The other week a simple question about the new X’Trapolis 2.0 trains reminded me of a rabbit hole I’d been meaning to write about – why are some pieces of Victorian railway rollingstock numbered starting from zero, while others start their numbers from one? Starting with locomotives For the Victorian Railways and it’s successor V/Line, […]
The Level Crossing Removal Authority loves to boast every time that they finish a project ahead of “schedule”, but there is a simple road bridge they are building that has been underway for 18 months, and still isn’t finished – the one taking Calder Park Drive over the Sunbury line in Sydenham. A short timeline […]
I’ve written before that three is my favourite number of examples to trigger a blog post, so after my photography expedition last week saw three different people coming up to ask me what the hell I was up to, I figured it was also worth a post. In the backblocks of Deer Park First one […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is February 2015. A ride on the Melbourne Star We start the month in the backblocks of Docklands to take a ride on the former Melbourne Star Observation Wheel. You board the cabin at the station down below. Then up, up […]
In last week’s post about Ballarat’s level crossing removal that left the level crossing behind, I mentioned in passing the level crossing at Avenue Road in Burrumbeet that was reopened – well this week we look at why. The story begins During the Great War of 1914–1918 (which wasn’t called World War I until 1939 […]
