Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
The Commonwealth Railways began testing concrete sleepers in 1956.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
DO you know you can catch a train at Galston?
Posted last month by bevans
Prominent Railway Historian and Author John Evans, has teamed up with Rail Tours Australia for a celebration of the Centenary of the Trans-Australian Railway with accepting the request to lead a 2 day tour following a portion of the original route of the old East-West Railway.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
IT WAS a family affair at Victoria Park at the weekend as children and parents enjoyed a special outing.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
The Station Wi-fi For All project run by Google for the Railways currently connects millions of passengers with internet for free. When it is expanded to 400 stations, it is touted to become the world’s largest public Wi-Fi project.
Posted 3 months ago by x31
Although G21 had the honour of hauling the first passenger train to leave Port Augusta for Kalgoorlie it only lasted until Pimba where a hot axle box forced its retirement.
Posted 3 months ago by VicRailNews
Mike Condon and his band of travellers are currently on a roll through the Queensland Outback on our wonderful Steam Safari tour.
Posted 3 months ago by x31
The final cost of the 1,682 km long railway was £6,667,360 compared with Dean’s figure of approximately £4million.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
The final cost of the 1,682 km long railway was £6,667,360 compared with Dean’s figure of approximately £4 million.
Posted 4 months ago by x31
Six retired NSWGR locomotives were used to haul construction and supply trains. The NSWGR had six surplus Q class suburban locomotives.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
The Turnbull-Joyce Government is delivering a $20 billion investment in rail that will cut congestion in cities, grow the regions and create thousands of new jobs.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
On 22 April 2017 the crew of 8960 alerted ARTC train control to their train running away on the approach to Dombarton.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
It’s a no-brainer that among the shortlist in the hospitality section of the 2017 Australian Interior Design Awards you’ll find a swag of hip cafes, funky bistros, cool wine bars and sophisticated restaurants. Unexpected, however, is the inclusion of a reimagined rail carriage.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
The debate in the Friday Five about the dilapidated state of the memorials marking the joining of the Trans Australian Railway Line has been going on for a few years now with many and varied solutions put forward.
Posted 6 months ago by Railpage System User
Transcal has launched its Aerolite train seat, which is intended to be ‘lighter, slimmer and more comfortable’ than other options. The manufacturer says the Aerolite seat is one of the lightest on the market at 22 kg per passenger-place, with a slim profile which can be used to provide more legroom or increase passenger density.
Posted 6 months ago by newsbot
SCT Logistics has documented its first train between Melbourne and Brisbane via Wodonga in a short documentary, which it hopes will help boost the reputation of rail on Australia’s East Coast.
Posted 7 months ago by x31
Rio Tinto has announced a deal to sell its Australian coal assets to Chinese state-owned mining firm Yancoal for more than $3 billion.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Catching a train from platform one of Melbourne's Southern Cross Station is like boarding a flight from gate one of an international airport – rarely done, and all the more special for that.
Posted 8 months ago by x31
The locomotive that hauled 83 passengers to their death in the Granville Rail Disaster had a defective wheel that the NSW government knew about and later covered up, according to the author of a book on Australia's deadliest train crash.
Posted 8 months ago by bevans
When Victorian railway sex predator Robert Whitehead died in jail last year, he took a big secret with him.
Posted 10 months ago by bevans
Court-enforceable undertakings from transport and logistics group Qube have satisfied the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that the full takeover of Australian Amalgamated Terminals (AAT) should proceed.
Posted 10 months ago by x31
Victims of a rail crash that killed at least 79 people in Cameroon have filed a lawsuit against train operator Camrail and its French owner Bollore Group, accusing them of negligence and involuntary manslaughter, their lawyer said.
Posted 11 months ago by bevans
Kid arrested by thuggish ticket inspectors at Flinders st station in Melbourne.
Posted 11 months ago by bevans
A NEW chapter in Wodonga’s railway history has unfolded with the first freight train departing the city’s Logic industrial estate.
Posted 11 months ago by Railpage System User
Organiser Messe Berlin reports that the 11th InnoTrans trade show held in the German capital on September 20-23 had enjoyed ‘the best set of results in its history’, with record attendances by exhibitors and trade visitors, 149 products making their international debuts and 127 vehicles on display.
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