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  2026.11.15 I've arrived in Spain, and will be travelling on this Iryo high speed train from Madrid to Barcelona this morning, then on to Cerbere on a regional train. From Cerbere, I'll catch the SNCF overnight sleeper train to Paris.

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  Sydney Ferries' Me-Mel at Pirrama Park. Me-Mel is the sole member of the MiniCat Class and operates exclusively on the F10 route between Barangaroo and Blackwattle Bay. She is the smallest passenger vessel operated by Sydney Ferries, with a capacity of 43 passengers. For comparison, the First Fleet and Emerald Class vessels gave a capacity of around 400, and the Freshwater class have a capacity of 1100.

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  The Australind departing Harvey for Bunbury.

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  Off for a ride on the new Austalind service this morning! The Austalind runs between Perth and Bunbury (around 165km). Although it shares the name of a town near Bunbury, the Austalind does not service Australind. In November 2023, the service was suspended indefinitely due to major trackwork on the suburban Armidale line (along which The Australind runs) and the condition of the existing ADP/ADQ rolling stock (only 2 of the 5 cars were in a serviceable condition). In June 2026, new ADR/ADS r...

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  On a ferry in Perth

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  I have an irrational amount of disappointment that the official pronunciation of TransWA is "Trans Doubleyou Ay", and not "Trans-wah"

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  Made it to East Perth Terminal, only 4 minutes late. Interestingly, there was another Prospector set at the platform when we arrived, possibly running as 4 cars back to Kalgoorlie this afternoon? The Avon Link set was also in the back platform/Motorail dock. Normally this set would be running the Merredin Link service on a Monday, but it was cancelled due to trackwork, which oddly didn't affect the Prospector, despite running on the same route.

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  I've reached Merredin, about halfway through the journey from Kalgoorlie to Perth. Here, we pass the eastbound service. We arrived about 10 minutes behind schedule, and no one seemed in a hurry to depart, even inviting passengers to step onto the platform and stretch their legs. We're now on our way again, about 20 minutes late, but we're likely to make some of that up, as the train now only stops if required to let people alight. No more pickups after Merredin on Monday, Wednesday...

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  It's 7am in Kalgoorlie WA, and I'm about to board the Prospector to Perth. This service operates once or twice daily (depending on the day of the week) and serves about 15 towns along the way. The 650km journey will take 6 hours and 40 minutes, getting me into Perth just before 2pm.

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  Back in Sydney for a few hours. It's a bit damp, but I took a ride out to Many on a Freshwater Class ferry. Very happy to see them still in service, but I thought they planned to retire them a few years ago?

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  Off to Bundanoon on the Canberra Xplorer.

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  An Endeavour set departs Bundanoon on a service from Campbeltown to Goulburn in the NSW Southern Highlands

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  SSR aggregates train at Bundanoon.

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  My train to Canberra approaching Bundanoon. From Canberra, I'll fly home to Melbourne. I was planning on catching the train all of the way home, but decided to avoid North East Victoria because of the bushfires.

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  @luciedigitalni It is a beautiful area. Great for train watching too!

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  @luciedigitalni Oh, wow! That's some old school train watching!

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  Hmmmm... this looks familiar...

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  XPT bound for Sydney, with Evette hiding behind a staircase. Evette is a pair of modified Comeng units, who haul the EV120 track inspection vehicle around Melbourne's electrified network. Photo taken from the Western Concourse at North Melbourne station.

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  From Monday 16/02 X'trapolis 2.0 set number 4 on a test run at Chelsea on Melbourne's Frankston line. Set 4 is running without her coupler cover. The X'trapolis 2.0 (XT2) trains are currently in delivery and testing, likely to be in service from mid year on the Frankston, Upfield and Craigieburn lines.

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  Melbourne tram W8.961 this afternoon in Flinders Street on route 35. 961 started life in 1950 as SW6.961. She was converted to W8 class (safety upgrades) in 2019.

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  2026.02.22 A Siemens Combino D1 class tram outside Victoria Barracks in St Kilda Road, Melbourne.

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  A Comeng set arriving at Chelsea station on the Frankston line in Melbourne this morning. The first Comeng set entered service in September 1981. almost 45 years later, over half of the original fleet is still in service.

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  New photo album uploaded - 2026 East Coast Trip #photography #trains #flickr https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCLHXh

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  New photo album uploaded - Blackwater System (contains part of East Coast Trip photos) #photography #trains #flickr https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCLHXn