberra on Sunday evenings just half an hour or so after […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: The railway #station at Meeniyan, Vic, December 31 1984. Meeniyan is in south-eastern Victoria about 150km from Melbourne on Victorian Railways' broad gauge former South Gippsland main line. Located just beyond Leongatha […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 41 years ago today, #train S37, the Canberra Monaro Express from Sydney to Canberra then Cooma, formed of a 4 car candy liveried DEB set with power cars PF903 leading and HPF953 trailing, heads west just east of […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: The Winton to Hughenden mixed, one of Australia's last mixed #trains prepares for departure on its day-long trip to Hughenden at Winton, Queensland, July 20 1986 Mixed trains were goods trains that called at small wayside […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: A70 hauls VLine passenger #train no 8105 from Melbourne to Dimboola onto the western line as a grain train hauled by X31, S313 and T377 arrives from the Maryborough direction at at North Ballarat Junction, Vic, November 7 […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Train S15 the Riverina XPT headed by XP2014 'City of Grafton' calls at Cootamundra, NSW, October 26 1985. Cootamundra is 430km south of Sydney on the NSW Main South line - also the main Melbourne to Sydney interstate […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Look, it's not the most egregious thing he's done, but it could be the most pitiful. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/05/politics/schumer-trump-ny-funding-rename

Today's historic photo of the day: Tracks leading to Adelaide's then-new #tram depot under construction, at Glengowrie, SA, April 25, 1986. After closure of the majority of Adelaide's tram network in 1958, the sole remaining line from Victoria Square to […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Melbourne W6 class #tram no 979 on a Camberwell route 72, turns from Malvern Rd into Burke Rd at Gardiner station, Glen Iris, Vic, November 30, 1986. Note how near the kerb the tram is here; this was at a time shortly after […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 41 years ago today, a decrepit then-90-year-old mansard-roofed L class #carriage (is it HFL992?) in the set of the Southern Highlands Express stabled in the station yard at Canberra station, Kingston, ACT, February 3 […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: VLine diesel-electric #railmotor 64RM and trailer car 34MT await their next turn of duty at Spencer Street station, Melbourne, September 28 1985. Built to a design from the USA (where they were known as Doodlebugs), DERMs […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: exactly 40 years ago today, Alco diesel loco 4860 hauls the Sydney bound Cooma Mail #train out of Queanbeyan, NSW, February 1 1986. Queanbeyan is 321km by rail south west of Sydney on the Goulburn to Bombala and Canberra […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

My Melbourne Train & Tram map, now in its 30th year online, has been updated to show the new train line colourings and routings for tomorrow's "Big Switch". See it online now at https://railmaps.com.au/melbourne.htm or download it as a high resolution image […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: The #railway station at Healesville, Victoria, December 21 1986. Healesville is 64km east of Melbourne at the terminus of a Victorian Railways broad gauge branch line from Lilydale. The line from Lilydale had been closed […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today’s historic photo of the day: Exactly 43 years ago today, EMD branchline diesel loco 4910 on a southbound Gwabegar tour #train just north of Coonabarabran, NSW, January 30 1983. Coonabarabran is 508km from Sydney on the 430km-long Wallerawang to […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: A British Rail Southern Region 4EPB third rail electric multiple unit set dating from the mid 1950s, with MBSO car 14510 at left, prepares to run the 1402 #train to Orpington from Victoria station, London, UK, March 29 1988 […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Melbourne SW6 class #tram no 963 on route 1 nears Graham Street in Victoria Avenue, Albert Park, Vic, November 1 1987. Route 1 runs south from Coburg East via Nicholson Street Brunswick East, Lygon Street Carlton, Swanston […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 41 years ago today, the then recently-closed #station at Gundagai, NSW, January 27 1985. Gundagai was 484km from Sydney by rail on a branch line that connected with the main South line at Cootamundra, then ran south […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 40 years ago today, we see the #railway station at Blayney, NSW, January 26 1986. Blayney is in Central West NSW, 290km from Sydney on the NSW Main West line. The station is today served by the daily Sydney to Dubbo […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Nine years and ten months ago today, on March 25 2016, I started my 'Historic photo of the day' series with this Twitter post of a coupled set of Adelaide H type trams. So, two months from today, the series will reach its tenth birthday of daily posts. It has […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 38 years ago today we see the former #railway station at Yea, Vic, January 25 1988. Yea is in north-central Victoria about 135km by rail from Melbourne on an indirect route via the main line north to Tallarook then […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 38 years ago today, as seen through an open door of a moving XPT, a charter #train named the Corowa Federation Flyer, runs through the station at Burrumbuttock, NSW, January 24 1988. Burrumbuttock is a small town in […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Adelaide to Glenelg trams to resume on Monday following completion of the months-long project to build three new tram over road grade separations. https://glamadelaide.com.au/glenelg-trams-resume-on-australia-day-after-870m-upgrade-milestone

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 38 years ago today we see the #railway station at Barnawartha, Vic, January 23 1988 Barnawartha is in North-Eastern Victoria about 280km from Melbourne on the main Melbourne to Albury railway. The station opened in […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: An overhead wiring crew installs catenary wire as part of the North Coast #railway electrification project just north of the passenger station at Gladstone, Qld, July 31 1986. Note the worker who has climbed the pole on the […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: NSW 8155 and VLine G520 haul a southbound interstate goods #train through Wagga Wagga, NSW, April 6 1987. Wagga Wagga is a provincial city in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, 521km from Sydney by rail on the […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: A view of the #railway station at Buangor, Vic, January 24 1987. Buangor is 188km west of Melbourne on the broad gauge line from Melbourne to Ararat. At that time, this was the main Melbourne-Adelaide railway. Whilst […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 40 years ago today, 4473 and 42102, the #locomotives from the Sundays-only Canberra Express, run around their train at Canberra station, Kingston, ACT, January 19 1986. The Canberra Express, in the 1980s, ran on […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 39 years ago today, 3-month-old loco N474 heads Dimboola-bound VLine broad gauge passenger #train no 8105 away from platform 5 at Spencer Street station, Melbourne, January 18 1987 Note the WW1-era wooden-bodied BE […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 39 years ago today, we see an impressive selection of semaphore signals at Tailem Bend, SA, January 17 1987. Tailem Bend is on the Murray River, 120km south-east of Adelaide on the main line to Melbourne. In 1987 […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Double-deck electric multiple unit set V11 departs Civic station headed for Newcastle, NSW, June 9 1985. Civic station, in central Newcastle, 167km from Sydney, was the penultimate station on the 4km-long Broadmeadow to […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 37 years ago today, Y1 class #tram no 613 running a summer Sundays trip to St Kilda Beach, stops in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, January 15, 1989. On Summer Sundays in the 1980s, extra trams were run to the tourist […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today, I used a couple of free hours in Melbourne to visit the only one of the five Melbourne Metro Tunnel stations that I'd not yet visited, Parkville. (Though I've still not ridden a train between Parkville and Arden stations) So, what did I think? Parkville is a bit different to the other […]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 18 years ago today, Pacific National diesel locos 2134, 2131 and 2003 haul a narrow gauge intermodal #train past the Torquay Ferry at Devonport, Tasmania, January 14, 2008. Devonport is on the north coast of […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today’s historic pic: Alco diesel loco 8018 hauls the Melbourne to Sydney Intercapital Daylight express #train through the then recently closed station at Bowning, NSW, October 19 1985. Bowning is a small town in the Southern Tablelands region of NSW, 329km […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: 1964-built 8-cylinder EMD 567CR-engined diesel locomotive T369 hauls a broad gauge bulk #train onto the Newport line at Footscray, Victoria November 9 1986. I believe this may have been a train of VHAY wagons carrying sand […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 40 years ago today, SRA NSW diesel loco 42106 sits in the station yard at Queanbeyan, NSW, January 11 1986. The 421 class was a fleet of ten EMD-engined diesel #locomotives built by EMD's Australian licensee, Clyde […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: The #railway station at Merrigum, Vic, November 22 1986. Merrigum is 189km from Melbourne on the Toolamba-Echuca railway in North Central Victoria. Until 1981, Merrigum was served by passenger railmotors between Toolamba […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Alco diesel locomotive 44203 hauling #train S65, the Sydney-Melbourne Intercapital Daylight, arrives at Harden, NSW, October 26 1985. Harden is a medium-sized town in the South-West Slopes region of NSW served by a station […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: SW5 class #tram 789 runs a route 18 to Brunswick with a yellow supplementary destination board displaying 'Carlton Football Ground' in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, June 24, 1989. Note the wood-blocked tram tracks In the […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 37 years ago today, SRA NSW diesel locos 8162 and 4461 await the all clear from their respective tracks whilst the cars for the Melbourne Express sit in the background, Sydney Central Terminal, January 7, 1989 […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: The afternoon Ravenshoe to Cairns #train operated by railmotor 2018 heads north just after departing Ravenshoe, Qld, July 28 1986. Ravenshoe is in the Atherton Tablelands region of Tropical North Queensland on the former […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 42 years ago today, T394 hauls broad gauge VLine #train no 8131 bound for Bacchus Marsh out of Sunshine, Vic, January 5 1984. Sunshine is in the western suburbs of Melbourne about 13km from Southern Cross station […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo: Exactly 40 years ago today, 42218 heads #train SL10, a Wagga Wagga to Sydney holiday extra at Goulburn, NSW, January 4 1986. SL10 ran only at peak holiday times to boost capacity on the main South. It followed the Up Riverina XPT from […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Today's historic photo of the day: An 860 class trailer car and a pair of Redhen diesel railcars with no 341 at left, depart Adelaide station, April 10 1985. The #train is formed of two single-ended broad gauge 300-class Redhens with an 860-class trailer car […] [Original post on mastodon.online]