What was expected to be a fond farewell of the Hitachi Electric Train in Melbourne (Australia) was today marred by an attack on the train by vandals near Rushall Railway Station in Melbourne’s inner Northern Suburb of Clifton Hill.The 'final train journey of the Hitachi series train organised by Metro Trains and ElecRail was returning to Flinders Street Railway Station from a timetabled visit to South Morang when the train was stopped near Rushall on the approach to Clifton Hill. Once stopped a crew of vandals emerged from trackside trees and began “tagging” the train.The response from passengers was in the form of throwing food, drink and colorful abuse (with that unique Australia flavor) at the graffiti crew.Tagging is the action of spray painting an object (usually a train) with a logo or symbol of reference to oneself. The action was met with an angry response from train passengers many of whom were rail enthusiasts and historians.It was later discovered that the vandals tampered with the train operationally by pulling the 'air taps' on the back of the train disabling some brakes, causing delays into Clifton Hill Railway Station and also at Essendon. These delays extended to the network, and not just the vandalized train.Police have confirmed that no arrests have been made, but that the charges are likely to escalate given the tampering of the brakes of the train endangering the passengers.Footage Ben Mitchell