A three-quarters view of the yesterday’s AEC Regal III at the Newport Railway Workshops Open Day 2026. In the background are the workshop’s West Block, and the distinctive silver outline of a MET Hitachi unit.
Another Tait hiding in the back corner of the Newport Railway Workshop during the 2026 Open Day. It looks like it might be a while until it makes it to Altona though.
The destination blind repeater in the cab of 420M the double-ended Red Rattler at Newport Railway Workshops Open Day 2026.
Double-ended Tait passenger unit 420M apparently heading for Williamstown Pier. 420M was in number 3 road at the Newport Railway Workshops Open Day 2026.
The Essendon end of the Tait shuttle between Flinders Street and Essendon stations back in 2017.
The Flinder Street end of the Tait steam shuttle between Flinders Street and Essendon stations.
The interior of one of the early Tait carriages with a clerestory roof. The ornate pressed ceilings , luggage racks, varnished wood, and lamp shades are a stark contrast to the simple red paint wooden bodies. The first Tait trains were built in 1909, and the last entered service in 1952, they remained in service until 1984 by which time they were referred to as Red Rattlers.
An emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae, at the Healesville Sanctuary back in 2016.
The replica 5½d Emu stamp from 1942 at the Healesville Sanctuary. The replica is a giant mosaic created by artist Simon Normand.
One of the parents of yesterday’s emu chick at the Healesville Sanctuary.
