#railways — Public Fediverse posts
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LSWR No 336 at Earlsfield Station, c.1910 - Locomotive Publishing Co RP Postcard
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A close consultation of @railmaps @railmaps.com.au online timetables indicates that you can still travel to Sydney from Spencer street via Tocumwal. Just take the Bendigo line to Echuca, stay the night, next morning – provided it's a Tues, Thurs, or Sat – take the NSW Trainlink bus up the Murray to Albury VIA Tocumwal, then jump on the XPT to Sydney!
Now, that would be a fun adventure! Meanwhile, enjoy this hand-operated crane looming through the morning fog in the yard at Narrandera
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Now on the standard gauge, the rail motor would have taken about 4 hours, through a green and gold and grey dreamscape river gums, billabongs, canals, vast croplands, stopping at little townlets – Finlay, Jerilderie, Berrrigan, Widgewa, and more. You would have to put up for the night at the enormous Star hotel opposite the busy junction station of Narrandera.
Oh, those old country pubs! What is to become of them? They were good businesses for maybe a hundred years, but times and lifestyles have changed. Some have reinvented themselves as itinerant or immigrant workers' accommodation. The Star still offers pub rooms – but you get what you pay for. Naked lightbulb dangling over single iron bedstead, 1940s tallboy with bevelled mirror, shared bathroom along the verandah, down the corridor, and up three steps.
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Family's warning after 'remarkable' 17-year-old stepped in front of train
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If you did travel by train from Melbourne to Sydney via Tocumwal before 1982, I assume the train from Spencer street might have taken about 4 hours to reach the end of the broad gauge at Tocumwal.
You might arrive in time for lunch at the Refreshment Rooms on the platform, or opposite at the incomparable Terminus Hotel...
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Sandon Station, Sandon, Staffordshire, 1916 - WH Smith RP Postcard
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We followed the abandoned standard gauge line from Narrandera to Tocumwal. In case you get stuck on the vast timber trestle viaduct across the Murrumbidgee flood plain, with a train approaching, there is a thoughtfully placed timber safety refuge!
Until 1982 you could, in principle, catch a broad gauge express from Melbourne Spencer street to Tocumwal, change to a rail motor on the standard gauge side of the platform, and change again at Narrandera to the old Riverina Express to Sydney..
A journey of wonder and beauty. I wonder if anyone ever actually did that.
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... And, what may be even more important in a certain way, we did it all by 🚂 ! A couple of friends were visited along, so nice time, nice views, great experiences.
#trains #railways #railroad #europe #viaduct #crossborderrail #pkp #intercity #db #sncf #tgv #ave #renfe #ice #germany #france #spain #train #railway #rails #railroads #interrail
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View from the rear balcony of our train as we cross the mighty Murray river – the racing waters almost doing a brimmer – at Tocumwal, Bangerang lands, on the 1895 centre-lift bridge. The bridge carried both trains and road traffic until 1987, so it is no. 4 in our count of dual road-rail bridges!
I wonder when the centre span was last lifted. That would have been a sight to behold!
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Services using facial recognition technology are expanding in Japan, allowing, for example, touchless or ticketless entry through train station gates and payments at shops without the need to take out a wallet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/20/japan/facial-recognition-wider-use/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #panasonic #railways #facialrecognition #tech
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Southern Railway U Class 2-6-0 No 31806 - Steam Classic Postcard
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Railways - NZR New Zealand Railways. Bullion ( Money ) transfer around the Country New Zealand., c1930s
Railways - NZR New Zealand Railways. Bullion ( Money ) transfer new Money around the Country. Having used British currency New Zealand Decided in 1933 to use its Own Distinctive Currency. Being Off-loaded on to a New Zealand Railways Truck. New Zealand.
Canterbury Photography Museum via DigitalNZhttp://api.digitalnz.org/records/60690220/source
#Railways #Bullion #Money #RailwayMen #Police #NzrTruck #Museum
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‘Mapping Britain’s #Railways: 7 iconic #Rail diagrams explored in new book.’
https://www.designweek.co.uk/mapping-britains-railways-7-iconic-rail-diagrams-explored-in-new-book/
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In what seems like an aeon ago, we used to watch a show called Global Village on SBS. Hosted by the delightful Silvio Rivier, it plucked short factual shows from around the world, giving us a peek into others' lives from around the planet.
Lately we've found that DW (Deutsche Welle) has essentially drop-in replacements for this on its Youtube channel, DW Documentary. Amongst the dire docos on wars, fascism, poverty, crime, there are also quaint little postcards from the railways.
Like this one, By train to Mount Etna.
They have a whole playlist of them.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLovlAKbQVz6DoWH3TuN06TWGA5VTbZ6nR
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Chemin de Fer Touristique Blonay-Chamby Locomotive No 6 - Perrochet CPM
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🇨🇵 Derniers rayons de soleil et dernier train de la journée! Passez une bonne soirée. 👋
🇬🇧 Last rays of sun and last train for today! Have a nice evening. 👋
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“Drone in a Box” deployment at Waterloo station from SkyBound and Network Rail to speed up track investigations.
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/waterloo-deploys-drones-to-cut-rail-delays-and-trespass
#tech #robots #robotics #drones #networkrail #skybound #railways
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About an hour before the accident this statement was released...
#UKTransport #LewesTrainDerailment #WickfordTrainDerailment #ClimateCrisis #Railways
