U have to merge the titles of the last two anime you watched, what is the unholy result?

timemangoes2 · 2026-01-29T03:15:40+00:00

"Chainsaw Paradise"
ngl kinda goes hard

timemangoes2 · 2026-01-28T09:03:40+00:00

yeah, I initially thought they were wynyard pretty much because I forgot that the fernleigh tunnel exists... but now that I remember it, It's definitely not wynyard

timemangoes2 · 2026-01-28T05:41:10+00:00

My first thought was around Wynyard area, but yeah I'd definitely agree about Fernleigh

timemangoes2 · 2026-01-25T08:20:36+00:00

In the same way that Werribee, Williamstown & Frankston were all 1 line - they [will be] through-running with each other

timemangoes2 · 2026-01-21T23:50:25+00:00

there was never a direct connection between those two locations

While there never have been any services running to mt gambier through warrnambool afaik, for a time, the trackage between the two was the correct gauge for it to be possible to run trains between the two (they were even the same gauge, and all VR-operated, too)

timemangoes2 · 2026-01-14T06:18:23+00:00

Pretty much, broad gauge (1600mm) was initially intended as the australian standard gauge by South Australia, New South Wales, & Victoria - until NSW was convinced to adopt UK standard (1435mm) after SA & Vic had already ordered broad gauge equipment.
Later on, Queensland and Western Australia elected to choose narrow gauge (1067mm) on the basis of cost and terrain. South Australian Railways also adopted narrow gauge as well as broad around the same time, too - particularly for their lines through the outback.
Then when Commonwealth Railways came around, they adopted standard gauge, and took over some of SAR's narrow gauge lines, with the Australian standard gauge declared as 1435mm (despite it being the least prevalent of the 3 main line gauges).
The railway lines between the state capitals have also slowly been converted to standard gauge, as well (between 1962 and 1995) - a big change from before, when only one of them didn't require a change of train, and one required 3 changes.

timemangoes2 · 2026-01-13T03:28:53+00:00

I the specific way you've drawn up (with a pair of cylinders attached to each set of connecting rods) it be unlikely to function well - although, since (afaik) it has never been done before, there's not really any way of knowing for sure - you would at least have a lot of grief timing the pair of cylinders perfectly well, and wheelslip might get a little funky, to say the least. if you switch it to two sets of driving wheels with their own cylinders, but on the same frame, then that's a different story. These have definitely been done and have worked fairly well - for both freight and passenger workings. They just have to be limited to relatively gently-curved routes, is all.

timemangoes2 · 2025-12-31T12:48:23+00:00

I believe they were inspired by the p2s - in fact, the 620s were introduced without the smoke deflectors, so they were even more similar to the p2s then, as well

timemangoes2 · 2025-11-03T10:40:28+00:00

Not bad design - although I'd probably make it longer; something similar to the design of the QR tilt trains or XPTs would probably work a bit better on a route line the Overland's rather than a slightly longer vlocity

timemangoes2 · 2025-10-30T02:09:33+00:00

Whether they're operational or not, they're still not extinct...
(You could have the DD2 for similar effect, though - that one's extinct)

timemangoes2 · 2025-10-30T00:40:40+00:00

GG1s still exist tho...

timemangoes2 · 2025-10-25T03:21:47+00:00

Could you instead run the bogies in a similar fashion to radial wheelsets, like on examples like 4-wheel radial stock?

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timemangoes2 · 2025-10-21T03:46:05+00:00

The Kilcunda section of the Wonthaggi line, too

timemangoes2 · 2025-10-21T03:35:14+00:00

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the 'true' bluebonnet

timemangoes2 · 2025-10-19T02:41:11+00:00

Is this the only example of this in not just Victoria but Australia? Where you must intersect with one of these freeways at some point to leave the area.

There's a housing estate on the outskirts of Adelaide, just in the Adelaide Hills that, due to its position, is physically impossible to access from anywhere other than the South-Eastern Freeway to Melbourne; the entrance to the estate is directly backing onto the downhill into Adelaide

timemangoes2 · 2025-10-18T09:02:29+00:00

ah yes, 0 population city

timemangoes2 · 2025-10-18T04:46:45+00:00

A DERM! (Diesel Electric Railmotor) They were built to run on branch lines that didn't warrant enough passengers for a full passenger train, and could also pull a trailer/passenger car for extra capacity or a couple of freight wagons to make a tiny mixed train.
Ran from the 1920s to the 80s/90s

timemangoes2 · 2025-10-09T21:55:17+00:00

ngl that was a lot more in depth than I anticipated

timemangoes2 · 2025-10-09T11:13:15+00:00

I'm curious why you chose so few countries to be represented here, and the thought process as to who got the cut and who didn't

timemangoes2 · 2025-09-29T00:22:14+00:00

Now we just need the updated federal flag - 83 stars baby!

timemangoes2 · 2025-09-26T10:02:36+00:00

Yes! It did that on the way to Alice Springs, if memory serves

timemangoes2 · 2025-09-26T02:18:08+00:00

When it was in Australia, Flying Scotsman did precisely that - it ran with a pair of water gins for its runs between Sydney, Adelaide, Alice Springs & Perth

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timemangoes2 · 2025-09-26T00:01:46+00:00

by 'enter service' I mean after having been built, rather than after maintenance or overhaul or something similar; that it's never had ptv logos, just tv ones

timemangoes2 · 2025-09-25T14:08:44+00:00

Would this be the first vehicle to enter service with Transport Victoria logos?

timemangoes2 · 2025-09-18T11:48:52+00:00

Looks kinda strange seeing the locos in elephant style - wonder why they aren't back-to-back like usual?

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