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From the ABC: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-31/train-and-truck-crash-near-nsw-sa-border/103275502

Over the last 8 years the Victorian government have been removing level crossings as part of an election promise made back by the Andrews Labor government. Initially 50 level crossings were promised to be removed the number has increased to 110. Narre Warren and level crossing at Webb Street...

With the lockdown over again I had the chance to head out and get a few pics. Beginning with 23/10 https://imgur.com/ax5DKeb HCMT unit 11 departs Murrumbeena with a train for Caulfield. Due the seemingly endless work on the Pakenham/Cranbourne line trains were terminating at Caulfield...

From The ABC: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-20/train-derails-in-the-illawarra-after-hitting-car-abandoned-on-tr/100552436 The set involved was T42.

On the 27th of December after months and months and months of testing the first High Capacity Metro Train(HCMT entered passenger service on the Pakenham Line. Running as an extra the train run by unit 11 performed a single return trip from the depot at Pakenham East to Flinders Street Via the...

G'day all. With lockdown being lifted somewhat I finally had the chance to head out and get a few photos. We still have a 25km distance restriction in place which means I had to stick to my own train line. We begin with a sign of the times. Just about every train has one of these plastered on...

From The Age https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/deadly-train-crash-averted-thanks-to-footy-shutdown-and-luck-factor-20200616-p5530l.html?fbclid=IwAR1-aoMzYxgWY6K8vEH7ItnNke-DO6vbsi5QSVKbos0z3bnxWj_S18VLGy8 The gates it plowed through were the heritage listed swing gates at Lydiard...

Today as part of the testing of the very very late HCMT. Unit 4 was transferred back to Newport Workshops to continue the testing program on the Werribee Line. The day before Unit 2 was brought back to Pakenham East to complete it's testing. It's the first time one has been moved around in the...

From The ABC https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-08/passengers-pack-adelaide-trains-after-mechanical-fault-found/12228342 The fault is with the replacement engines on 3000/3100 class railcars. An issue with the turbo in them. In the time since they've gained back 8.

It's currently being reported ST23 the Melbourne bound XPT has derailed at Wallan with carriages on thier side. At least two air ambulances and a triage centre has been set up at a petrol station nearby. https://twitter.com/vline_seymour/status/1230418054296854528...

G'day all. It's been for the most part a mild lead up to Christmas so what better time than to go out with the camera. We begin down at North Williamstown as EDI refurb Comeng 535M-1118T-536M runs the weekend Williamstown shuttle. Back in the City a 6 car Siemens train runs over the "new"...

From The Age: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/tram-derails-after-colliding-with-car-ploughs-through-fence-in-kew-20191006-p52y1q.html Fair to say 3011 has had a hard life. 2013 it derailed on the light rail, 2016 it was hit by a car and ended up in the front bedroom of a house...

From The Age https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/metro-tunnel-s-big-tunnels-meet-up-11-storeys-beneath-the-city-20190718-p528ek.html And this small section is not even the actual rail tunnel. Elsewhere the TBMs are being assembled at the North Melbourne station site and the two...

From ABC Melbourne https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-15/train-smashes-into-cars-on-melbourne-train-tracks/11309040 I can only imagine they've had a complete brain fade after the first collision. Absolutely baffling they left their cars on the track to exchange details. Trains go through...

From the Sydney Morning Herald: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/end-of-the-line-for-sydney-s-sweat-set-trains-20190627-p521w0.html

From The Age https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/massive-queues-at-caulfield-on-day-1-of-april-train-pain-20190408-p51bxd.html The crowding was that bad they had to hold trains outside Caulfield to allow platform to clear. Some ended up with 3 hour long commutes. Normally the longest is...

A lot has changed somewhat in 10 years in Melbourne. D2.5002 travels through the Bourke Street Mall with a route 96 to St Kilda beach. Nowdays the D2s run along the 6 or 19. In the railmotor yard 7015 shows of the then newish V/Line livery. A couple of roads over 7009 is in the Red/Blue V/line...

From The Age https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/train-splits-in-two-after-driver-told-to-ignore-decoupling-warning-20181113-p50fqc.html What's quite strange about this is it was a clean uncouple. The couplers didn't break. The rear set after uncoupling shut down completely which meant...

For the first time in a while I was out and about with my camera. Derby day is the start of the Melbourne Cup Carnival with extra trains running to Flemington Racecourse. We begin however at Newport with 788M-2544T-787M with a Newport-Williamstown shuttle at North Williamstown. Williamstown...

11 Years ago Melbourne's trains and trams were very different. Here is a small look back. Most photos are a Westall. Siemens train 710M-2505T-709M-M-T-M departs Westall Maintenance Depot with the what was regular 1455 shunt to the City. Westall has changed quite a bit. There's now a track to...