Landslide between Mt Victoria and Blackheath. Line closed.

Seems a long shutdown between Traralgon and Bairnsdale reopening mid July, what work is there to do?

Hi All new member would someone know what is the scanner frequencies are for Albury/junee  Analogue or Digital. thanks all have a great day.

[quote=james.au]This is why a decent opposition is needed. Right now Labor can do whatever and it wont be challenged. No-one is there on the other side to shine a light on the reality and possibly e ...

given the area, I'm surprised no one has thrown a match into it.

Making way for platform extensions to allow for 9 can vlos is the reported reason. Leaver frame is supposed to be saved and going s ...

The intermodal terminal is in the wrong location with the industry mostly east of the town ?

[quote=lkernan][quote]Why on earth did 'they' go for 94 pound rail only. I thought that this weight was obsolete.[/quote]Because in a couple of years they'll finally get around to the Maryborough-Geel ...

Unlikely they will, but the Major waste facility for western Melbourne is right next the the Geelong line south of Werribee. A short siding for such loading wouldn't be hard to install. BG track is ev ...

[quote=james.au][quote]Hmmmm, the Oaklands line... 30 km/h Benalla to Yarrawonga, 20 km/h Yarrawonga to South of Oaklands, and 10 km/h for the last bit.

Barely functional. Although it does get a b ...

[quote=Carnot]Hmmmm, the Oaklands line... 30 km/h Benalla to Yarrawonga, 20 km/h Yarrawonga to South of Oaklands, and 10 km/h for the last bit.

Barely functional. Although it does get a bit of tra ...

Good to see they survived the gas-axe.

[quote=kuldalai]It is highly likely that VLP being forever so conservative put in a bigger order that also covers the re-railing from Mangalore throughout to Mooroopna, as all that rail is very aged c ...

[quote=freightgate]Trucks cause a lot of the issues at level crossings. They are impatient are entitled and don’t believe they have to wait. Seen it so many times the close calls.

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The yards would be big enough to break the trains up for shuttles into the port of melbourne?

[quote=kitchgp]How can it cost $2.2 million for what appears to largely be a desktop exercise? NSW only spent $1 million on the Canberra - Eden Railway and $500,00 on the Narrandera - Tocumwal Reopeni ...

I want to know what happened to the announced by PN intermodal terminal at Little River? especially if the PN boss is supporting the truganina one? quietly died perhaps?

OMG, they are actually doing maintenance on the Oaklands line at Tungamah at the moment!

[quote=alfclp]With Australia having only a few weeks supply of fuel on shore at any given time we are vulnerable to shipping interruptions.

Therefore should we as a nation consider a strategic fle ...

[quote=Tii]With the federal budget 2022 imminent and an election soon, what might we see for infrastructure in these odd times. I'm not expecting much other than vague promises for the election, that ...

If you wanted to, you could build a separate viaduct to carry the second track and leave the existing viaduct as it is.

[quote=Lockspike][quote]I'm not convinced that would require quadding to Bacchus Marsh, since it's unlikely every Metro train would go there.[/quote]I don't think V/Line would relish the idea of quadd ...

Rumours line to close after this season.

That rumour has been around for years.

[quote=BigShunter][quote]It's worth noting that VLine have now completely removed the points and associated signage & signalling at Inglewood for the Inglewood to Eaglehawk line.[/quote]As in just rec ...

Another update on this one. It's not completely dead yet. While the proponents have packed up and closed their offices in Bairnsdale, there was an article on WIN TV news essentially that they are goin ...

[quote=freightgate]The long distance vlocity purchase is the biggest missed opportunity in the Victorian era. Many other trains better designed for longer distance and available off the shelf but Vict ...