Metro Man
@The_Rail_Life
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Rail employee, rail tourist, hipster gunzel.
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined December 2010
With the potential implosion of this platform, I'm slowly transitioning across to Mastodon ( https://t.co/kfH9YPEQXp) You can find me at
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New photo album uploaded - Trams of Gothenburg #flickr
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Trams from the city of Göteborg (Gothenburg) in western Sweden.
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New photo album uploaded - Trams in Stockholm #flickr
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Trams in the Swedish capital city of Stockholm
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New photo album uploaded - Trams of Norrköping #flickr
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Norrköping in central Sweden has two tram lines which trun through the centre of the city.
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New photo album uploaded - Appenzeller Bahnen #flickr
https://t.co/DiwTXQ62GU
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The Appenzeller Bahnen operates a network of narrow gauge electrified regional railway lines in eastern Switzerland.
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New photo album uploaded - Wuppertal Schwebebahn #flickr
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New photo album uploaded - Budapest #flickr
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New photo album uploaded: Keighley & Worth Valley Railway #flickr
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Pics from Pomare station in the Hutt Valley on a bitterly cold morning, 9 July 2010: 1) Ganz-Mávag EMU arrives 2) Ganz stops and Wairarapa Connection passes (DC 4605 was at the pointy end) 3) Ganz leaves 4) the train I wanted to spot: English Electric DM 216 "Phoenix" from 1949
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N473 with The Gippslander to Bairnsdale at Southern Cross station #train #transport #locomotive
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15 likes, 0 comments - the.rail.life on February 27, 2023: "N473 with The Gippslander to Bairnsdale at Southern Cross station #train #transport #locomotive".
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Today's historic pic: VLine's broad gauge Melbourne to Bairnsdale "Gippslander" train hauled by Dick Kerr built English Electric 1500V DC loco L1150 arrives at Traralgon, Vic, March 31, 1986. The last electric train to Traralgon ran in 1987 and all trains are now diesel powered.
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Random photo from my collection. Melbourne’s trams and neo-gothic architecture do give the place a classy feel.
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Random photo from my collection. An evening shot of the railway station at Wangaratta, Vic, in 2012.
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NT33 departing Sydney Central station for Casino this morning
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National Rail liveried NR90 leads the Indian Pacific heads through suburban Perth in December 2005
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B Sets on the T8 line pass near Wolli Creek #Train #transport @ Wolli Creek railway station
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11 likes, 0 comments - the.rail.life on January 8, 2023: "B Sets on the T8 line pass near Wolli Creek #Train #transport".
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An R1 class tram on the Sutherland section of the Sydney Tramway Museum line #tram #instatram #heritage #transport @ Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
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17 likes, 0 comments - the.rail.life on January 8, 2023: "An R1 class tram on the Sutherland section of the Sydney Tramway Museum line #tram #instatram #heritage #transport".
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Today's historic pic: Z3 class trams 131 and 222 plus a Z1 or Z2 in the background running 'bang road' head north in Elizabeth St, Melbourne, Vic, June 25 1989. Bang road (wrong side) running is done only when absolutely necessary to recover from track blockages or breakdowns.
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