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Indian Pacific turns 40

Indian Pacific turns 40

The Indian Pacific’s 40th birthday marked a double-whammy in Australia’s rail history. It was this train that ran Australia’s first east-west rail service on standard gauge, which departed from Sydney’s Central Station on Monday, February 23 1970 and arrived in Perth on Friday, February 27 to 10,000 people.

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February 23rd, 2010

Australia’s ship of the desert, 80 years on

At 10:15am, Sunday August 4th, 1929, Adelaide Railway Station played host to the moment that changed Australian transport forever.

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April 15th, 2009