At around 2am on Wednesday 11th of November 2015, an unknown person/s entered the drivers cab of an X'trapolis EMU stabled at the quiet suburban terminus of Hurstbridge. They managed to drive the ... (more)

Running nearly an hour late, and in temperatures of about 5 degrees celsius, R711 and R761 power through the Melbourne CBD with the return working of Steamrail's 'Snow Train' from Traralgon. Given... (more)

This is what happens when a 21st century suburban network is short on trains! A beautiful set of red English Electric EMUs (including some cars from as early as 1949) skirt the edge of Wellington ... (more)

A row of ex-South African steam locomotives rest in Auckland: Class 25NC No's 3508 and 3432, and GMAM Garratt No. 4083. These locos were privately purchased and shipped to New Zealand in 1996, to ... (more)

A Comeng set carrying the logos of new operator Metro is nearing its final destination of Hurstbridge. The outer part of the Hurstbridge line is single track, and travels through semi-rural scener... (more)

The Autumn sun is low in the sky as one of the seven remaining Hitachi sets arrives at West Footscray with an evening service to the city.

DXC5454 in fresh Kiwi Rail livery leads DCP4801 on the west-bound TranzAlpine, climbing the Bealey Valley towards Arthur's Pass.

A short passenger train crosses one of the UNESCO listed viaducts over the Landwasser River, near Davos Wiesen station. The more famous curved 'Landwasser Viaduct' is further down stream. I was in... (more)

Framed by the mouth of a cave, a 'V set' Interurban EMU crosses the spectacular Hawkesbury River Bridge. Getting to this location required a lot of climbing, and was worth every bit of it.

An assortment of 3'6" gauge locos are seen receiving work in the Don River Railway workshops on the outskirts of Devonport, Tasmania. From left to right; 'M4,' an ex- Tasmanian Government Railways... (more)

295M (recently re-numbered from 7M) leads the rest of its set along the single line near Eltham, with a warm summer afternoon service from Hurstbridge to Flinders Street. This particular set was a... (more)

As 1889-built steam loco Y112 prepares to move into the platform at Ballarat for a day of shuttles between here and Sulky, VLocity unit VL36 passes between the special and the former signal box.

K190 and J515 cross the wooden trestle near Sawmill Road between Castlemaine and Muckleford, with the first steam-hauled through train from Melbourne to Maldon since 1976. This was part of the Mal... (more)

An 8-car 'DD-AR' EMU arrives at Leiden Centraal station. Each four car set consists of a driving trailer, two trailer cars and a motor car. The motor cars are of a very unusual design having only ... (more)

A pair of L class English Electric locomotives rest side by side at Newport Workshops. L1162 (on the left) was restored to operating condition by Elecrail volunteers in 2004, including a stunning ... (more)