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G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 9h

it's crazy that the last mainline steam locomotive in China was built about nine years before the first high speed rail line opened

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 1d

They did have a custom chassis. Problem was they tried composite materials to keep the weight down and that did not work

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G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 6d

Parramatta did have trams (of the steam variety)

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 7d

Only to Warragul, which still had a few electric services till 1998

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 7d

closest we got was the Glenelg line in Adelaide which reused an old railway alignment, used rolling stock inspired by American interurbans, and had express services into the 21st century

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 7d

this guy, pretty much en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Br...

John Bradfield (engineer) - Wikipedia

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G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 7d

the new guy

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 7d

inktober stuff

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 9d

Ballarat clunkers

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 14d

Adelaide has a lot of these (the trains have card readers on them like a tram)

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 15d

one of the very few Custom CB50 bodies in Victoria

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 16d

assuming that they're going to make the Victoria St corridor run straight through to Swanston it makes a bit more sense

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 20d

Amsterdam has a couple of lines that meet the definition of 'fast tram' (25 and 26) and the Rotterdam Metro has some very light rail-like sections

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · 29d

New myki readers starting to appear on buses

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · Sep 14

need to separate Rosewood so it's the guy who is always green

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · Sep 13

Post your first phone

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · Sep 13

First G has been delivered to Maidstone.

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · Sep 13

Hazards perception test which is just a bunch of Facebook AI slop and Kochie Youtube ads

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · Sep 11

single door clunker

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · Sep 10

Dormont mentioned

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · Sep 10

MelMax?

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · Sep 10

the Pantour guy? I've had that on tram replacements before which was incredibly goofy

G:Link enjoyer @b10mse.bsky.social · Sep 10

there's a mini Echuca 20km from Melbourne