Watching some random YouTube video, and encountered an example of the cranky yankee practice of not providing holding sections on their gated crossings. So the gates open half way, then the next train enters the approach, and the gates close again. And yes I just videoed the TV like a slacker.

It's definitely a latergram but I thought I would share some classic Victorian and South Australian signalling made from Lego, that I spied on the weekend.

It’s real. (from Facebook)

This is slightly interesting, a US tourist railroad is going to have a go at converting some ancient Alco diesel electric locos to battery electric. www.facebook.com/CVSRailroad/...

From time to time I put a fake birthday of 1/Jan/1970 into online accounts in a futile attempt to push back against the insane amount of information tech companies yearn for. Anyway it seems my google account must have a fake birthday as I just got this... :/

Apparently this will definitely be the year for Linux on .... the bathroom heater / fan / light.

30 years ago today, it seems I travelled on an AREA organised nut special from Seymour to Albury and return, using DRC43, which was and still is in the custody of what is now SRHC. Photo locations for this selection are: - Bowser Loop (which was never commissioned!) - Chiltern - Wangaratta - Albury

Surprising me while I was browsing a random online shop, it seems the Tasmanian independence movement has been successful without anyone really noticing. Maybe the WA secessionists can learn something.

Blue sky pinged me for the whole date of birth thing. Naturally I used an auspicious day, to remind us the 2038 problem is now only just over 12 years away.

I've elected to journey to East Pakenham for a little trip thru that damned tunnel.

And in classic large corporate fashion, the wrong link was used. I did note earlier today once the button worked it was asking me to renew a personal account for 1 person, not a family account, so I gave up for the time being.

Looks like Microsoft are trying to fend off the ACCC case against them over the copilot slop in O365 issue. Mind you it seems Microsoft is hosting the website that is the target of the "switch to classic" button on a 80186 CPU on the far end of a 75 baud modem running over an open wire pole line.

I guess it's now the correct evening to post. For various technical reasons I had a guest spending some time last weekend in the passenger seat of the road motor. Was happy enough waving at everyone but didn't really say anything.

Visited a most magnificent wayfinding sign in Hesket today.

My employer has upgraded my laptop, and it seems we now don't provide a right ctrl key, instead it's now a copilot key. Urgh. Now I need to work out how to fix this rubbish (as it seems I use the right ctrl button all the time).

Bit of a latergram here, another Melbourne signalbox bit the dust last weekend.

We visited a Vietnamese joint this evening in Croydon, and they have the gimmicky delivery robots! This one is extra special as when it goes back to the kitchen it always stops at the counter, politely asks it to move before realising it can move through the gap anyway.

Just watching some admittedly niche YouTube content, and I've discovered the US has some (but probably very few) level crossings with bells, but no flashing lights. Just a yield sign. To me, a bizarre arrangement.

A G0.5

I've recently been getting into bonding as a hobby.

Acquired a MTP promo showbag. I guess they have 10 million of them for various open days and events.

Did something old fashioned today - commuted into the city. However it was to Parliament instead of Southern Crustacean, so as a Burnley group enjoyer I have to stand on the way home 😭

This is a random latepost. The other day we went to see a giraffe. That is all.

I woke up and decided to cause violence (and a bit of engagement to my followers). I made this meme alignment chart two years ago and spread it on my Twitter, and now I blight you all with it. Gimme your best hot takes. #trains #railfanning #electricrailways

Was just watching another random YouTube video, this one had some vision of a travelling post office. Anyway now I know where they put all the hate mail.

Here is a backlit bus video from this arvo. Not the usual subject of the lens, but it was going past. At least the headways on this route had a little improvement recently.

Was just watching a random Swiss YouTube vid and I've discovered the existence of these utterly quaint little Swiss shunting tractors. I approve of these particular critters.

Please don't plug keyboards or other devices into random USB ports, ok?

This is a bit of a long shot - but does anyone know what sort of key or tool would open this? I had assumed it was a standard electrical thing but searches have been fruitless.

- Pan toilets, the ones which are emptied by the nightman. - Walking 1.2 km to school by myself, in grade 1. - Suburban trains with non power doors. - Daryl Somers.

Look we all enjoy a good corporate euphemism and this one is a doozy. You might think of it as an "extensive equipment fault" where as I prefer "loss of wheel rail proximity event"

Bad news everyone, not only has the algorithm decided I am now old to have a heart attack (not impossible, I am ancient) but apparently when you are having a heart attack it's important to think about which private hospital to use, so you can maximise those out of pocket costs.

I always find websites with this sort of thing quite silly. Especially when you can just put a silly answer in.

Veins carry electricity. Checks out.

Reinventing the tie discharge apparatus V/Line had in the 80's / 90's (and no doubt was a design taken from elsewhere). m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

I've just watched what may well be the most surreal stop motion railway film that has ever been made, never seen it before. They were certainly cooking in 1959 Czechoslovakia. youtu.be/6DWDj0XJU58?...

IEC 61375-3-1 Multifunction Vehicle Bus.

Happy to concede I'm an idiot for posting this considering my lack of globetrotting.

Sometimes I come across a failed venture from the 'olden days' that I had never previously heard of.

nevertheless.. PHOENIX RISES

Ok this is pretty nerdy. One of the UK heritage railways has some telemetry and has chucked it on a YouTube feed. www.youtube.com/live/7HF8VTw...

This week I have had to work from the office for 5 days in a row. Commuting sucks, but as a consolation prize I can get lunch every day. This week the sequence was Korean - Chinese - Japanese - Indonesian - Thai. This has been a dull™ tweet™.

Via @tayser82 on twitter: "... understands that the Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA) has selected TransitLinX, comprising John Holland, WSP, Alstom, RATP Dev and KBR, as the preferred contractor for Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) – Works Package G." infrastructure.org.au/tools-resour...

I have only realised that Yarra Valley Water is building a giant fart machine (ok, waste food to biogas digester) in Lilydale. www.yvw.com.au/faults-works...

I am speechless... >> First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar m.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...

Gunzel bird is unimpressed by the lack of interesting things happening.

High cube container eh? Unlikely tbh. Standard container is where I'm at for dream home ceiling height.

This is somewhat true, but what actually happened is the right handed baby crossed over and pushed me, the left handed baby, into this terrible dimension.

Another sneaky latergram, this time it's a WSa lever mounted on a concrete bearer turnout. Someone designed a fresh rodding layout for this instead of a site bodged hack.

It's a latergram but on Monday I had to pay my last respects. My visits are sufficiently far apart that it won't be here next time...