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Did you know we have several dedicated railway magazines in Australia?
Newsrail is our specialist magazine for railway and tramway news & history in Victoria, and they've just hit a massive milestone: their 800th issue!

Some of you may recall that back before I started making high-effort youtube videos, I used to contribute a lot of photos (and occasional writing) to various magazines, and my pictures adorned quite a few Newsrail covers in the mid 2010s. It's been a while, but issue 800 (Jan 2025) contains a short interview with me about my trip through the Metro Tunnel, and features one of my shots from Parkville on the front cover.

If you want to keep track of what's going on in Victoria's railways as well as read a lot of interesting historical content, I highly recommend this magazine:
You can subscribe online at their website: vicrailpublishing.com.au/
If you just want a single copy, it's also stocked at many newsagents, and the Newport Railway Museum - full list of stockists here: vicrailpublishing.com.au/stockists/
(Individual copies are sold online, but the current issue isn't listed for individual sale yet from what I can see)

One really cool thing about subscribing (and honestly it's worth it just for this) is you get access to digital back issues on their website - all of them - going right back to the first issue in 1957.

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**Additional Footscray Doughnut Lore Post**

One of the things about making really detailed videos, is I often stumble across interesting stuff when the video is almost complete, but it's too late to alter the script. On the last day I spent filming for the Werribee video, I was queuing for my doughnuts at Footscray station (I'd already filmed that part several weeks earlier - I was here purely for the doughnuts this time), and I noticed this logo embedded in the pavement outside the shop - a reminder of the original Olympic Doughnuts business. It's a set of trademark-dodging Olympic rings, surrounding a trio of dolphins, and the year Olympic Doughnuts was founded: 1979. The dolphins triggered a memory for me: in the original doughnut van, the jam was injected into the fresh doughnuts using a device shaped like a dolphin, and this dolphin was almost as iconic and well known as the van itself. Despite being too late to add this information to my video, this sent me down an internet research rabbit hole reading about Olympic Doughnuts, and it's owner Nick Tsiligiris. There's an amazing amount written about the little van outside the station, and I was pleased to find several pictures and videos of Nick (and the dolphin) hard at work. Sadly, Nick passed away in 2021.

There's a really good article about the history here: medium.com/@bram_p/olympic-doughnuts-remembering-a…
Also this wonderful 8 minute 'donutumentary:' vimeo.com/147400287

And just a reminder: As I mentioned in the video, despite a different business now operating on the site, they're still serving fresh jam doughnuts, and they're still really good.

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Hello everyone - the next installment in my series of very long videos about Melbourne suburban lines is finally complete. This is by far the longest and most complex scripted video I've ever made, and is titled 'A video where I talk about the [??] line for 67 minutes!' The video will go public with a premiere on 31st of December at 4pm Melbourne/Sydney time (AEDT).

As a big thankyou to my Patrons for making these kind of high-effort projects possible, I'm giving them access to this video a full 6 days early. It's live on Patreon now, and you can join here if you'd like to watch it today: www.patreon.com/c/Taitset

I know most of you have guessed which line I'm talking about already, but please don't spoil it here for those still working it out. You can find the answer very quickly by hitting that link. ^^ :)

..Merry Christmas!

1 month ago | [YT] | 599

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*The X2polis has landed.*

This morning, the first example of our newest type of suburban train - the X'trapolis 2.0 - was transferred from Ballarat North Workshops to Newport Workshops, from where it will begin testing on the network in coming weeks. X2polis set No.1 was hauled by Southern Shorthaul Railroad diesels T386 and P12, with power van BVDY51 providing power for the EMU's electronic brakes. It was a nice surprise having this transfer running in daylight, and via Bacchus Marsh - I took these pictures on the Sunshine-Newport goods line approaching Spotswood, but if you want to see some much more extensive coverage, go and watch ‪@PannierProductions9600‬'s video of the transfer, which he chased all the way from Ballarat: https://youtu.be/HqMC1Smp1dU?si=6rZNv...

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1 month ago | [YT] | 692

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[EDIT:] Ok entries are now closed, thankyou! Video coming soon.

Hello everyone! Today is exactly one year since I uploaded my 20,000 subscribers Q&A video - A lot has happened since then, and as some of you may have noticed, the channel ticked over the 40,000 mark last week, so.. time for another one!

A little disclaimer: Last year I got about 130 questions with the post up for just 24 hours, and it took a 90 minute video to answer them all.. Based on that, it's very unlikely I will be able to answer every single question this time. Most likely I'll aim to answer a diverse selection of questions, and probably with a bit more grouping than last time.. and maybe a bit of random selection. If everyone could please restrain themselves to just one question, that will make my job a lot easier. :)

(Patreon members, please ask your questions on the post I've made over there!)

Questions on all topics welcome.. ask away!

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I got to do.. something pretty cool.
Video coming tomorrow night!

..or right now on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/Taitset

2 months ago | [YT] | 569

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Have you ever wondered, what would happen if Philip Mallis and I spent an hour talking about trams?

Well, now is your chance to find out!

4 months ago | [YT] | 112

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Don't forget to tune in to the most important sporting event of 2024, the European tram driving championships in Frankfurt! Live streaming tonight from 18:45 AEST.

4 months ago | [YT] | 82

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Hi everyone!

I'm a bit behind in video production, partly because I've been in Sydney for most of the last week - this wasn't a railway photography trip for once (I know right), but I did take a few incidental shots during my travels: Here's a B set Waratah at Town Hall, an A set crossing the coathanger (can you guess where I'm standing?), and a good old Tangara at Central.

The next video is now nearing completion however, and I'm hoping to have it out in the next week (as always, it'll be on Patreon first).

This post isn't a clue, it's a Melbourne video - but there will be some more interstate stuff in coming months!

~Martin

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5 months ago | [YT] | 390

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**Edit: I'm going to premiere this one at 8pm AEST tonight (25/6)**

My next video will be live in the next few days.. Tuesday? Probably.

Or you can watch it right now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/Taitset

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