Victoria's Trains, Trams and Tracks.

Narre Warren......In the wet

N462 and a FN set approch Narre at full speed on a Gippsland pass.

Headlights light up the track.

N462 sports off its new LED Marker lights.

Anyone remember these?

832M-2566T-833M-735M-2518T-736M whine out of the station on a City Loop Service

736M.

Following behind 1236-1136-1203-1103 on a Up Gippsland train.

769M-2535T-770M-844M-2572T-845M on a Down Pakenham service.

Hi Folks,

Here's some more images of the Melbourne rail network (and a few other bits of Australia too). I was over there in January/February and managed to spend quite a bit of time getting pictures:

paulbigland.fotopic.net/c1170983.html

The Sounds of Melbourne's Trains and Trams
www.soundupload.com/audio/19vh2mpe9fu4l6h
On board a Comeng heading to Sydenham, traveling between Parliament and Flinders Street Stations. The Loud Clunk noise is the throttle being going back to 0.
www.soundupload.com/audio/onfvkuq1amgv0s8
On board the City Circle tram on Latrobe Street Between Spencer Street and Melbourne Central.
www.soundupload.com/audio/3tlbqolt48jn75m
On board A B2 class on the no 86 tram on Bourke Street between Southern Cross and Bourke Street mall.
www.soundupload.com/audio/ggcxx7ve10t2ee8
A Siemens unit arrives at Narre Warren on a Pakenham service.
www.soundupload.com/audio/caf3u6p4cmqk2o6
On board a Z3 class tram between Bourke Street and the City terminus.
www.soundupload.com/audio/rvegl737c88xnq1
On board a Comeng on a Upfield service between Flinders Street and Southern Cross.
www.soundupload.com/audio/n7udceuplb65rln
On board the rear car of A Belgrave bound X'trapolis traveling between Flinders Street and Richmond.
www.soundupload.com/audio/plufslyngtlovu5
On board Flinders Street bound X'trap between Richmond and Flinders Street.
www.soundupload.com/audio/plufslyngtlovu5
Incidentally on the Same X'trap above(I left and went to the gents and came back down) but this time Between Flinders Street and Flagstaff Stations.
www.soundupload.com/audio/wqivo18nhvnapq7
A comeng arrives and departs Flagstaff Station with A X'trap arriving above.
www.soundupload.com/audio/nx26w3r2edqm96j
The Clifton Hill group arrives and departs(The hiss of air you can hear as the train enters the tunnel is the intermediate tripstop raising)
www.soundupload.com/audio/hy36eay42q1mf7j
The 1405 Frankston Siemens Train arrives and Departs Flagstaff.
www.soundupload.com/audio/x34wgd5sop1a8kr
The Down Pakenham train arrives and Departs Flagstaff. Along with the Announcement beforehand(Which states a bit of the obivious). The intermediate tripstop can also be heard rising.
www.soundupload.com/audio/u19487bm8k8kxzc
A train arrives but the lift's doors close and heads up to the Ticket hall.

Dandenong
Yes this morning while Manual car hunting I had time to take these.


Finally back to normal. Vlocity 19 runs a Tralagon service for the first time in weeks after a signal fault at Southern Cross.

Being at the right place at the right time. A hillsbus 14.5M bus heads for its home in sydney.


325M leads a down Cranbourne service.

611M on the rear of the train.

414M Departs Dandenong on a Pakenham train.

About to cross over Webster St.

340M on the rear.

Passing the NS boards.

The driver 406M hits the brakes for the Caution board(below the signal).

Slowing down, 406M is about to cross Webster street.

564M on the rear.

City 27-5-08


SW6.957 is one of a few W's that been put into AOA. Seen here in Latrobe Street on a the Freebie tram.

A2.291 runs on route 0000 back to Kew Depot.

W6.992 heads off to "South Melbourne Depot" or Southbank.

SW6.946 on route 30. This tram has been fitted with new desto blinds.

BCH125 sits as the East End car of Refurbished FSH25.

Sprinter 7011 and N472 sit stabled.

Sprinter 7011, Vlocities 11 and 36 stabled in the railcar sidings.

An EDI comeng on a Werribee service heads under the Latrobe Street bridge.

N473 and an FN set departs Southern Cross. N473 is another loco with that stupid stripe. Although they've changed it and made sure the tail disk doesn't blend in.

A different view of N473.

W7.1027 on a 30 to the Docklands.

After having been vandalised earlier in the Month, FSH23 has finally returned to service. In about MK500 of the new V/Line livery. This set features the red bits at the end going all the way to the end and a white stripe at window level.

On the end of FSH23 Ex overland Power car(numbered PCO3) PCJ492. While FSH25 shunts away showing the different versions of the livery.

Hitachi 99M, one of the cars leased from Elecrail heads empty to North Melbourne.

Y161 Shunts FSH25 and an FN set.

N472, N453, VL 11 and VL36 sit stabled.

Another EDI Comeng flys under the Latrobe street bridge.

The Phone Dome.

SW5.728 operates a City Circle Serivce.

An Alstom Comeng heads to North Melbourne.

Vlocity 11 sits on the Wash road. Of note below the signals sits some bulks for the Standard Guage line. Due to some trackwork both Overland and XPT cannot arrive into Melbourne. Instead they put 2 platforms out in the suburbs and bus them here.

N462 and N464 sits with DT 324.

Y161 still shunting.

I happened to be in the right place at the right time. The Bannana Citadis on loan from Mulhouse. C2.5101 on a driver training run.

B2.2109 on a 86 in the Bourke Street Mall.

For the second time today. C2.5101.

A SW6 class on a 30.

N465 in the wash road.

In the Dudley Street Yard. N456, An P class, An N class, A60, 2 N classes, N471, An A class, An N class, P17, An A class, VL38 and another VL.

W7.1020 on the City Circle.

Towards North Melbourne.

SW6.961 on a City Circle run.

W6.971 on a 30. This is another tram that has been fitted with new desto blinds.

SW6.946 again.

Refurbished Sprinter 7003 departs with another Sprinter.

Repainted loco N468 Arrives with an FN set+BZN from Swan Hill.

B2.2108 an an 86.

The Bolte Bridge.

Hiding away in the Steel Terminal. X46.

Comeng 554M dives into the Northern Group Hole.

Signal SST184.

Along the standard guage lines.

A down Hurstbridge passes Platfrom 14 at Flinders Street.

At Clifton Hill.

At Melbourne Town Hall. C.3029 Departs on a 109.

C.3013 is the first of 2 trams that arrived on the 109.

C.3013 Departs.

C2.5101 Departs on another driver run.

On Board 8405 and 8420 The Down and Up Traralgon's

On board after between Tynong and Garfield.

Departing Garfield.

The Purple "Regional" Drouin Station sign.

Outside Drouin. The line shortly goes to one up high one down low.

Between Warragul and Yarragon.

At the small town of Pedestrian Crossing(Well actually Yarragon)

VLocity Unit 15 has just terminated and will form train 8418.

3 car VLocity Unit 40 having just arrived as train 8407 will form 8420 back to Melbourne.

The West End unit(Or Melbourne end) 1240.

City 1-10-08

Mulhouse Citadis C2.5103 "Bumblebee 3" pulls into the Bourke Street Superstop on route 96.

C2.5103 turns into Spring Street.

A60 sits stabled in the Dudley Street yards.

N472 along side with it's silly Hi-vi stripe.

Both of them.

VLocity train VL38 sits in the sidings in it's first day of service as a 3 car train. It's first run later that afternoon. Along side former Overland car PCJ491 or 492 and a refurbished FSH set.

McSprinter 7009 sits along side sister unit 7005

3 car VLocity unit 39 in the railcar depot.

The Medium Speed signal head on a Up signal just below the Latrobe Street Bridge.

With a combined age 190 years. SW6.866 and SW6.925 operate City Circle services while SW6.932 sits in the loop waiting.

61 years old and still peforming route serivce. SW6.932 sits and waits for it's driver.

While not as old as it's SW6 cousins. W6.971 and sits and waits to head back to southbank depot.

SW6.961 still looking smart in the City Circle livery.

W7.1000 fresh in the City Circle livery in the Docklands.

A2.286 on a route 48 service to Waterfront City.

Y156 shunts the last of 5 S type cars with the ACN invloved in the Kerang disaster forming SN7. The S cars were intoduced the for the Spirit of Progress.

N472 sits next to "Bufferstop" N463. N463 was the loco responsible for bringing Comeng unit 394M-T-393M to a stop back in 2003.

Restrarant tram no4 sits outside Southern Cross broken down.

City 8/11/08


VLocity unit 13 and another VLocity depart on a Ballarat train.

The shunter signals the driver of Y156.

N468 leads a refurbished VN set into Southern Cross.

N473 collects the VN set.

N473 over the pointwork

N473 and Southern Cross.

Sprinter 7012 and another sprinter stabled in the railcar stabling.

McSprinter 7002 trails another 3 sprinters as they pull into Southern Cross.

McSprinter 7002.

McLoco N468. This loco has been repainted into the Newer version of the livery.

N468 and Southern Cross.

Y156 with the VN set in the workshops.

In Dudley Street Yard sits A66,60 P18,11,12 a VSH set and another P.

A Comeng on a Up Flemington Racecourse at Southern Cross.

A rare sight. Due to Platfroms 9 and 10 being used by Race trains V/Line service were using PL 5. VL10 and a 3 car VL arrive into Flinders Street.

A1.258 leaves the Tennis Centre on a 70.

A Siemens set arrives at Richmond on a Cranbourne Service.

A Siemens set slows down for a signal. On Weekends Sandringham trains use the underground. Causing them to wait for trains to enter.

A Comeng set departs Richmond on a Flinders Street train.

A Siemens set enters the undergound.

Trackwork equipment the Sandringham line shutdown next week.

A1.244 on a Route 70 at the Tennis Centre.

Along the platform.

I'm not entirely sure.
Looking at them they could be lifted or the thing under it is moved onto the track.

City 16-12-08


N classes N471 and N464 sit stabled in the yard.

An the driver of the N class watches the shunters signals as he guides the N with FN set into the sidings.

Refurbished Sprinter 7018 sits in the railcar sidings.

N457 departs with a refurbished FN set.

The train with Southern Cross in the background.

SW6.896 passes sister tram SW6.957

Y163 shunts an unrefurbished FN set into the platforms.

VLocity unit 32 and another VL arrive while Y163 keeps going.

Sprinter 7018 now with red flags and "Vehicle under repair" signs.

A70 with FSH24 and a PH van arrive to SX.

N457 stabled betweens the platforms.

X'trap 891M ventres into Enemy terrtory as it heads to Newport.

891M.

W7.1022 and W7.1027 pass by.

A 6 car comeng heads for Craigieburn.

The asortment of locos in the Dudley street end of the yard.

N452 out the front of the shed.

VLocity unit 23 departs SX.

A rather run down looking BIH188

VLocity unit 35, N452 and VL07 in or outside the sheds.

N468 with SN7

The whole 6 cars.

N458 shunts a FN set into the wash.

B1.2001 runs a 86 service.

Signals at the North end of Southern Cross.

VLocity 31 departs SX.

W7.1022 heads up the Latrobe Street bridge.

W6.1000 on a city circle run.

A 6 car comeng on a Werribee train.

A70 heads for the sheds.

SW6.932 on a route 30.

N471 shunts a VSH set into the yard.

The Steel terminal as seen from L6 of Habour town Shopping centre.

BL29 and XR551 prepare to take the Long Island steel.

Dynon turntable. Hiding away there is A VR T class and a small group of BG locos.

On board a B2 class tram as it turns into Spencer Street.

An X'trapolis runs out from under the flyover.

The rear with the City in view.

Sprinter 7014 leads another on a Gippsland service.

X'trap 866M leads a City loop service.

About to enter the underground.

Part of the overhead.

A2.274 at the tennis centre.

City 27-1-09


On Board a Glen Waverley Alstom Refurbished Comeng.

Hitachi 57M leads a Down Epping train out of Jolimont.

10M trails on the rear. All Hitachi trains have now been "refurbished" to this standard. In this "refurb" The trains have recived new seat covers and green handles(Simular to the Alstom Comeng above), Driver Air Con(The 2 boxes on the roof behind the panto), Emergency lights above the doors and tinted windows. The little Connex livery is a helper for Preservation groups to bring back the original(Which was nothing)

SW6.961 and W6.992 pass each other on City Circle and Route 30 duties.

N452 and N472 sit next to each other in the yard.

Class leader for the Sprinter, 7001 sit with sit with sister units 7009,7012.

The MotoRail for GSR's Overland sits in the MotoRail Dock.

Y129 shunts out of SX to Collect a VSH set.

N464 is the last N class loco without the White "Safety Stripe" on the front.

323M trails a Flinders Street bound train.

B1.2002 runs a 86 to Waterfront City.

SW6.896 runs a route 30 to Docklands.

N464 shunts to the sheds.

Y126 shunts into PL1 of SX.

2 different types of Power van in Use with V/Line. On the right a PCO. On the Left 1 of 2 PCJ's Of note is the PCJs are the last bit of V/Line rollingstock with the old logo.

A2.295 operates a Route 95 in Spencer Street.

The A2 Awaits its turn while C2.5103 turns into Spencer Street.

In somthing that a rare sight down Spencer Street. Z3.129 is on a driver training run.

The Hanover LED Desto fitted to the Z3.

Due to the shortage of B2 trams that are on use for Tennis Shuttles, A2 class trams have been operating on the 75. Here A1.244 arrives at the Spencer St/Bourke Street stop.

Restaurant trams 4 and 3 head up Spencer St.

Comeng 384M trails a Clifton Hill group service.

603M travels over the Viaduct on a Flinders Street train.

An Alstom Comeng travels over the Viaduct on a Caulfield Group train.

Bumblebee 4 travels on a St Kilda Beach 96 tram.

Victorian Railways in the 80's/90's Part 2



A71 and another A arrive into Spencer Street.

A Vicrail B leads T39x on a 6 car train into Spencer St.

Double A's lead a mix of Z,S and N cars into Spencer St.

Double B's lead 3 vans and a N set into Spencer St.

A71 comes into Spencer St. Of note is the blue pass car for the Vlander. In the background a vast selection of VLine passenger Stock. The Background area is now occupied by the Telstra Dome and the Docklands.

Leader of the Second series X class, X37 comes in with another loco and a N set.

The Australian version of the HST, State Rail's XPT in the candy livery heads up the hill to Tottenham.

AN's BL 35 and another BL lead a freight somewhere.

S307 and what appears to be a pair of 930 class locos head into the Brunbry Street tunnel.

The Automatic staff exchanger in action.

A couple of DRC DMUs head somewhere.

Y135 and another Y pull a pass through Sunshine.

T413 and another T come into Spencer St with a N set. T413 wasn't originally a T class locomotive and started out life on the 3ft 6 as D1 for the Fyansford Cement Works Railway before it was Sold to the VR. It was the only one of it's class to have dynamic brakes.

C502 in Spencer Street. The C's were the last locomtives to recive the VR blue and gold and were the first turbocharged locos. 502 lives on and still runs on the Mainline although only on the SG.

Victorian Railways in the 80's/90's Part 3


Australian National 930 class 932 and another 930 joins a B class on a freight.

An AN 930 leads it's VR friends through Baccus Marsh with the up JET.

C505 leads 3 sister units on the JET.

B61 and 2 S classes somewhere.

G541 and another G class through West Footscray on the Up Broadguage.
Yes that wire is still there.

In a scene that will never happen again. N459 and a AN BL at West Footscray on the Broad guage.

G524 on the Guage at West Footscray.

B80 with CP 291 and 3 K cars come into Spencer Street.

L1157 hangs over a roadway after going too far.

P12 with a SH set through West Footscray. Of note that crossover was for a yard. The crossover exisits still there...........Sort of. The rails are removed but the blades and a small part of the track.

SW5.726 in the city on a Route 31. This tram is still around just stored in Newport Workshops along with a few 100 of her sisters.

A1.257 with a Route 42 to Mont Albert with the original Rollblinds, Trolleypoles and Met Livery.

SW5.780 with a Route 11 tram.

W5.792 in St Kilda road with a route 77.

W7.1011 running bang road somewhere with a Route 11.
Said tram is now at Luna Park as a Party tram.

The backbone of the Adelaide train system for many years. The redhen. Here a rather nice looking Double ended 416 somewhere.

A 7 car XPT sits in Platform 1 of Spencer Street. Of note the front XP is in the X2000 livery.

N463 with a FN and N set. The Loco and FN are in the then V/Line Red with MK1 logo.

CLP13 with the Overland.

Great Northern Rail's J104 comes into Spencer Street. This loco is now FJ104 and runs with FreightLink.

P15 in the V/Line Red leads FSH24 in the Orange and grey comes into Spencer Street.

J104 again.

The XPT leaves Spencer Street.

N451 on the North Melbourne flyover. Seen from the "Gunzel Platform"

Somthing that isn't seen often. An S class being driven from the Holster end. Here a West Coast Railway S class leads its Double ended V/Line Counterpart over the Flyover.

2 V/Line S classes and a T class approch West Footscray. Theres only 455m between the 2 stations.

V/Line C508 and another C pass by West Footscray.

A pair of S classes lead a down pass through Hallam.

A pair of N classes lead a down pass through Hallam.

T392 and 2 T classes sit in Melbourne Yard.

8182 sits in Dynon in the FreightRail livery.

X46 sits with a sister unit in Dynon.

Y127 sits in Dynon.

A B class and a X class on a down pass through Hallam.

A pair of S300 and another S fly through Hallam.

A DRC passes through the up platform of West Footscray.

Yes it's Alstom's Refurbishment of the Comeng trains. EDI did the other half. Needless to say I do prefer the Alstom version.