Victoria's Trains, Trams and Tracks.

Along the Glen Waveley line, BY STEAM!!

Passing siginal DG369. The Monash CARPARK (freeway) is on the other side of the wall.

Puffing along

Rounding a bend.

Passing DG545
X'trapolis in Glen Waverley Sidings

X'Traps 851M and 934M sit in Glen Waverley Sidings a they await thier next turn of duty.

892M and 912M await thier Next turn of duty in Glen Waveley sidings. As seen from the Steam Shuttle.

Coupled together.

912M and 892M await thier next turn of duty.
Comengs at Glen Waveley

Comeng 645M-1173T-646M Arrive at Glen Waveley. The Driver has switched his maker lights to red because the train Terminates at this station.

645M-1173T-646M Slow down. You can see the Buffers at the end of the platfrom.

646M

646M sits in platfrom 2 as the driver changes ends.

645M

All Clear to Depart.

646M-1173T-645M Depart Glen Waverley with a Flinders Street service.
Other Photos

The PID on Platfrom 1 at Glen Waverley. It Reads STEAMRAIL SPECIAL TRAIN. It isn't faulty its just the way the photo came out.

The PID on Platfrom 2 at Glen Waverley. FLINDERS ST. RUNS DIRICT TO FLINDERS ST. Again it is not faulty its just the way it came out.

The metlink sign at Glen Waverley.

The metlink sign at Darling.

All suburban trains in Melbourne run 6 car trains(M-T-M-M-T-M) on weekdays till 7-8PM when they split the train to make(M-T-M). On Weekends they run 3 car(M-T-M) unless there is a sepical event (like the football) on in Melbourne. Then they will run 6 car trains.
The Comeng-Seimens-X'Trap can all do this.
The Hitachis Run as perment 6 car sets but still run as (M-T-M-M-T-M). You can think of the hitachis as the D-Stock of Mlebourne.

Along the Pakenham/Cranbourne Lines

Oakeigh Station. Looking at a rarely used platfrom 3.

437M arrives with a Cranbourne service.

437M is ready to depart.

Oakeigh's Platfrom 3 seen from Platform 2.

Standing behind the yellow line. All stations ih Melbourne are getting this feature.

Looking towards the city. The white line on the platfrom is the 3 car stopping mark.

Clayton's Platfrom signs.

A sticker inside the Comeng.

The builders plate above the communcation door(Intercar door)

A comeng motor car. I'm sharing the train with 3 other people.

Hitachi Trailer car 1922T on a City Loop Train.

At Sandown Park( as the PID suggests.(The Box above the middle set of doors) Now sharing the carrage with 2 passingers.)

The metlink sitcker on a Seimens train.

The Comeng at Narre Warren.

The Pakenham Leaves the Flinders Street arrives.

521M-1111T-522M-403M-1018T-404M arrive into Narre Warren.

403M and 522M are paired together on a Flinders Street train.

Seen from the green seat in the previous picture. 404M trails the Flinders street.


Videos coming soon.

I don't have any more photos of trams yet. I have a trip planned in the September holiadays to go into town and take some pics.
The problem with unloading and loading is that they have 2 doors per side. All other trains have 3 doors. Instead they have a wider door.(not that it helps people just crowd around the door)

The camera has had a workout this week.
Pakenham Line Action

497M leads the 3:25PM UP Pakenham train.

Close up. The driver is getting up to do somthing.

497M


Close up.

337M trails the 3:24PM Down Pakenham.

337M

And heres More Action from the Pakenham Line.

The 3:24PM Down Pakenham pulling in.

The 3:25PM Up Pakenham leaving.

372M on the 3:25PM Up Pakenham.

372M leaving. Permissive siginal D1284 is in View.

446M on the rear of the 3:24 Down Pakenham

In Platfrom 2.

Leaving.

716M Leads the 3:25 Up Flinders street. Note the Connex Desto. Most likely the driver hasn't put in the TD number.

716M passing D1284.

358M

Locomotive N465 leads 4 H type carriges on the Down Traralgon.

I do hope you have been watching this space because.......
CITY! Trams, Trains and Random pics!

Permissive siginal D1291.

It's 8:45AM. The Down Pakenham arrives.

SW6.888 on its regular duty on the Free City Circle(or route 35).

OOPS! My finger sliped! ;D All underground stations have this sign.

Back on the street, W7.1020 is running an anti clockwise City Circle.

W7.1020 Heads off while SW6.957 is in the distance. Both on City Circle duties.

And while waiting Citadis C.3016 Crosses on a route 109 to Port Melbourne.

A2.270 Departs one of few Superstops.

A2.270 passes Citadis C.3011.

I was suprised to see this thing at all. Z1.95 still in MET livery. At the Corner of Flinders Street and Swanston Street.

B2.2068 on the route 75.

SW6.957 departs.

B2.2130 arrives at the Flinders Street superstop. It shouldn't take you long to know what that building is.

Z1.86 heading north towards the University.

The main entrance to Flinders Street station.

B2.2032 on a 64 to Melbourne University.

Z3.135 on a Melbourne University run.

D2.5018(5 section combino) on a 16 to the University.

D2.5018.

Z3.169.

Z1.100 is the last number of the Z1 fleet. It is operating a 72 to Camberwell. A 3 Section Combino is on a 3 to Malvern.

B2.2085 on a 3 to Melb University.

If you recall Z1.95 earlier well here it is again, this time heading to Glen Iris.

D1.3536(3 section combino) on a 72 to Camberwell.

Z1.88 on a 5 service.

Z3.202 on a 1 service to South Melbourne Beach.

Z3.135 on a 67 to Carnegie.

D1.3533 on a 16 to Melb University.

D1.3533.

B2.2130 on a 1 to East Coburg.

Speaks for its self. I hope.

378M on a Down Sandringham at Platform 8 at Flinders Street. Most Sandringham trains don't run through the loop on weekdays.

The Nylex clock. Night time is the best time to see the clock.

Siginals D91(Dandenong line), F91(Frankston line), B91(Sandringham line)

"Permissive" SignalsD91/F91/B91. (Reply # 43)

The signals appear to be normal Automatic Signals showing Green Over Red ('Clear Normal Speed').

AT Westall for 1 hour

Part 2

Seimens Invade the Caulfield Group

3:24, 3:25 Up and Down Pakenham's.

The 3:25 Flinders Street. Lead by Siemens 724M-T-723M

The 3:24 Pakenham approches while the 3:25 Flinders Street passes.

The Siemens Class leader 701M pulls in with the 3:24 Pakenham.

725M takes the rear.

The Cattle pile off.

Thursday afternoon and the cloud has gone away. 837M pull in with the 3:24 Pakenham.

The shaddow of the Overhead slightly covers the front.

The 3:25 Flinders Street.

34 Years of service and still going, Hitachi 197M lead the 3:24 Pakenham. It's a nice change from Comeng's and Siemens. No brake smell that they are known for.

The sunlight reflects of 42M.

More Film Fun

Siginal Head, The overhead on a nice day.

421M arrives on a Pakenham Service.

The 15:25 Flinders Street with Melbourne's Train Network on the desto.

328M rears the Pakenham train. 725M On the Flinders Street Service.

725M departs.

Up Close.

The 15:25 Flinders Street. Apprantly heading to Pakenham. Most likely the driver hasn't put a TD number in. The PRIDE announcements didn't trigger when this train arrived.

397M heading to Pakenham.

Sunday Sparks at Newport

530M slows down to stop at Newport on a UP Weribee.

Siginal G415 Shows it's usual aspect.
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On the other side of the tracks Steam Loco R761 sits and waits for its next turn of duty.

344M Leads a not in service train to Weribee

311M passes G415.

G415 at red.

G415 with Yellow over red.

Standard Guage siginal 170 Shows red as another siginal shows red and the siginal proceeding G415. It gives a great difference between LED siginals and incandesent siginals.

438M on the rear of a Down Weribee.

N453 with VN12 slow down to stop at Newport with a Up Warnabool service.

N453 passes as R761 watches on.

1218-1118-1208-1108 Depart Newport on a South Geelong service.

1108-1208 on the rear.

464M passes G415 as it arrives at Newport.

343M leads another Not in service train to Weribee.

405M Rears up the train as it slows down to stop at the next signal proceeding G415.

A "N" board. I think it means Normal speed. I'm not sure as Normal speed boards are "NS"

Westall The New Year.


The Shunt leaves Westall yard. Using the Track outside the depot(Used more for APEX trains.I think).

About to cross the cross over to the up. More recently the Wheels are making a lot more squeeling as they cross the points.

710M crosses over the points. Many Siemens trains are currnelty out of service due to breake problems.

The Day later this pulled in. The interor of an Alstom Refurbished Comeng.

EDI Refurb Comeng on the left. Alstom Refurb Comeng on the Right.

579M rears the Mixed set.

783M-T-M-M-T-M Departs Westall on a Cranbourne service.

Vlocity 1133-1233-1123-1223.

Vlocity 1206-1106 on a Southern Cross serivce. Hard to see that the PED crossing the train is passing over was once a Level Crossing for Westall Road(the road was duplacted and now goes over the tracks)

653M its 3 car set and another Alstom set. The Destos on these trains are very diffcult to read.

334M departs the depot. The Marker lights are red. This is a regular occurance with trains. Most of the time it's drivers foggeting to switch off the headlights as they switch the markers red.

1123-1113 on a Southern Cross service.

The train I just left on the left(I walked from the front set of doors mind you). The driver got out and walked down the other end(after he opened up the wheelchair box(In Siemens trains its the 2 blue boxes on the front end of M cars. The cab is too small to fit them in) and checked the door and walked back. There was a bit of radio chat when we left Springvale.