I always thought it was Windsor for the past hundred or so years.

Hurstbridge line = eastern suburbs, expect it to remain unchanged for another fifty years like the Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein lines.

As for building 20km of new tracks, squeezing/smashing stations along the way - its a big ask

20 years too late for that, the government had its chance in the late 90s(?) and blew it when the decrepit unmaintained overhead got pulled down by a Comeng (which was apparently doing brake tests at  ...

Things do seem wonderfully simple and straightforward when you're dealing with Hornby HO, don't they?

Real life, alas, is somewhat more complicated.

Printing more money and using monetary policy is not going to get anyone out of recession and it certainly did not end the depression is the 1930s.

Powerline wheelsets will fit in Lima Commonwealth bogies without modification. Most other wheelsets like Athearn have longer axles which are not even close to fitting in the tight Lima bogies. Note th ...

[quote=YM-Mundrabilla]OK so you misjudged the platform!

I have seen an entire 7 car Tait miss the platform without report or repercussion. There are some things that one sees and some things that on ...

Any chance we can tart up a Hitachi and run it through there on opening day when everyone expects to see a shiny new train?

Yep, takes a while these days. Apparently the Sunshine West mail sorting facility ended up with the coronavirus in July or early August so a lot of stuff ended up being diverted to Strathfield NSW. I  ...

[quote=georges]"Age shouldn't mean much if they are properly maintained and aren't already beyond repair, and you aren't doing stupid crap like running them in notch 8 at 1 km/h up a hill for half an ...

I wouldnt care if it was 1 per week.  Less times i have to throw the junk mail out...

[quote=Nightfire][quote]El Zorro may have given the railfans the visual delight of VR liveried motive power that it was hiring to operate the trains but it came at a cost to those providers of said mo ...

Won't they be by Changchun though like the HCMTs?

[quote=Lockie91]The area is well served by trams, the No.57 tram should be extended to run the entire length of Milleara Road. (5.8km) This fills your Keilor East black hole. The route should then fol ...

Never had any issues with my trusty old Limas on Märklin C-Track (not sure whether it's code 83 or code 90 - the rails are 2.1mm). V/Line orange and grey B80 (since sold), Santa Fe FP45, and countles ...

Even on wongm's Tram Detective site it states that 5017 hasn't been seen since 5/6/18 (probably the same day it collected the truck). This is actually the same page where I first noticed that 3011 had ...

Don't worry, the walls will be painted rainbow by the locals in a few weeks just like Mitcham and Nunawading, and eventually some brown marks and moss growing when the shotcrete starts cracking in a y ...

With Alstom taking over Bombardier, I hope it doesn't mean the abrupt end of E class trams, we're still 200 short.

Not to mention Vlocitys, I can't see V/Line passengers being too impressed with di ...

We struggle to get trains going above 80 a straight line in the suburban network, I really can't imagine 120 km/h. Case in point, East Richmond to Burnley despite most Lilydale/Belgrave trains being e ...

They are the worst possible tree to be planted anywhere near civilisation. Gum trees near footpaths means gumnuts and leaves everywhere and slipping on your asre in the rain due to the eucalyptus oil  ...

Bulldoze Willison and move Riversdale south of the current tram square. East Camberwell is a complete was of space, it doesn't need to connect with the Alamein line, or even Lilydale and Belgrave for  ...

Several years on and the oval covering the tram's former mammary glands still exists, even after coming out fresh from the life extension project. What I find weird though is the fact that A class tra ...

[quote=EmrldPhoenix][color=#222222][size=3]Alamein is my champion of having one of the most important LXs to remove yet being so undeserving of it. Riversdale Rd (Camberwell) needs to be removed as tr ...

Wish they could do the same with Camberwell and Kew depots, I'd do anything for a few B classes back on the 109.