Rail Geelong

North Geelong - Gheringhap duplication: Work between the Geelong Ring Road and Anakie Road

North Geelong - Gheringhap duplication: Looking east from the Geelong Ring Road

North Geelong - Gheringhap duplication: Handmade 'Wait Here' markings at the Anakie Road pedestrian crossing

North Geelong - Gheringhap duplication: Looking east from Anakie Road, some earthmoving completed

North Geelong - Gheringhap duplication: Trackbed taking shape west from Anakie Road

North Geelong - Gheringhap duplication: Looking west from Anakie Road

Elders Loop: Looking up the line from the down end: the end of the excavations

Elders Loop: Elders IXL Siding and the mixed gauge diamond both removed

Elders Loop: Switchlock on the broad gauge for Elders IXL Siding still in place for now

Elders Loop: Looking up the line from the down end: the end of the excavations

Geelong Station: New station forecourt completed, no link between the bus terminus and the eastern side car park

Geelong Station: New station forecourt completed, access road to the eastern side car park from Mercer Street

Corio Quay: Signal CGL54 now lit, controlling exit from the siding, commissioned on November 10, 2010

Corio Quay: Looking down the siding, the points are clipped for the left hand siding. The wharf sidings to the right must be out of use

Corio Quay: Point clip on the first set of points inside the gate

Corio Quay: Christmas tree signal CGL54, beside the just recommissioned but still pointless level crossing on the grain loop

Corio Quay: Looking up the broad gauge siding towards the departure signal

North Geelong - Gheringhap duplication: Looking west towards Gheringhap from Evans Road: work still needs to be done to the crossing

North Geelong - Gheringhap duplication: Looking north across the Cowies Creek valley at Rollins Road

North Geelong - Gheringhap duplication: Looking west across the Cowies Creek valley at Rollins Road

Separation Street bridge: Completed bridge parapets on the western side

Separation Street bridge: Completed bridge parapets on the western side

North Geelong - Gheringhap duplication: Looking east towards Gheringhap from Evans Road, Moorabool

North Geelong - Gheringhap duplication: Looking west towards Gheringhap from Evans Road, Moorabool

Ballarat Workshops: North gate off Creswick Road

Ballarat Workshops: North gate off Creswick Road

Caroline Springs: Deer Park West junction looking towards Ballarat

At the end of the double line from Melbourne, with the Boral quarry siding branching off to the left. The future Caroline Springs station will be a bit further down the single track

Caroline Springs: Deer Park West junction looking towards Ballarat

At the end of the double line from Melbourne, with the Boral quarry siding branching off to the left. The future Caroline Springs station will be a bit further down the single track

Deer Park Junction: Looking south from the Deer Park Bypass / Ballarat line bridge: RRL will cross the freeway somewhere in the distance

Newport Workshops: Looking down the new training school: both railway and tramway overhead

Newport Workshops: New stabling yard, tracks 3 through 8, located south of the Tarp Shop

Newport Workshops: Lead into the West Block area, disused disc signal still hanging around

Newport Workshops: Lead into the new stabling yard, tracks 3 through 8

Newport Workshops: Lead into the new stabling yard, tracks 3 through 8

Newport Workshops: Lead into the new stabling yard

Newport Workshops: Yard throat, east block workshops in background, new stabling yard lead in the foreground

Newport Workshops: Up end of the new training school tracks

Grade separating Kororoit Creek Road on the Geelong line: Eastern approach spans: angled and straight sections

Grade separating Kororoit Creek Road on the Geelong line: Eastern approach spans, over the oil pipeline

Grade separating Kororoit Creek Road on the Geelong line: Eastern approach spans

Grade separating Kororoit Creek Road on the Geelong line: Looking east towards the railway crossing

Grade separating Kororoit Creek Road on the Geelong line: Western approach spans

Grade separating Kororoit Creek Road on the Geelong line: Westbound towards the new overpass

Grade separating Kororoit Creek Road on the Geelong line: New westbound bridge over Kororoit Creek itself

Newport Workshops: Up end of the yard lead, additional main line connections still to come

Newport Workshops: Yard throat looking into the workshops

Southern Cross platforms 15/16 to North Melbourne: Goods lines slewed over to make room for the north end of platform 15/16

Southern Cross platforms 15/16 to North Melbourne: Pinch point beside Docklands Stadium, limiting how many tracks can pass

There is enough for only one goods line track once the RRL track pair take over the goods line alignment. Instead of single tracking the goods line, I would have pinched 2 metres from the highway median strip, and moved the road over...