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Publisher of rail maps & public transport timetables. Photographer, public transport advocate and enjoyer of irony and life’s little incongruities. Ethics matter more than politics.
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I hear there's a movie showing now with an inspiring story about a poor Eastern European girl who overcomes her poverty to live in luxury on other side of the world. But I can't find it.

Here's what's showing now at Hoyts: have they maybe released it under a different name in Australia?
Wicked: For Good Nuremburg The Pout-Pout Fish Send Help
January 30, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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The last flight of a Blue Goose.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
One last ride on the V-set: NSW train fans farewell ‘old but plush’ steel rattlers in style
The beloved train was treated like a visiting superstar on its ‘rowdy but enjoyable’ final journey from Lithgow to Central Station
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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Look, I can respect this kind of political poast.
Facebook post from Victorian State MP and former leader of the State Liberal Party, Matthew Guy: 'Gunzel post: Jumped aboard the historic last run of the much loved Sydney Trains V sets, with an eager Melbourne contingent. The jam packed 5.47am from Lithgow to Central was the last run for the iconic V sets that first hit the tracks in 1970. They were made by Comeng (Commonwealth Engineering) which also made our iconic now older Melbourne suburban train that bears its builders name.' followed by five photos of him and the train,
January 30, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Today’s historic pic: Exactly 43 years ago today, EMD branchline diesel loco 4910 on a southbound Gwabegar LVR tour train just north of Coonabarabran, NSW, January 30 1983. This line, which was then freight-only north of Mudgee, has been disused north of Binnaway since 2005.
Taken from a very low angle, at ground level looking up at a train crossing a wooden trestle overbridge carrying a single track railway over above a roadway, we see a NSW Railways 49 class hood style diesel locomotive in Indian Red livery. The space for the auto staff exchanger is clearly visible from this angle, and the driver's assistant is looking down at us through the open window at his seat in the cab.
January 30, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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A big colourful monument to a surveying cockup.

www.australiansiloarttrail.com/serviceton
Silo art on a metal grain silo at Serviceton, Victoria (Or should it have been Downerton, South Australia?), depicting the surveying error that led the the SA/Vic border being marked further west than intended, and which put the town of Serviceton in Victoria instead of SA.
January 29, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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After more than 55 years serving the people of New South Wales, tomorrow is the last ever run in public service of a V set interurban double deck electric train. So this is the perfect time for a photographic tribute to these venerable, hard working and much loved trains.
1/n
Set V21 in NSW TrainLink Yellow and Orange livery at Central station, 2024
January 29, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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Today's historic pic: A British Rail Southern Region 4EPB third rail electric multiple unit set dating from the mid 1950s, with MBSO car 14510 at left, prepares to run the 1402 train to Orpington from Victoria station, London, UK, March 29 1988. Is this a 4EPB coupled to a 2EPB set?
As seen from an adjacent platform, an electric multiple unit train panted in British Rail blue and cream livery sits at a dead-end platform beneath a glass-panelled arched overall roof in a central city terminal station.
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Word is that one of the two entrances to Melbourne's new Town Hall station that did not open with the rest of the project in November, has opened to the public today.
January 29, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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The re-introduction of electric trams has enabled the transformation of Sydney's George Street from a traffic sewer into a place for people.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Walking on this Sydney street felt like a ‘traffic sewer’. Not any more
Foot traffic has more than tripled in some areas on George Street while nosediving on Pitt Street – but there’s still a way to go.
www.smh.com.au
January 28, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Trump accuses Ilhan Omar of ‘having herself sprayed’ after congresswoman attacked with unknown substance.

Trump is stark raving mad.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump accuses Ilhan Omar of ‘having herself sprayed’ following attack in Minneapolis
Man who used syringe to fire 'foul-smelling liquid' at Congresswoman arrested and charged with assault
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Yourself but as a cartoon
The Fat Controller
January 28, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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Today's historic pic: Melbourne SW6 class tram 963 running a southbound route 1 nears the Graham Street stop in Victoria Avenue, Albert Park, Vic, November 1 1987. The East Coburg/Moreland desto already set for the return, means on its return, this tram will connect with a route 15 Moreland shuttle.
A green and cream liveried Melbourne W6 class tram runs along a suburban street lined with late 19th century commercial buildings. The tram is displaying route 1 and a desto of East Coburg Moreland (which had already been reset for the return journey). 1970s/80s era cars are running either side of the tram.
January 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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I hope all the AI boosters understand that they’re training their kids that only chumps do things the hard way—by working diligently and going through the discomfort and hassle of learning and acquiring skills.

And also teaching them that a 30% error rate is good enough.
January 27, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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The locations Barongarook, Gellibrand, Kawarren and Lovat, which are currently threatened by the Otway bushfire and which are subject to emergency evacuation orders, were all stations on the Victorian Railways' former Colac to Crowes narrow gauge railway.
Image of TV screen from ABC News with a strap-line announcing Victoria Bushfires - Evacuation order issued for Barongarook, Gellibrand, Kawarren, Lovat. Extract of VR map showing the narrow gauge railway running south from Colac via stations including Barongarook, Kawarren, Lovat and Gellibrand.
January 27, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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Today's historic pic: Exactly 41 years ago today, we see the station at Gundagai, NSW, January 27 1985. Gundagai was 484km from Sydney by rail on the Cootamundra to Tumut and Batlow line. Railmotors last ran in 1983 and no trains have run since 1984 when they were suspended after flood damage.
A photo of a railway station taken from the street side. The station is of an elegant single-floor design with multi-hipped roof and gables punctuated by decorative finials. A low level veranda faces the street and an amount of corrugated iron fencing obscures the near end of the building. In the distance is a range of hills that are covered in summery dry grass.
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Right.
That's enough outdoor walking for today. The remainder of my 10,000 steps will have to be in airconditioned premises.
January 26, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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This is what governing looks like when your government doesn't understand why it exists.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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The highest temperature ever recorded in the State of Victoria was 48.8 degrees in Hopetoun on Feb 7 2009.

The forecast maximums for tomorrow for Mildura, Ouyen, Hattah, Colignan and Nangiloc are 49 degrees.
Screencap of BoM app showing forecast temperatures reaching 49 degrees at 4pm in Mildura tomorrow.
January 26, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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She's 'ot.
A suburban concrete footpath leads into the distance broken by the with regular lines that demarcate the separate panels. A few seed pods discarded from trees above lie scattered on the surface, throwing elongated shadows cast by the setting sun.
January 26, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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This is an advert in a 1928 railway timetable.

The raw milk morons of today could take note of actual traditional values.
Pasteurised Milk is pure. Pasteurised milk only is used in the railway metropolitan refreshment rooms and in dining cars. Pure milk is a perfect food, but impure milk is a positive danger. Drink ore "safe" milk. 3d per glass.
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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Today's historic pic: Exactly forty years ago today, we see the railway station at Blayney, NSW, January 26 1986. Blayney is 290km west of Sydney by rail on the NSW Main West line. It is today served by the daily Sydney-Dubbo Central West XPT and the once weekly Broken Hill Outback XPLorer.
A brick railway station building stands on a platform at a station in a provincial town. The building has an awning projecting from the building towards the platform edge. A white painted station nameboard with black block letters announcing the station name as BLAYNEY is in the centre of the platform at right.
January 26, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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A rainbow boi just getting an evening snack before heading to sleepy-bobos for the night.
A rainbow lorikeet in short dry grassland.
January 25, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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Nine years and ten months ago today, on March 25 2016, I started my 'Historic pic of the day' series with this Twitter post of a coupled set of Adelaide H type trams. So, two months from today, the series will reach its tenth birthday of daily posts. It has since expanded to BlueSky and elsewhere.
A screencap of a Twitter post dated Mar 25 2016 from @Railmaps The caption reads "A propos of nothing, just because they're great vehicles, here's a 2004 photo of coupled Adelaide H class trams.' And the image is of a coupled pair of pantograph equipped, indian red liveried H type trams running along an on street section of track.
January 25, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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Today’s historic pic: Exactly 38 years ago today, the railway station at Yea, Vic, January 25 1988. Yea was about 135km by rail from Melbourne on the Tallarook to Mansfield line. The last passenger train, the Mansfield to Melbourne railcar, ran in 1977 and the line closed to all trains in 1978.
A semi-derelict railway station in a regional town. On the the passenger platform at right stands a once-impressive single-storey polychrome brick station building with a multi-faceted, peaked slate roof, and with an awning projecting towards the platform edge and supported by multiple metal columns. An amount of vegetation, including a reasonably large tree, is now growing along the sealed platform. In the foreground where the railway tracks once ran, lifted rails and other assorted debris lays strewn around.
January 25, 2026 at 1:57 AM