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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.
Continue reading...That’s the Spirit
Monday, January 11, 2010
It was the movement some thought would never happen. Train number 2AL8, better known as Great Southern Rail’s ‘The Southern Spirit’, pulled out of Adelaide Parklands Terminal shortly after 8:30AM this morning bound for Alice Springs. At its head was locomotive NR85, the first NR locomotive painted into the striking green and white livery, known [...]
Continue reading...Floods cut Perth – Sydney railway line
Saturday, January 2, 2010
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Floods have cut the main Perth – Sydney railway line in the North East of South Australia. The flooding occured approximately 54 kilometres from the town of Yunta, washing away several sections of track and leaving trains stranded either side.
Continue reading...Late Ghan arrives in Adelaide
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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About 200 passengers on the Ghan have arrived in Adelaide more than half a day late. The front locomotive of the train was derailed about 300 kilometres south of Alice Spring on Sunday night when it hit a large bull.
Continue reading...Ghan derails after hitting large bull
Monday, October 19, 2009
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A Ghan train travelling between Alice Springs and Adelaide has derailed after hitting a large bull. Senior Sergeant Michael Potts says the south-bound passenger train hit and killed a large bull on the railway line near Rose Hill Station in South Australia last night.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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