|
| 1991 |
| Main News Items |
| CityRail launches Zoo Train. |
Apr |
| CityRail to install AFC ticketing system. |
Mar |
| Crew blamed for Henty XPT crash. |
Aug |
| Dorrigo court case dismissed. |
Jul |
| Electric trains reach Richmond. |
Sep |
| 44’s lead last Intercapital Daylight. |
Oct |
| Intercapital Daylight scrapped. |
Sep |
| Last electric passenger train to Sigshops. 9/11/90 [Locos
& Traffic] |
Jan |
| New 81 Class locomotives handed over. |
Aug |
| Nine wheat branches ’mothballed’. |
Dec |
| Old Binalong station up for sale. |
Mar |
| Season Ticket and Locksmiths’ shop shuts. |
Oct |
| XPT derails at Landrigans. |
May |
| Articles |
| Colour Scheme saga, The |
Feb |
|
Cowan bank: the arguments of 3801 - The role of the signalling system -
An objective analysis by Eddie Oliver
| Mar |
| Demise of the 47 Class. |
Feb |
| Establishing the cultural significance of heritage trains
- draft methodology. |
Jun |
| Excessive sand blamed for Cowan bank crash. |
Jan |
| Gunnedah accident. 14/11/90 [48141,48131,48135,48155] |
Feb |
| Homebush Saleyards closure. |
Aug |
| Industry Commission and interstate freight. |
Jul |
| Industry Commission and urban transport. |
Sep |
| Industry Commission: report and recommendations. |
Jul |
| Intercapital Daylight. - By Daylight to The Rock. |
Nov |
|
| Intercapital Daylight. - The Daylight’s Timetable. |
Nov |
| Intercapital Daylight. - The end of the Daylight.
[Pictorial summary]
| Nov |
| The Intercapital Daylight by John Beckhaus.
| Nov |
| Locomotive colour schemes as at 1/7/91. |
Aug |
| National Rail Freight Corporation: task force
recommendations. |
Jul |
| Network south-east - a strategy for the NRC? |
Oct |
| New Illawarra service -brickbats and bouquets. |
May |
| New rules for heritage trains. |
Apr |
| NSW/Vic to share XPT’s. |
Jan |
| New XPT image unveiled.[New colour scheme] |
Feb |
| 1989/90 Annual Report. |
Feb |
| Preservation - Listed Structures and proposed heritage
electric set. |
Dec |
| Saving liquid fuel in freight transport. |
May |
| South Coast:- |
| The January 21 timetable. |
Apr |
| Vale the South Coast Daylight
|
Apr |
| The last Daylight |
Apr |
| To Nowra or bust…or only just. |
Apr |
| Tourist railways - money trees, cultural cancers or? |
May |
| Towards an XPT sleeper. |
Feb |
| Train working on the far North Coast. |
Aug |
| VFT - can Australia afford to miss this train? |
Jul |
| VFT - an obituary. |
Nov |
| Western line shutdown. [St Marys to Glenbrook] |
Mar |
| XPT derails at Landrigans. [News] |
May |
| Rolling Stock |
| EMU Review 1990. |
Mar |
| Rail Car fleet as at 1/7/91 |
Sep |
| Review of air-conditioned cars. |
Jul |
| Single deck intercity cars. |
Aug |
| Sputnik Cars. (1956 Stock) |
Oct |
| Standard Cars. Status as at 1/7/91 |
Dec |
| Signalling and
Safeworking |
| Camberwell. Main Nth. Provision of a coal loop.
[Diagram] |
Jun |
| Casino signal box abolished. |
Sep |
| Demondrille - Cowra. Signalling changes. |
Oct |
| Glenbrook -Valley Heights. [Glenbrook box closed] |
Jan |
| Glenlee - Douglas Park:[ re-signalling and closure of
boxes. Diagram] |
Jan |
| Maitland. Mechanical boxes at Maitland and Telarah
closed. |
Jan, Feb |
| Mittagong Jct. Box closed |
Mar |
| Moree yard rationalisation. [Diagram] |
May |
| Narrandera yard rationalisation. [Diagram] |
April |
| Narromine yard rationalisation. [Diagram] |
May |
| Orange - yard rationalisation. [Diagram] |
Mar |
| Picton. New signals. [Diagram} |
Aug |
| Safeworking… what’s really going on? [Article] |
Dec |
| Thornton - Bloomfield. New balloon loop. [Diagram] |
Nov |
| Trida - power working of crossing loop. [Diagram] |
Jul |
| Travel and Tours |
| An unusual journey. |
Oct |
| Belmont Line walking tour. 10/8/91 |
Oct |
| By sea and steam from Harbour to Hunter. 26/10/91 |
Dec |
| The ‘Green Train’.. Into the wild green yonder |
Dec |
| The Mudgee - Hunter weekender. 19-21/4/91 ARHSACT |
Jun |
| The Wongawilli Wanderer. 23/3/91ARHS |
May |
| Overseas |
| Public Transport and Democracy: The Swiss experience. |
Jan |
| 1992 |
| Main News Items |
| Clyde publishes company history. |
Dec |
| DoT to run Countrylink buses. |
Jun |
| Industry Commission rail report released. |
Jan |
| Lambton Colliery closure closes Belmont Line. |
Feb |
| Line cut at Bluff Rock. [Main North] |
Mar |
| Mothballed lines reopened. |
Dec |
| “Red Rattlers” officially farewelled. |
Feb |
| Sesquicentenary train launched. [Set W1] |
May |
| Stations demolished. [Hillston, Koorawatha] |
Nov |
| Superfreighter derails at Pennant Hills. [23/7/92] |
Sep |
| Sydenham. New signal box commissioned. |
Jul |
| Workshops privatised. |
Dec |
| Articles |
| A long way to “best practice”. |
Aug |
| A wet weekend. [Compilation of mishaps] |
Apr |
| Canberra Rail/Bus Service. |
Feb |
| Engineers and governments; getting the message across. |
Dec |
| Explorers- Good, Bad or Indifferent? |
Feb |
| Farewell Single Deckers. |
Mar |
| 45 class Locos placed in storage at Junee. |
Mar |
| Freight Rail achieves cash surplus. |
Nov |
| From Dombarton to Waverton. [Saga of Woolcott St
bridge] |
Apr |
| Gwabegar line. The end of the |
May |
| Ivanhoe. [Affect of service cutbacks] |
Apr |
| Nelson report. The (review of progress in signalling
safety.) |
Jun |
| 1990/91 SRA Annual Report. |
Jan |
| Northern Line Shutdown. (Short North) |
Mar |
| Railway heritage under threat. |
Jan |
| Reliability: key to increasing rail’s market share. |
Jun |
| State rail, consultants and the Main South. |
May |
| Strategic directions for Sydney’s transport. |
Jun |
| The making of an XPT speed record. |
Nov |
| The SRA and Ross Sayers. |
Oct |
| Thirty Years of standard gauge. |
Apr |
| Trains and Signals on the Far North Coast. [Photo
Feature] |
Jan |
| Transport Department rleases discussion paper on light
rail. |
Oct |
| Where is Wiley Park ? [A study of new CityRail timetable
book] |
Apr |
| Rolling stock |
| BH 2225 to Kyogle [See also Jan 93] |
Oct |
| CityRail restarts Citydecker program. [News] |
Jul |
| Countrylink fleet [loco-hauled] as at 1/7/92 |
Sep |
| Locomotives condemned. [44,45,47,48,73 and x200 classes
] |
Dec |
| New Zoo train. [News Nov] |
Oct, Nov |
| 1991 EMU Review |
Mar |
| Renumbering of single deck works cars. |
Feb |
| Sydney/Melbourne Express -car numbering |
Jan |
| Tulloch single deck suburban cars. Status as at 1/7/91 |
Jan |
| Withdrawal of Budd cars |
Apr |
| Withdrawal of single deck electric stock |
Apr |
| Signalling and safe
working |
| Bell Signal Box closed. |
Jun |
| Carlingford Branch - alterations to signalling and
trackwork at Rose Hill |
Aug |
| Camellia. [End of mechanical interlocking] |
Sep |
| Ellise signals the way for women in CityRail. |
Sep |
| Goobang Junction major rearrangement. |
Apr |
| Molong - yard rationalisation. |
Oct |
| Mulgrave - Richmond. Electric staff replaced by Single
Line Track Block |
May |
| Rhodes. [Diagram] |
Jan |
| St Marys. New panel. [Diagram] |
Jul |
| Sydenham. Old box closed. |
Jul |
| The end of Block Telegraph between Yass Jct. And
Bowning. |
Oct |
| The resignalling of CityRail. |
Sep |
| Tyer’s Block Telegraph. The |
Sep |
| Warwick Farm Racecourse Branch closure 12/7/91 |
Feb |
|
|
| Tour Reports |
| Boree Creek and Bandiana - the long way around! [RTA of
Vic] |
Apr |
| Charbon Colliery 2/11/91[Of lusty chants and valley
views] |
Jan |
| “Farewell Single Decker” Tour. 12/1/92 |
Mar |
| 30 years of standard gauge - a weekend of intercapital
steam. |
Jul |
| 1993 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items
|
| All roads lead to Homebush.
| Mar |
| Amalgamation policy forces merger of world’s oldest
railway union.
| Apr
|
| AN locos to through work ‘Indian Pacific’.
| Jul
|
| Automatic ticketing unveiled.
| Jun
|
| Branch lines to be leased to private operators.
| Jan
|
| Countrylink releases new timetables.
| Apr
|
| Dapto electrics spark timetable changes.
| Feb
|
| Disused Lines: Expressions of interest called. One
reopened.
| Jun
|
| Door closes on Darling Harbour. [Official last train]
| May
|
| Dorrigo Bill passes through Lower House.
| Oct
|
| Fare Rise goes to tribunal.
| May
|
| Fire destroys historic Parramatta Park Trams.
| Jul
|
| First easy access station completed at Gosford.
| Oct
|
| GST and public transport.
| Jan
|
| Government announces Signalling Inquiry.
| Dec
|
| Hump Yard rejected for Enfield redevelopment.
| Sep
|
| Meeting sees wider wheat haulage role for L.V.R.
| Oct
|
| National Rail Drivers to perform all depot tasks.
| May
|
| National Rail to run Western trains via South.
| Apr
|
| New Freight Train Numbering introduced.
| Sep
|
| NSW Rail Safety Act. The
| Nov
|
| New XPT cars visit North Coast and Brisbane.
| Sep
|
| 94 Class construction underway.
| Dec
|
| Oberon Station celebrates 70 years.
| Nov
|
| RTM set to lease Loop Line.
| Aug
|
| 73 class return to ‘state of origin’.
| Aug
|
| Waverton station upgrade completed.
| Jun
|
| Xxplorer enters service.
| Nov
|
| Xplorers arrive.
| Sep
|
| Xplorers Officially Launched.
| Oct
|
| XPT: Sleeper subsidy; Xplorer/XPT timetables released
| Aug
|
| Articles
|
| A Browse through the “Bri” Country. (Journey to the North
West) |
Nov |
| All Roads Lead to Unanderra. (Tour Report) |
Oct |
| An Xplorer is Born. (Country Link’s new Railcars.) |
Sep |
| Carlingford Intercity. The (Tour Report) |
Aug |
| Cityrail’s Automatic Ticketing System. |
Jun |
| Exploring the Xplorer. (A consumer perspective) |
Dec |
| First Xplorer to Armidale. |
Oct |
| Freight Rail-Future Directions. |
Jan |
| Gulgong via Ulan. |
Jul |
| Inside, Outside- Experiencing the Diner. (Sydney
Express) |
Nov |
| Lachlan Valley Railway’s Wheat Haulage. |
Oct |
| Long way round. The (Train working between Dubbo and
Merrygoen) |
Apr |
| 93 & 94 Class Operations Unveiled. |
Sep |
| NHRH- The New generation Coal wagon. |
Jul |
| Rail Excursion to the Far North. (Main North and Inverell
Remains) |
Jul |
| Railway Digest- Thirtieth Anniversary Features. |
Mar |
| Review of EMU Rolling Stock. A |
Mar |
| Safeworking Systems. (A NSW Network Review) Part 1 |
Dec |
| Short North Shut Down. The |
Apr |
| S.R.A. Annual Report 1991/92. |
Mar |
| Sun always shines in N.S.W. The (The story of a
photographer) |
Feb |
| Taree Adventurer. The (Tour Report) |
Aug |
| Where the Action Is? (Photo trip to North Coast) |
Nov |
| Wingello- Refuging of trains. (‘Put it away!’ or ‘Send it
on!’) |
May |
| Wonderful World of Scanners. The |
Jan |
| Qld |
| Fisherman Islands Standard Gauge Report. |
Nov |
| Park Road Shunt. The |
Jan |
| All States |
| 50th International Public transport Congress. The |
Jun |
| National Rail: The wheels are ready to roll. |
Mar |
| National Rail’s Second Corporate Plan. |
Aug |
|
| 1994 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
|
| Blayney Freight service commences operations. |
Jun |
| Bushfires disrupt Illawarra services. |
Mar |
| Bushfires spark major delays. |
Feb |
| Cityrail fares rise by 2.4% |
Aug |
| 82 and 90 Class Update. |
Mar |
| 82 Class launched at Mittagong. |
May |
| Endeavours enter service only days after launch. |
May |
| Farewell Single Deck Suburbans. |
Jan |
| First Canberra Xplorer service commences. |
Feb |
| First Private Operator accredited - 3801 Ltd. |
Oct |
| Fodder train delayed by derailment. |
Oct |
| Full North-West Xplorer services commence. |
Jan |
| Historic Gatekeeper’s Residence demolished. [Wallerawang]
|
Oct |
| Goninan’s Maintrain Centre officially opened. |
May |
| Government releases Mercer Review. |
Jun |
| Hunter Valley Coal opened to private operators. |
Dec |
| LVR 47 class fleet delivered to Cowra. |
Apr |
| Level Crossing accident derails Tangara. |
Mar |
| Loco-Hauled bows out after 149 years. |
Aug |
| Major locomotive fleet changes imminent. |
Mar |
| Manildra Group News; Locos and new wagons. |
Dec |
| Network Access Unit established within State Rail. |
Oct |
| New rail links announced for Sydney. [Airport &
Parramatta-Chatswood lines] |
Sep |
| New timetable sees demise of loco-hauled services. |
Jul |
| Outer Suburban Tangaras launched. |
Jul |
| Other terminals may follow Blayney. |
Nov |
| Overhead wiring problems bring morning and afternoon peak
chaos. |
Jan |
| Ready Power facility opened. |
Jul |
| Signalling systems safe-report. |
Apr |
| Speedrail- the new High Speed Train proposal. |
Jan |
| Tarana to Wallerawang resignalling underway. |
Apr |
| Tilt Trains may replace XPT’s. |
Nov |
| 3801 Ltd wins tourist railway bid. |
Feb |
| Transport Minister backs down on Ticket Window closures.
|
nov |
| Ultimo-Pyrmont Light Rail preferred tenderer announced.
|
Sep |
| Xplorer-Endeavour Service Centre Opened. |
Aug |
| Articles |
|
| Alco Indian Summer. |
Jun |
| Bethungra Spiral Rectification Project. The(NRIP 1) |
Jun |
| Branch Line Infrastructure Reports and Network
Review. |
| Casino - Brisbane: a working museum.
|
Sep |
| Cootamundra to Tumut. |
May |
| Dubbo - Coonamble |
Feb |
| Gilmore to Batlow (and Kunama)
|
Apr |
| Gulgong - Maryvale. |
Mar |
| Molong - Dubbo. |
Nov |
| Uranquinty - Kywong Branch. The
|
Aug |
| Burrinjuck Railway Revisited, The (Tour Report) |
Dec |
| Canberra to Moree and return by Xplorer. |
Apr |
| Cardiff Farewell. |
Feb |
| Country link - A Special Audit. |
Jun |
| Country Link’s new North and North Coast passenger
Timetables. |
Feb |
| Enfield Yard Redevelopment. |
Mar |
| Farewell Loco-hauled Passenger Trains. |
Aug |
| Flemington - Rhodes Freight line project. The (NRIP 4) |
Sep |
| Glenfield-Ingleburn Passing Loop Project. The (NRIP 3) |
Aug |
| Heritage Tour of the Goondah to Burrinjuck Railway. |
Feb |
| Journey on New South Rails. A (Tour Report) |
Sep |
| L.V.R. commences operations on the Cowra - Eugowra Line.
The |
Sep |
| Loco-hauled Bows Out after 149 Years. |
Aug |
| Mercer Review. The Part 1. |
Jun |
| Mercer Review. The Part 2. (Freight) |
Jul |
| Mercer Review. The Part 3. (CityRail) |
Oct |
| Narromine station restoration project. The |
Nov |
| Passenger Train Farewells: |
|
| An Obituary to the Grafton
Express. |
Jan |
| ‘Daylight Days’ |
Jan |
| Farewell to the Melbourne Express
|
Jan |
| The Melbourne Express, a businessman’s
perspective. |
Jan |
| The Southern Aurora and the Melbourne
Express. (J. Beckhaus)
| Jan |
| Pits and Pubs Tour. The (Report) |
Jun |
| Port Kembla’s ‘One Spot’ Wagon Maintenance Centre. |
Mar |
| ‘Race Train’. (Rosehill) |
Mar |
| Review of EMU Rolling Stock. |
Mar |
| Review of EMU Rolling Stock. A |
Sep |
| Rolling Stock |
|
| Canberra and Goulburn Consists. Stored Cars. |
Feb |
| Safeworking Systems. Part 2. |
Jan |
| State Rail’s thirteenth Annual report, 1992-93. |
Apr |
| Sydney to Melbourne and return- late 1993 style. |
Jan |
| The Signalling Report and State Rail. |
May |
| The 10 Best Rail Experiences in N.S.W. |
Jul |
| The 10 “hack spots” for photographers in NSW. |
Oct |
| Tilting the Balance - the NSW Tilt Train development. |
Dec |
| Towards a better Countrylink. |
Jul |
| Tribute to the 44 Class. The sort of things you say at
funerals. |
Sep |
| Weekend on the Lachlan Valley Railway. A |
Aug |
| Working the Eugowra branch. |
Nov |
| “You won’t believe it till you see it.” Hunter Valley Rail
Operations. |
Dec |
| QLD
|
| QR’s Gold Coast tracklaying commences. |
Nov |
| QR’s Westlander service truncated. |
Sep |
| Tilt EMU’s ordered for Brisbane-Rockhampton run. |
Nov |
| Fisherman Islands Line Update.(NRIP 2) |
Jul, Oct |
| S.A.
|
| South Australian motive power update. |
Oct |
| Morrison Knudson Australia and the CLP’s. |
Jun |
| All States |
| Melbourne - Adelaide Standard Gauge Project.(NRIP 5) |
Dec |
| National Environmental Engineering Initiative’s
“Powerhouse on Wheels”
| Nov |
| National Rail at the Cross Roads. |
Jul |
| National Rail crewing reaches Brisbane. |
Sep |
| National Rail’s Second Annual Report. |
Feb |
| Riding National Rail’s First Crewed Train. |
Feb |
| Riding National Rail’s First Melbourne-Sydney Crewed
Train. |
Jul |
| Riding National Rail’s First Sydney - Taree Crewed
Train. |
Oct |
| 1995 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| Cityrail’s Strategic Plan Update. |
Oct |
| First Austrac locomotives enter service after official
hand over. |
Aug |
| Hunter Valley Developments: Warabrook Station opens. |
Dec |
| Punchbowl Closure forces Timetable Changes. |
Feb |
| Southern NSW Timetable Changes. |
Jan |
| State Rail Locomotive Fleet Update. |
Sep |
| 3801 Limited’s Illawarra tourist railway commences. |
Sep |
| Waterfall Collision puts focus on Procedures. |
Feb |
| Articles |
| ABB Transportation’s Xplorer/Endeavour railcars. |
Jun |
| ‘Absolutely Incredible!’ (NR diversion trains around
Parkes) |
Aug |
| Bruce Baird - a Profile. |
Mar |
| Celebrating 140 years of railways in NSW. (Special Trains,
Displays.) |
Nov |
| Daylight XPT. The |
Feb |
| Freight Rail’s new Recovery Crane. |
Sep |
| From Whitton to Worse: Main South grade and curve
easing. |
Jun |
| Homage to a passing train. Australia Remembers 1945 -
95 |
Sep |
| In search of a U-boat |
Aug |
| Is Countrylink off track with the tilt train? |
Aug |
| Keeping the spirit alive. (LVR update) |
Sep |
| Life returns to Junee Loco. |
Apr |
| Light Rail plan for Newcastle. |
Nov |
| NRMA and Sydney transport. The |
Oct |
| Newcastle Flyer Re - enactment. The |
Nov |
| Network Review. - Booyong Junction - Ballina; A forgotten
railway. |
Jun |
| Network Review. - Northern Region Network Diagram. |
Mar |
| Network Review. - The Hunter Valley. |
Mar |
| Network Review. - The Rock to Westby Line. |
Jan |
| Network Review. - The Western Region. |
Dec |
| Network Review. - Western Region Network Diagram. |
Dec |
| New Southern Line update. |
Nov |
| North Coast grade and curve easing. |
May |
| North Coast Line and “One Nation”. The |
Feb |
| North of Casino: The ‘working museum’ revisited. |
Jul |
| Old Helensburgh Station. The uncovering of |
Jun |
| 140 years of the NSW Railways. (Photo Feature) |
Sep |
| 140th anniversary critiques of the NSW Railways. |
Sep |
| Qantas celebrates 75 Years - Some of it with rail. |
Nov |
| Review of E.M.U. Rolling Stock. |
Mar |
| Review of E.M.U. Rolling Stock. (2) |
Oct |
| 7MB5 - Chullora to Gosford. (A Cab Ride) |
Mar |
| Short North curve and grade easing. |
Aug |
| So why do you call it a tilt train? |
Jul |
| State Rail’s Fourteenth Annual Report, 1993-94. |
Apr |
| SRA, QR and SJ meet. (Tilt train to Brisbane) |
May |
| Strategy for getting Countrylink back into the travel
mainstream. A |
Jun |
| Sydney - Canberra and return on the tilt train. |
Jul |
| The Murwillumbah Freight: An exercise in disincentives? |
Oct |
| The Passing Parade. Changes on the Main South. |
Jan |
| Tilt Train “Down Under”. |
Apr |
| Xploring Countrylink’s North - West services. |
Oct |
| Qld |
| Gold Coast track reaches Helensvale. |
Apr |
| SA |
| SA Branch Lines to be Standardised. |
Jun |
| Vic |
| Melbourne - Adelaide Standard Gauge Project - An
Update. |
Feb |
| All States |
| AusRail 95. ARA Convention Report. |
Oct |
| BP10 Brisbane - Perth Freight’s Odyssey. |
Jul |
| Melbourne - Adelaide standard gauge line. (Network
Review) |
Aug |
| National Rail and Driver Only Operation. |
Nov |
| National Rail’s Annual report. |
Apr |
| National Rail’s crewing take-up: The Final Frontier. |
Dec |
| National Rail’s Melbourne - Adelaide Diversion
Services. |
Apr |
| One State Versus ‘ One Nation”. |
May |
| Post “One Nation”: Where to Now? |
Apr |
| Proposal for an inland Standard Gauge Link. A |
Nov |
| Prime Minister opens Melbourne - Adelaide SG Link.
(News) |
Jul |
| Riding National Rail’s first Perth - Kalgoorlie crewed
train. |
Jun |
| The Indian Pacific’s Commemorative Rail Journey. (Perth -
Mel -Bris) |
Jul |
| The 10 rail ‘Hot Spots’ of South - Eastern Australia. |
Oct |
| Overseas |
| Amtrak travelling in the Western U.S.A. |
Jan |
| 1996 |
| New South
Wales |
| Main News Items |
|
| Bridge replacement heralds new rail era. [Carlingford
Branch] |
Jul |
| Broken Hill Line crewing update. |
Nov |
| Cityrail ‘Named Train’ changes. |
Dec |
| Cityrail not told of The Rocks station proposal. |
May |
| Cumberland Line [Y-Link] Opened this month. |
Nov |
| Cumberland Line Officially Opened. |
Dec |
| EDI wins Clyde takeover battle. |
Sep |
| Edmonson Ticket demise nears |
Nov |
| Fatal Collision derails Xplorer. [Gurley 28/6] |
Jul |
| First Broken Hill passenger blocked by Freight derailment.
|
May |
| Flash Floods cut Main Northern line. |
Apr |
| Four Locos may be written off after depot collision.
[Delec 13/7] |
Aug |
| Freezing conditions cause train delays. |
Oct |
| Freightcorp Launched. |
Nov |
| Langton promises direct Central Coast-Parramatta service.
|
Jul |
| Last freight finishes on Darling Harbour line. |
Mar |
| Last Western U-Boat. The |
Apr |
| Loco-Hauled services [Broken Hill & Griffith] to
commence this month. |
Mar |
| Murwillumbah XPT - Helensvale Connection. |
Dec |
| Neath Closure heralds possible South Maitland demise. |
Nov |
| New ballast wagons handed over. |
Dec |
| New Cityrail Timetable Format. |
Dec |
| November Cityrail Timetable Update. |
Sep |
| New Southern Line Tunnel Boring M launched this month. |
Dec |
| Olympics line contract awarded. |
Sep |
| Orange-Broken Hill service announced. |
Feb |
| Remaining 46 Class units go into storage. |
Apr |
| State Rail Restructure Announced. |
May |
| Sydney Celebrates 70 years of Electric Trains. |
Apr |
| Sydney Light Rail construction commences. |
Mar |
| Sydney Light Rail update. |
Jul |
| Timing right for new FCL Parkes terminal. |
Jul |
| U-boats to finish on Western Line next month |
Jan |
| Warabrook Station success. |
May |
| Western resignalling underway. |
Jan |
| Westrail plans move into Hunter Valley Coal. |
Jul |
| XPT celebrates 15 years. |
Oct |
| Zig Zag Accident. |
Mar |
| Articles |
|
| Canberra Station Track Renewal. (Photo Feature) |
Oct |
| CityRail not told of The Rocks Station proposal. (News) |
May |
| CityRail ticket options. |
May |
| Commuting to Canberra. |
Jul |
| Country link - a snapshot. |
Nov |
| Countrylink’s Loco-hauled Passenger Trains. |
May |
| Countrylink’s ‘new’ Daylight Express cars. |
Feb |
| Cumberland Line (Y-link) opened this month. (News) |
Nov |
| Fatal collision derails Xplorer at Gurley. (News) |
Aug |
| First Broken Hill Passenger blocked by freight derailment.
(News) |
May |
| Freight Rail Wagon Fleet. |
Oct |
| Freight Rail’s new Computer - Based Interlocking
signalling systems. |
Mar |
| Keeping track with Countrylink. (Interview with the
G.M.) |
Jun |
| Last freight finishes on Darling Harbour line. (News) |
Mar |
| Last Western U-boat. (News) |
Apr |
| Loco-hauled services to commence this month. (News) |
Mar |
| Neath (Signal Box) closure heralds possible South Maitland
demise. (News) |
Nov |
| Network Review - The North Coast Line. |
Aug |
| Northern Rivers Railroad. The |
Dec |
| Rail Freight in the Northern Tablelands. |
Feb |
| Railway Holiday. A Carriageway Park near Dungog. |
Dec |
| Review of EMU Rolling Stock. |
Mar |
| Review of EMU Rolling Stock. 2 |
Sep |
| Safeworking farces on the main West. |
Feb |
| Signalling Diagram - Coffs Harbour. |
Jul |
| Signalling Diagram - Valley Heights-Lawson |
Jan |
| Signalling Diagram - Wallerawang-Tarana |
Aug |
| Some thoughts on Countrylink’s services. |
May |
| Sydney Light Rail Construction Commences. (News) |
Mar |
| Sydney Light Rail Project; An Update. |
Sep |
| The Carlingford line’s Camellia bridge project- a
profile. |
Aug |
| The Jewel in the Crown. (Hunter Valley Lines) |
Sep |
| The Rebirth of Junee Roundhouse. |
Apr |
| U-boats to finish on Western Line next month. (News) |
Jan |
| What price rail access? |
Jul |
| XPT Celebrates 15 Years. (News) |
Oct |
| XPT Experience. The |
Nov |
| Qld |
| Main News Items |
|
| Acacia Ridge ‘Loco’ construction starts. |
Nov |
| Accelerated Travel Train Schedules. |
Jul |
| Additional City Tunnels and Tracks Commissioned. |
Jul |
| Fisherman Islands line opened-partly. |
Sep |
| Mainline Upgrade final deviation opens. |
Dec |
| Mary Valley Line restored. |
Dec |
| New Cairns Station opened. |
May |
| Queensland Rail’s Suburban Rolling Stock shortages. |
May, Jun |
| Sunshine Coast train problems prompt 2000Class railcar
return. |
Sep |
| Articles |
|
| Gold Coast Railway Opens. |
Apr |
| New Cairns Station Opened. (News) |
Jun |
| QR’s Safety Audit. |
Sep |
| Rails return to the Gold Coast. |
Aug |
| The Toowoomba Range Rail Studies. |
Apr |
| S.A. |
| Main News Items |
|
| Adelaide’s Red Hen farewell deferred. |
Nov |
| Red Hen’s Indian Summer. |
Mar |
| ‘Tea and Sugar’ bites the dust. |
Oct |
| Articles |
|
| Adelaide’s Red Hen farewell deferred. (News) |
Nov |
| Transadelaide Red Hen’s Farewell.(News) |
Oct |
| Vic |
| Main News Items |
|
| Construction commences on Spotswood facility. |
Sep |
| First Melbourne ticket machines…at last. |
Jun |
| Improved Melbourne train services. |
Mar |
| Lucky Friday 13th for Echuca. [Return of scheduled
passenger trains] |
Nov |
| Sprinter Problems. |
Feb |
| V/Line’s Geelong Line Regular Steam. |
Oct |
| Lucky Friday 13th for Echuca. Passenger trains return.
(News) |
Nov |
| V/Line’s Geelong Line regular Steam. (News) |
Oct |
| W.A. |
| Main News Items |
|
| Westrail to keep some L class after new units arrive. |
Feb |
| Articles |
|
| Hines Hill Collision Report . 13/1/96 (News) |
Feb |
| All States |
| Main News Items |
|
| AN situation ‘extremely serious’-Brew. |
Oct |
| East-West Line blocked by fatal collision. [Hines Hill]
|
Feb |
| First Perth-built NR Class commence trials ahead of NSW
units. |
Oct |
| National Rail’s Locos break cover. [First of new NR Class]
|
Jul |
| Rail Authorities still short of world’s best.: Bureau of
Industry Economics. |
Jan |
| Service paramount with TNT Rail operation. |
Jun |
| TNT to compete with National Rail. |
May |
| Articles |
| Annual Report Summaries. |
Feb |
| Australian National: long haul no more? |
Jul |
| Brew’s Bombshell. (A.N.) |
Oct |
| First Perth-built NR Class commences trials ahead of NSW
units. (News) |
Oct |
| National Rail’s Brisbane Region: Looking to the Future. |
Mar |
| National Rail’s Corporate Plan 4. |
Jan |
| National Rail’s NR Class locos- an update. (Photo
Feature) |
Nov |
| Refocusing Australia’s Rail Network. |
Dec |
| Some background on the design of National Rail’s new
locomotives. |
Jul |
| The AL/ALF class units of Australian National. |
Mar |
| The Eleventh International Track Conference. |
Dec |
| Track Australia: A review of Costs and Benefits. |
Apr |
| Walk the Line: An Update on the Rails for Trails
movement. |
Dec |
| TNT: service commences. |
Jul |
| Overseas |
| How to run a tour. (Union Pacific Railroad.) |
Jan |
| Wisconsin Central, Next stop Australia? |
Jun |
| 1997 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| Accidents round off bad month for rail. |
Apr |
| Airport Railway Tunnels onward. |
Jul |
| Ashfield-new Cityrail station plans. |
Sep |
| Aviation crash team investigates Beresfield Collision. |
Dec |
| Broken Hill ore covers officially enter service. |
Nov |
| Canberra High Speed Rail short list. |
Aug |
| City rail’s ‘Weekend for Weekday’ timetable criticised.
[Xmas-New Year] |
Feb |
| Container double stacking commences in NSW. |
Jul |
| David Hill returns to State Rail. |
May |
| Hunter coal competition comes a step closer. |
Feb |
| Level Crossing replaces Rail Bridge at Cowra.
| May |
| Naming ceremony officially launches Sydney-Brisbane NR
Class operations. |
Mar |
| NR Class first Brisbane visit heralds North Coast line
changes. |
Feb |
| New Coal Railway for Hunter Valley. [Warkworth] |
Apr |
| New Port Waratah “Loco” opens. (News) |
Jun |
| Noise shields for 90 Class.
| Feb |
| Northern Rivers may target export traffic to Brisbane. |
Nov |
| Northern Rivers Railroad beats Austrac as first private
Rail Freight operator. |
Oct |
| “Points Failure” leaves Warabrook passengers stranded. |
Jun |
| Record 1996/97 Grain Harvest. |
Jan |
| Articles |
| Austrac signs NSW access agreement. |
Aug |
| EMU Review. |
Mar |
| EMU Review 2. |
Oct |
| Enfield Yard. The New |
Jun |
| FreightCorp - What’s Left? |
Jan |
| FreightCorp - What’s Left - an update. |
Mar |
| From “Auto Alley” to “Aerosol Valley”. Cab ride on Sandy
Hollow Line |
Jun |
| Gatekeepers close gates for the last time. |
Sep |
| Goulburn - Junee. [Network Review] |
Nov |
| Hexham - A new life for a steam age “sacred site”? |
Sep |
| Intrastate Intermodal. FreightCorps container
strategies. |
Dec |
| Junee Roundhouse - 50 Glorious Years. |
Jul |
| Junee Roundhouse celebrates its 50 glorious years. |
Nov |
| Motive Power Review - The 48 Class. |
Jun |
| NSW Freight Timetables - Main South Line. |
Dec |
| NSW Freight Timetables - North Coast Line. |
Sep |
| NSW Freight Timetables - South Coast Line. |
Oct |
| NSW Freight Timetables - Western Lines. |
Oct |
| NSW Motive Power. Three years of Change. |
Jan |
| Preserving our Cathedrals of Steam. [Workshops &
Roundhouses.] |
Aug |
| Rail Access Corporation - The second year. |
Aug |
| Riding the first NR’s into NSW. |
Feb |
| Sandy Hollow - Ulan Line turns Fifteen. [Remember When] |
Oct |
| Sydney Light Rail - an update. |
Feb |
| Sydney’s new light rail system. |
Sep |
| The IPART Report and Countrylink. |
May |
| The New South Wales Story. [Puns on station names] |
Jul |
| Tourist Train Operators -How they compare. [ARHSACT, RTM,
3801] |
Apr |
| Travelling by CityRail on the Metropolitan Goods Lines.
[The River]. |
Jun |
| 3830 recommissioning. |
Dec |
| Welcome back 3830. |
Nov |
| What Wagon is That? A description of each type of
FreightCorp wagon. |
Jan |
| XPT turns 15. The [Remember When] |
Apr |
| N.T. |
| Commonwealth promises $100 million for Darwin-Alice
Springs Railway.
| Oct |
| Qld |
| Main News Items |
| Cattletrain Services start.
| Sep |
| First Fisherman Islands NR revenue service.
| Nov |
| QR joins with Orient Express to operate luxury train.
| Feb |
| QR takes delivery of $8 million Rail Grinder.
| Nov |
| Standard Gauge Loco facility closes. [Yeerongpilly]
| Apr |
| Articles |
| Ex- NSW cars still await reuse in Townsville. (News) |
Apr |
| Star Debutantes - QR’s Tilt and Heritage Trains. |
Dec |
| Yeerongpilly -SG loco facility closes. (News) |
Apr |
| SA |
| Main News Items |
| Adelaide’s Train Service a ‘national laughing stock’.
| Jul |
| Barossa Valley Tourist Trains.
| Feb |
| Belair Line works but no station reopening.
| May |
| Farewell Red Hens. [15/12/96]
| Feb |
| Genessee and Wyoming starts up with new name. [ASR]
| Dec |
| Goodbye AN Passenger, Hello Great Southern Railway.
| Dec |
| Articles |
| Alice Springs to Darwin; Rails to Fortune or Folly? |
Dec |
| Barossa Valley Tourist Trains. (News) |
Feb |
| East - West Line blocked by floods. (News) |
Mar |
| Farewell Red Hens. (News) |
Feb |
| From the “Silver City” to the “City of Churches”. {IP in
final weeks of AN} |
Nov |
| SA Freight - What’s left. |
Apr |
| TransAdelaide’s Annual Report for 1995/6. |
Apr |
| Upgrading the Adelaide Hills Railway. |
Dec |
| Vic |
| Main News Items |
| End of Jolimont Yards.
| Jan |
| Melbourne’s rail network to be split.
| Nov |
| MET trains collide. [Broadmeadows 14/11/96]
| Feb |
| More stem-hauled V/Line services.
| Jun |
| Museum becomes Central
| Feb |
| Articles |
| NSW’s Forgotten South-West equals V/Line’s Treasure of the
North. |
Jul |
| The Upfield Line. [Network Review] |
May |
| WA |
| Main News Items |
| BHP orders Australia’s most powerful locomotives.
| Sep |
| Westrail “tops and tails” grain trains.
| Apr |
| Articles |
| Future prospects for the Prospector. |
Oct |
| The Hines Hill Tragedy and Coroner’s Report. |
Mar |
| Westrail’s new standard gauge locomotives. |
Sep |
| All States |
| Main News Items |
| East-West line to reopen late this month after flood
damage.
| Mar |
| NR Class officially launched by the Prime Minister.
| Jan |
| New suburban trains for Brisbane and Perth.
| Jun |
| RAC. $20 million loss expected in first year; control
centre abandoned.
| Aug |
| The Great Railway Sale. [AN & NR]
| Jan |
| Articles |
| Accidents. Mt Christie [SA] and Mittagong [NSW] (News) |
Apr |
| AN and NR, the saga continues… |
Feb |
| “Brian and Mal” help Senate pass AN Sale Bill. |
Aug |
| How the systems measure up: Annual Reports’ Review. |
Mar |
| National Rail’s new wagons. |
May |
| National Rail Pass Survey. |
Jul |
| National Rail’s “Project Reclaim”. |
Oct |
| New Opportunities in Rail - 1997 Rail 2000 Conference
Report. |
Jun |
| Official launch of NR Class. (News) |
Jan |
| “One Nation” - A retrospective and perspective. |
Aug |
| Rail Summit focuses on interstate infrastructure. |
Nov |
| Senate Rail Inquiry Report. |
Jul |
| The Australian National Sale. |
Oct |
| Vertical Integration vs. Horizontal Separation. |
May |
| Wither rail heritage - a review of trends in QLD and
SA. |
Apr |
| 1998 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| Auction clears surplus State Rail rolling stock.
| Dec |
| Austrac commences freight service to Cowra.
| Jul |
| Beresfield Accident Report Findings.
| Jun |
| Cockatoo Run to cease in November.
| Oct |
| Metro Light Rail goes west.
| Dec |
| New life for Newcastle’s ‘Great Survivors’.
| Oct |
| Old Main North Infrastructure disappearing or damaged.
| May |
| Olympic Park officially opened and rail services commence.
| Apr |
| Parramatta - Epping - Chatswood Rail Link.
| Aug |
| Robertson Derailment.
| Jun |
| Train Order Working commences in N.S.W.
| Feb |
| Zig Zag Bushfires.
| Jan |
| Articles |
| A Country Link?
| Jun |
| Beresfield Collision Inquiry Report. The
| Jul |
| Blue Mountains Battleground - Rail versus Road.
| Oct |
| Clyde’s Fourth Generation Sydney Suburban Train.
| Aug |
| Easter Show disrupts National Rail North Coast services.
| May |
| Electric Sunset.
| May |
| First Train to Olympic Park.
| Jan |
| FreightCorp Locomotive Allotment Listing as at 5/2/98.
| Mar |
| Movie makers take NSW railways to the screen. [Granville
Disaster]
| Jul |
| NSW Motive Power in Review - 1997
| Jan |
| Progress at Parkes? Freight Terminal opens but still no
South - West Y -link.
| Jul |
| Railways of NSW: Annual Reports .
| Feb |
| Riding the ‘Big Ticket’. [Sydney - Canberra High Speed
Train]
| Aug |
| So you want to re - open a closed railway?
| Nov |
| 35 Years of Railway Digest.
| Mar |
| NT |
| Darwin Railway Consortia short - listed.
| May |
| Qld. |
| Main News Items |
| Brisbane Airport Line start delayed.
| Sep |
| Cairns - Mareeba upgrading.
| Jul |
| Doomben Passenger Service Recommences
| Mar |
| Narrow Gauge Big Power - QR’s 4000 class
| May |
| Refurbished ‘Inlander’ launched.
| Apr |
| Articles |
| Australia enters the Tilt Train era.
| Dec |
| Brisbane Airport rail link go - ahead.
| Jun |
| Gold Coast Railway reaches Robina.
| Jul |
| Nerang Extension opens.
| Feb |
| Queensland’s Interurban Multiple Units.
| Oct |
| SA |
| Main News Items |
| Bluebirds to the Barossa.
| Jul |
| More Barossa Bluebird services.
| Oct |
| Articles |
| Australia Southern Railroad: the challenge ahead.
| Feb |
| “Operation Bulldog”.
| Nov |
| Suburban Rail Cinderella. [Network Review - Adelaide’s
Railcar Services]
| Aug |
| Suburban Rail Cinderella postscript: The Railcar Fleet
| Sep |
| Tas. |
| Main News Items |
| Emu Bay Railway Snapshot.
| Jun |
| Tasrail takes on only three Emu Bay Railway drivers.
| Jul |
| Articles |
| Tasrail’s “new” locomotives and wagons arrive.
| Nov |
| Vic. |
| Main News Items |
| Great Northern puts faith in GM chant.
| Nov |
| Victoria washes its hands of interstate track problems.
| May. |
| Articles |
| More musings from Melbourne.
| Jun, Jul |
| Musings from Melbourne.
| Apr |
| “Operation Bulldog” Part 2.
| Dec |
| The Great Rail Sell- off.
| Sep |
| WA |
| Official launch for Westrail ‘S’ Class.
| Sep |
| ‘Prospector’ replacement and track upgrade announced.
| Aug |
| All States |
| Main News Items |
| GSR announces changes to ‘Ghan’ and ‘Overland’.
| Aug |
| ‘Western Sprinter’ up and running, Sydney - Perth
Trailerail to follow.
| Nov |
| Articles |
| AusRAIL 97, Bi - annual Conference Review.
| Jan |
| Federal Government’s Rail Inquiry heads north.
| Apr |
| Great Survivors.
| Sep |
| Managing Rail Heritage: Trends in NSW and Victoria
| Mar |
| NR Class Locomotives and National Rail’s motive power
fleet.
| Apr |
| Race to the West. [Freight services to Perth]
| Dec |
| Rails to Trail update.
| Apr |
| Railway Heritage - an international perspective.
| Nov |
| Railways and the Internet.
| Apr |
| Summer Reading Short Stories.
| Jan |
| Tracking Australia Report. The
| Oct |
| Year Long Haul. 1997
| Jan |
| 1999 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| Dorrigo Line Breakthrough.
| Mar |
| Parkes set to become new Silverton freight base.
| Jun |
| Parkes Y Link. Tim Fischer opens.
| Aug |
| Articles |
| Annual Reports of NSW- the Corporations. The
| Feb |
| Easter 1999 - an Olympic Games test.
| May |
| ESR turns Twenty. The
| Jun |
| 80 Class locomotives of NSW. The. Snapshot
| Sep |
| 82 Class Locomotives. The
| Oct |
| 47 Class locos of NSW. The Snapshot
| Dec |
| FreightCorp’s Sandstone Traffic. Snapshot
| Jul |
| Last 38 turns Fifty. The
| Sep |
| NSW CountryNet Train Radio explained.
| Aug |
| 90 Class Locomotives of NSW. The
| May |
| Northern Rivers launches a Ritzy train.
| Jul |
| Rail developments hold Key to Growth in the Hunter Region.
| Jan |
| Rail Heritage in Crisis!
| Feb |
| Railways of South Maitland. The
| Mar |
| Riding the Long Lunch Train.
| Sep |
| Saving our yesterdays. [Infrastructure].
| Sep |
| Signalling the Millennium.
| Dec |
| Steelworks Sign - off. [Newcastle]
| Oct |
| Sydney Central. The Upgrading of
| Sep |
| 3801 - Back in Black!
| Oct |
| Werris Creek - Gunnedah/Tamworth. Snapshot
| Aug |
| Western Revival. [Main Western Line]
| Apr |
| Qld. |
| Main News Items |
| Brisbane Airport rail link go -ahead.
| Apr |
| Bundaberg day - return Tilt Service commences.
| Aug |
| Queensland Rail becomes QR and looks beyond its borders.
| Nov |
| QR withdraws from Gympie.
| Jan |
| Articles |
| Moura coal lines of Queensland. The Snapshot
| Nov |
| QR’s 4000 class Ac Traction units.
| Dec |
| Stuart, hot spot in the hot tropics.
| Nov |
| SA |
| Main News Items |
| Australian Rail track Corporation capital works update.
| Apr |
| GSR ‘Overland’ relaunch.
| Mar |
| Articles |
| Adelaide’s Glenelg Tramway turns Seventy.
| Dec |
| Getting back to Bulldogs.
| Nov |
| 961 - An Alco Survivor.
| Jun |
| “Operation Bulldog” postscript. The Leigh Creek Finale.
| Mar |
| Tas. |
| Rebuilding Tasmania’s ’Abt’ Railway.
| Sep |
| Tasrail continues upgrading and expands services.
| Apr |
| Vic. |
| Main News Items |
| Freight Victoria bid wins V- Line freight.
| Mar |
| Geelong Standard Gauge Platform opens.
| Jul |
| Prelude to Privatisation - new rail and tram capital works
for Melbourne.
| Jan |
| Articles |
| All change for private trains and trams.
| Aug |
| Brighton Gates swing on.
| Sep |
| First year of V/Line freight. The
| Mar |
| Upfield Update.
| May |
| WA |
| Impressions of the Pilbara.
| Feb |
| Impressions of the Pilbara - Part 2.
| Jul |
| Postcard from the Pilbara.
| Apr |
| All States |
| Main News Items |
| Freight carriers move into new markets. [NSW & SA]
| Jan |
| Articles |
| AusRAIL 99
| Dec |
| EL Class locomotives. The Snapshot
| Oct |
| Fatigue in the workplace.
| Oct |
| Last of the Bulldogs. The [round nose GM’s]
| Apr |
| National Rail NR Class Locomotives.
| Aug |
| Railway Workshops today - Their future role to a modern
railway. [NSW & Vic]
| Jan |
| Ten years of Driver Only operation on main lines in
Australasia.
| Jun |
| Winter Reading.
| Jul |
| Year - Long Haul.1998 Photo Feature
| Jan |
| 2000 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| CityRail goes for gold after a rough start to September.
| Oct |
| CityRail Plasma Screen Update.
| Sep |
| Countrylink Loco - hauled services cancelled.
| May |
| Cowra - Blayney Line. Premier officially Re-opens.
| Jun |
| Glenbrook Inquiry targets structure of rail in NSW.
| Nov |
| Griffith Xplorer Launched.
| Jun |
| Junee derailment destroys historic infrastructure.
| Feb |
| Moree Agripark - New to rail freight.
| Mar |
| Mudgee Line Opening this month.
| Aug |
| Mudgee Re-opening.
| Oct |
| Olympics provide a transport feast.
| Nov |
| Rail system under the spotlight in wake of NSW accidents.
[Glenbrook}
| Jan |
| Sydney Paralympic Games . The
| Dec |
| Sydney’s Airport Line Opened.
| Jun |
| Sydney’s Tram Extension Opens.
| Sep |
| Articles |
| All change for Cobar ore trains. Snapshot
| Mar |
| Banking trains in NSW. Snapshot
| Dec |
| Can CityRail win the Olympics.
| Sep |
| Catch the train - share the reality. [CityRail problems]
| Aug |
| CityRail Big Day Out. The
| Jul |
| CityRail’s Record-breaking Olympics.
| Nov |
| Countrylink XP Power cars. The
| Feb |
| First train to Mudgee.
| Sep |
| 422 Class locomotives of NSW. The Snapshot
| Feb |
| Freight Australia reaches Cowra. Snapshot
| Aug |
| FreightCorp for sale with National Rail.
| Oct |
| Glenbrook Inquiry Report. The
| Aug |
| Into the Night on BS8. [NR’s Brisbane-Sydney overnight
freight.]
| Nov |
| Life begins at 40! [Railing BHP limestone to Pt Kembla
with N.R.]
| Jan |
| Mudgee line re-opening. An update.
| Mar |
| Olympic Games Special Services.
| Oct |
| Previewing the Parramatta - Epping - Chatswood Railway.
| Mar |
| Rail Tractor or Locomotive? NSW X200 Class.
| Oct |
| Riding the Outback Express. [Loco-hauled Broken Hill
train]
| Mar |
| 73 Class get a new lease of life. [Q cane loco
conversions] Snapshot
| May |
| Sydney’s Airport Line Opens.
| Aug |
| Ten years of North Coast XPT’s.
| Feb |
| NT |
| Alice - Darwin Railway: Finally signed.
| Nov |
| Qld |
| Airtrain flying ahead of schedule.
| Dec |
| QR’s Maxi Overhaul project. [2300 Class]
| Jun |
| 73 Class get a new lease of life. [Q cane loco
conversions] Snapshot
| May |
| 2100 Class - the beginning of the end. Snapshot
| Jun |
| SA |
| BHP’s Whyalla Steelworks. Snapshot
| Apr |
| 700 Class locomotives of S.A. The Snapshot
| Jan |
| Tas |
| Tasrail - three years on.
| Oct |
| Vic. |
| Easter Steam in Victoria. [The Millennium Aurora]
| Jun |
| G Class locomotives of Victoria. The
| Apr |
| Track Record for Victorian train and tram services.
| Aug |
| Victorian High Speed Plans Announced.
| Oct |
| Victorian Rolling Stock contracts announced.
| May |
| World Record performance. A [WCR’s R 711]
| Nov |
| WA |
| Main News Items |
| Australian Railroad Group buys Westrail freight.
| Dec |
| Articles |
| L Class locomotives of W.A. The
| Aug |
| Merredin - grain port in an inland area.
| Jan |
| Northam - a Westrail hotspot.
| Sep |
| ‘Pendennis Castle’ on its way home.
| Jun |
| All States |
| Main News Items |
| ATN Access Start-up and Chinese-built ‘XGAY’ wagons
arrive.
| Jul |
| Freight Australia takes over SCT services to Perth.
| Nov |
| ‘Indian Pacific’ Celebrations. 30 years service.
| Mar |
| Articles |
| AN Class locomotives. The Snapshot
| Sep |
| Anderson responds to Rail Reports.
| Jun |
| ARTC tracks its first year. The
| Feb |
| Australian National calls it a day.
| Dec |
| Budget 2000/2001: not much for rail.
| Jun |
| Bulldog Marathon.
| Dec |
| Coal, Grain, Containers and Commuters. [Annual Reports of
Govt. Rail]
| Apr |
| “Ghanning” it to Sydney.
| Jul |
| Go-ahead for National Rail and Westrail Sales.
| Jul |
| Operating the NR Class Locomotives.
| Apr |
| Rail - slowly sinking from public view.
| May |
| Rail Safety in Australia.
| Sep |
| Trains of the Century.
| Jan |
| Year-long Haul 1999. Photo Feature
| Jan |
| Overseas |
| Working Steam - a World Update.
| Mar |
| 2001 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| Crossing Crashes involve XPT’s.
| Mar |
| East Hills Line Quadruplication
| Oct |
| First Electric to Kiama.
| Dec |
| New Ballast Wagons built in-house.
| Sep |
| Parramatta - Chatswood Railway Changes
| Oct |
| Parramatta - Chatswood cut in half to fund Windsor Road.
| Jun |
| Speedrail Proposal Derailed.
| Jan |
| Sydney Airport Link Company in Receivership
| Jan |
| Articles |
| Act of God or Man?
| Apr |
| Chasing the Vintage Diesels. [In the Central West]
| Jan |
| Dapto- Kiama Electrification in full swing.
| May |
| 40 Class - A Brief History.
| Nov |
| Glenbrook - the Final Report.
| May |
| North-West Safari.
| May |
| Rail Action in N.S.W. What is common?
| Aug |
| 75th Anniversary of NSW’s Electric Trains.
| Apr |
| Sydney’s Light Rail.
| Mar |
| Take me to ‘The River’. [Cityrail’s Wyong-St Marys
service.]
| Jun |
| Tenders called for Outer Suburban, Hunter and Broken Hill
cars.
| Dec |
| Vale Speedrail.
| Feb |
| What Private Operator is that?
| Mar |
| Walsh Point Industrial Branch. The Snapshot
| Jul |
| NT |
| Main News Items |
| Alice-Darwin Railway gets {officially} underway.
| Sep |
| Alice-Darwin start delay.
| Feb, Mar |
| Darwin Railway-finally signed up, construction starts.
| May |
| Darwin Railway- start, stop and proceed.
| Jun |
| Articles |
| Alice-Darwin: First rails head North.
| Dec |
| Qld. |
| Main News Items |
| Black Mountain Derailment.
| Aug |
| Brisbane’s Airport Line.
| May |
| Nambour Cane Rail System. Closure plans.
| Jan, Feb |
| New Citytrain Timetables. Vulture Street renamed.
| May |
| Articles |
| GE’s and Big Skies. Four days at Julia Creek.
| Jan |
| ‘Gulflander’. The - Australia’s Outback Railway.
| Dec |
| QR, you’ve almost got it right.
| Jun |
| Take-off for Brisbane Airport Line.
| May |
| Tarong Railway back on track.
| Aug |
| Townsville’s New Station. Snapshot
| Nov |
| Tilting North
| Mar |
| SA |
| Main News Items |
| GM 1 - Fiftieth Birthday.
| Oct |
| Tenders to be called for Wolseley-Mt Gambier re-gauging
and re-opening.
| Apr |
| Tonsley Line - 1. Transport Plan. 2. Off-Peak Trains.
| Nov |
| Articles |
| Eyre Peninsula’s Isolated Railway. The
| Jul |
| Riding the Ghan.
| Jul |
| Vic. |
| Main News Items |
| Citadis Trams on Melbourne Streets.
| Oct |
| Federal Funding for Wodonga Bypass.
| Feb |
| Four Victorian lines to regain passenger trains.
| May |
| Freight Australia at war with Victorian Government.
| Apr, Jun |
| Hamilton-Horsham Line.
| Nov |
| National Express-Staff redundancies.
| Mar |
| Victorian Government declares Rail Open Access-angers
Freight Aust.
| Mar |
| Victorian Standard Gauge Conversion Program.
| Jul |
| Articles |
| R 711. Victorian Main Line Steam Revival.
| Jan |
| Summer Railfanning in Victoria.
| Apr |
| Victorian Variety Performance. [Passenger Services]
| Jul |
| WA |
| Main News Items |
| Geraldton Southern Transport Corridor.
| Oct |
| Perth Suburban Railway Update.
| Dec |
| Articles |
| Bulldogs, bull ants and bulldust.
| Jun |
| All States |
| Main News Items |
| Melbourne-Brisbane Inland Rail Project Launched.
| Dec |
| New ARA Executive faces a challenging year.
| Jan |
| Toll and Lang win rail bid.
| Feb |
| ‘Tracks to Federation’ Commemorative Train.
| Apr |
| Articles |
| Airport Railways - Where to now?
| Aug |
| Alco Century. An
| Nov |
| A Moment in Time. [Sale of N.R. and Freightrail]
| Jun |
| ARTC’s interstate Audit. Part 1.
| Dec |
| By Ghan to the Green Centre.
| Feb |
| Great rail setbacks of the century.
| Apr |
| In Praise of the ‘Rock and Seed’ Haulers.
| Feb |
| Moving towards the Inland Railway.
| Sep |
| National Rail/Freightcorp Sale - Special Report.
| Oct |
| Open Passenger access.
| Jul |
| Private Sector and Passenger Railways.
| Feb |
| Rail industry, corporate sponsorship and lobbying.
| Mar |
| Year Long Haul 2000. Photo Feature.
| Jan |
| Overseas |
| Britain’s Rail Tracks Re-nationalised?
| Nov |
| Terrorist Attack damages New York Subway lines.
| Nov |
| Interviews |
| Graham Clements, Managing Director, Silverton Rail.
| Nov |
| Vince Graham, Managing Director, N.R.C.
| Oct |
| Miscellaneous |
| Getting into print.
| Jun |
| 2002 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| Austrac - down but not out?
| Sep |
| Botany Line bridgeworks.
| May |
| Hunter Valley coal train reorganisation.
| Jan |
| Interail and 423 Class Launched at Casino.
| Jul |
| Kiama Electrification - new Timetable and some facts and
figures.
| Jan |
| Marayong to Quakers Hill Duplication.
| Jun |
| N.S.W. Ombudsman’s Report 2000/2001
| Jan |
| Q.R. buys Northern Rivers Railroad.
| Apr |
| Rail safety under scrutiny in NSW.
| Sep |
| ‘Silver City Explorer’ timetable released.
| Jul |
| Articles |
| Electric Twilight.
| Aug |
| 81 class- 20 Years On. The
| Oct |
| Five years of FreightCorp,
| Mar |
| Remembering the 46 Class.
| Dec |
| Restoration of 3265. The & 3265 a Life in Pictures.
| Sep |
| Return of the Water Train. The
| Dec |
| Silver City Explorer.
| Aug |
| Sydney’s suburban Fleet. |
| 1. 1964, 1968 and 1972 Stock.
| Feb |
| 2. 1973 and 1977 Stock.
| Jul |
| 3. 1981 and 1985 Stock.
| Sep |
| 4. 1988 and 1994 Stock. [Tangara Cars]
| Nov |
| Twenty years of XPT’s. | Mar |
| Xtra Precise Timing- Secrets of the XPT roster. | Apr |
| NT |
| Main News Items |
| Track laying starts on Alice Springs-Darwin line. | May |
| Articles |
| On track to the Outback. The Legendary Ghan Part 1. | Jul |
| On track to the Outback. The Legendary Ghan Part 2. | Aug |
| Revisiting the NAR. | Jul |
| Splitting the North. [Track laying in the N.T.] | Jul |
| Qld |
| Main News Items |
| Black Mountain derailment report released. | Jan |
| Brisbane-Cairns Tilt train draft fares and timetables announced. | Sep |
| Cairns Tilt Train previewed. | Jan |
| Grandchester to Helidon rail corridor study released. | Jun |
| Toowoomba Range preferred rail alignment announced. | Nov |
| Articles |
| All Aboard the ‘Savannahlander’. | Oct |
| Brisbane area loco-haul. | Apr |
| Gold Coast’s flying ’sparks’, The | Nov |
| Ipswich Workshops. | Aug |
| Queensland Railways: from outside looking in. | Apr |
| Shifting the Sugar. | Jan |
| Sugar traffic on the Burdekin. | Oct |
| The Sweet Smell of Hay. | Aug |
| Welcome to the ’Y’ Trains. | Jun |
| SA |
| Main News Items |
| ARG withdraws from Mt Gambier rail project. | Nov |
| Articles |
| Moving the ’Red Hens’. Yorke Peninsula Railway. | Oct |
| Tas |
| Railfanning in Tasmania. | Jun |
| Vic |
| Main News Items |
| Footscray collision report. | May |
| Higher insurance premiums Knock out Great Northern. | Dec |
| Articles |
| B 61 Cab Ride. | Jun |
| Driving Puffing Billy. | Apr |
| Forty years of Standard Gauge. | May |
| Geelong Fliers. | May |
| The Last Branch Line: Or a journey from Frankston to Stony Point. | Nov |
| WA |
| Main News Items |
| Kalgoorlie rail realignment options. | Aug |
| Options for bringing Mandurah Line into Perth’s CBD. | May |
| W.A. Government selects ‘central’ route through Perth CBD | Aug |
| Articles |
| Kalgoorlie- Golden crossroads of the west. | Jan |
| Pilbara Americana. BHP Iron Ore’s AC6000Cw Locomotives. | Dec |
| All States |
| Main News Items |
| Bombardier Transportation-V/Line Railcars, Perth EMU’s, company profile | Jan |
| CargoSprinter-a new generation of rail technology. | Mar |
| Pacific National. NR, Freightcorp, Toll and Patrick become | Apr |
| Pacific National-new logo and interim management team. | May |
| Articles |
| ARTC’s Interstate Audit. Part 2. Rail’s Highway to the Future. | Feb |
| AusRAIL 2002. | Dec |
| National rail-ten years of hard labour. | Mar |
| The trouble with Fast Rail. | Sep |
| Train Description Systems. | Aug |
| Urban Rail can deliver. | May |
| 2003 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| Airport Express ceases operation. | Jun |
| Armidale leads regional protests against Countrylink cutbacks. | Dec |
| ARG wins Manildra contract from Pacific National. | Nov |
| ARTC and New South Wales - unlocking the deadlock? | Aug |
| Bushfires, equipment failure hit CityRail. | Jan |
| Canberra Explorers ‘disappear’ for two weeks. | Oct |
| Changes to Southern Line signalling commence. | Sep |
| CityRail withdraws original Tulloch double deckers. | Aug |
| Cootamundra - Jindalee resignalling. | Apr |
| End of Ritz Rail casts shadow over Murwillumbah line. | Mar |
| Evidence taking at Waterfall Inquiry winds up. | Sep |
| Interim Report into NSW Public Transport released. | Oct |
| Last ‘Ghan’ into Sydney pulls up short. | May |
| Macdonaldtown ‘triangle’ turn back facility gets closer. | Sep |
| Menangle Bridge. New report released. | Nov |
| Menangle bridge affair. The | May |
| Millenium trains back, but under fire. | Jul |
| NSW regional rail jobs under the spotlight again. | Apr |
| NSW signal boxes remain open despite resignalling schemes. | Jan |
| NSW transport restructuring. | Jun |
| Newtown silo redevelopment. | Jun |
| QR’s Interail gains toehold in Hunter Valley coal traffic. | Apr |
| Report recommends closure of NSW grain branch lines. | Jul |
| Seven dead in Waterfall derailment. [31/1/03] | Mar |
| Waterfall Inquiry Continues. | Jun, Jul |
| Articles |
| A dedicated freight track for Sydney - the story so far. | Oct |
| All change for Capricornia. [Last days of ‘The Ghan’ in NSW.] | Jul |
| Chasing the Temora Grain. | Apr |
| CityRail shutdowns - Do they really work? | Mar |
| Driving the 46 class. | Apr |
| End of the line for Newcastle Station. | Sep |
| In the tradition of the Comet. | Dec |
| NSW State Election 2003. | Mar |
| North - west by CPH. [Tour report] | Jul |
| North West Rail Link for Sydney - the story so far | Aug |
| Overnight on the Sydney - Melbourne XPT. | Jun |
| Rail survivors: the 620/720 class railmotors. | Nov |
| Railways of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. | Feb |
| Suburban Survey: Rebuilding DIM 8020 | May |
| Sydney’s Interurban Fleet. | Jan |
| Sydney’s Millennium Trains. | Mar |
| NT |
| Main News Items |
| Alice to Darwin railheads meet with symbolic weld. | Jan |
| Alice Springs to Darwin update. | Fe, My, Au, Se, Oc, De |
| EDI wins $60 million contract for Alice-Darwin line operator. | Feb |
| It’s through! - Alice Springs to Darwin railway completed. | Nov |
| Qld. |
| Main News Items |
| Bromelton stone trains start rolling. | Nov |
| Cairns tilt train: Final timetable and fares released. | Apr |
| Diesel Tilt Train launched. | Jul |
| Electric locomotive rebuilding program starts. | Aug |
| New Townsville station opens for business. | Jul |
| Private sector finance unlikely for new Toowoomba line. | Oct |
| QR braces for Pacific National’s entry into Queensland. | Oct |
| QR fires opening salvo in freight rate ‘war’. | Feb |
| QR North Coast line timetable changes. | Feb |
| QR 2001/02 annual report - Another record freight haul. | Feb |
| Rebuilt electrics and new diesel locomotives announced for QR. | Apr |
| Redcliffe railway officially pronounced dead. | Sep |
| Union anger over Interail Hunter Valley coal wagon order. | Nov |
| Articles |
| Apples by rail in Queensland. | Dec |
| As Common as Muck: The last of the QR ‘60 tonners’. [1720 Class] | Jan |
| Five years of the electric Tilt Train. | Nov |
| More trouble with Fast Rail. [Queensland’s north coast corridor] | Jun |
| New power/baggage cars for QR. | Oct |
| QR’s Diesel Tilt train - a technical ‘snapshot’. | Aug |
| ‘SX’ cars - 40 years on and still going strong. [Photo Feature] | Nov |
| The busy rail centre of Mackay. | May |
| Two journeys on the Cairns Tilt Train. | Sep |
| SA |
| Main News Items |
| ARG invests $2 million in Eyre Peninsula track. | May |
| Barossa Wine Train ceases operation. | Jul |
| Eyre Peninsula rail at the crossroads. | Mar |
| New trams for Glenelg line. | Jul |
| Regional rail terminal established in SA’s mid-north. [Bowmans] | Oct |
| Salisbury collision report released. | Feb |
| Salisbury level crossing inquiries give damning evidence against road users. | Apr |
| Articles |
| Section cars to the Flinders Ranges. | Sep |
| The Barossa Wine Train in retrospect. | Oct |
| Tas |
| Main News Items |
| Tasmania’s road-vs-rail woodchip debate. | Sep |
| Articles |
| Tasmania by road and rail. [Tour report] | Aug |
| VIC |
| Main News Items |
| CRT’s CargoSprinter begins Melbourne port shuttles. | Oct |
| Freight Australia blamed for stalled Mildura gauge change. | Oct |
| Freight Australia sheds 134 jobs, citing drought. | Jan |
| Mont Albert - Box Hill tram extension opened. | Jun |
| National Express retreat from Victoria. | Jan |
| National Express operations go into receivership. | Feb |
| ‘Runaway’ train in collision at Spencer Street Station. [3/2/03] | Mar |
| Victorian Fast Rail update. | Mar, Dec |
| Victorian Rail Services Ltd takes over national express staff and assets. | Mar |
| Articles |
| A salute to the ‘C’ Class. | May |
| Getting Fast Rail on the right track. | Dec |
| Return to ‘Gunzel Hill’. | Jan |
| Shootin’ the Steam. [a trip with Steamrail Victoria] | Jun |
| Suburban Survey: |
| Comeng Cars. | Jul |
| Hitachi Cars. | May |
| Melbourne’s double-deck experiment. | Mar |
| Melbourne’s new trains. [‘X’Trapolis’ and ‘Nexas’ cars] | Sep |
| V/Lines ‘H’ class loco-hauled interurban cars. | Nov |
| The Victorian N Class. [locomotives] | Aug |
| X Class rebuilding project. | Oct |
| WA |
| Main News Items |
| Fremantle line celebrates re-opening 20 years on. | Sep |
| Goodbye WAGR, Hello ‘Transwa’. | Jul |
| Kalgoorlie rail realignment on hold for present. | Mar |
| EOI call for underground section of Perth - Mandurah line. | May |
| New Prospector cars delayed, but Doodlakine stop stays. | Oct |
| Options for Perth - Bunbury/South West passenger rail. | Jun |
| Articles |
| A Day in the West. | Mar |
| The making of Just Pilbara trains. [The story behind the film] | Dec |
| All States |
| Main News Items |
| Australian Inland Rail Expressway looks to the west. | Mar |
| ARG runs record grain trains to NSW. | Apr |
| ARTC announces 2003/2004 works program. | Nov |
| ARTC annual report - increased traffic, reduced costs. | Feb |
| Big ’ Wet’ disrupts rail across the tropics. | Mar |
| Buyers line up for Freight Australia. | Dec |
| Freight Australia takes on Pacific National. | Jun |
| GSPE falls casualty to ‘War on Terror’. | May |
| Pacific National announce locomotive sale. | Apr |
| Pacific National - DOO postponed and Acacia Ridge issue goes to court. | Aug |
| Rail safety worries continue in NSW, Victoria. [Temora, Chiltern, Moree] | Apr |
| Articles |
| Inland Rail Expressway - one year on. | Jan |
| Facing up to human nature. [An appeal for intelligent design in seating] | Feb |
| Pacific National unveils new livery. [Photo feature] | Apr |
| Railway People: Bryan Nye. | Nov |
| Tracking Australia: Five years after. | Sep |
| Overseas |
| Main News Items |
| Toll takes the lead in Tranz Rail takeover bid. | Aug, Sep |
| Toll crosses the line in bid for Tranz Rail. | Nov |
| Articles |
| Europe on a Eurail pass. | Feb |
| Visiting the railways of Malaysia.
| Jul |
| 2004 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| Airlines abandon Sydney - Canberra route | Nov
|
| ACCC regulates Hunter Valley coal traffic. | Jun
|
| ARTC NSW Lease Agreement signed. | Jul
|
| ARTC takes over NSW interstate rail network. | Oct
|
| Angry statewide opposition to NSW country rail cuts. | Jun
|
| 'Big' mini-budget for Sydney's rail network. | May
|
| Binnaway- Gwabegar line secretly 'closed'. | Aug
|
| CityRail still apologising for the inconvenience. | Apr
|
| CityRail weekend/off-peak service cuts under new timetable. | Sep
|
| Continuing CityRail controversy. | Jul
|
| CountryLink reprieved for now - NSW govt. responds to Parry Report. | Feb
|
| Crew shortages and new training methods on urban railways. | Sep
|
| Epping - Chatswood line - tunnelling forward. | Oct
|
| Gwabegar line fiasco sees no trains at harvest time. | Dec
|
| Gwabegar line study alleges flaws in GIAC report. | Jul
|
| Murwillumbah closure, RTSA and locals fight | Jul
|
| Murwillumbah XPT to end - line faces closure. | Jun
|
| Newcastle 2-car DMU's temporarily withdrawn. | Mar
|
| Newcastle rail closure recommended by Lower Hunter Group | Mar
|
| NSW and ARTC conclude interstate track negotiations. | Jan
|
| NSW budget - a windfall for rail | Aug
|
| NSW reorganises the railways - again. | Jan
|
| Silverton runs first export log train out of Armidale. | Nov
|
| Some 'cut' Canberra trains restored. | Jun
|
| 3526 steams again! | May
|
| Tulloch cars closer to zero. | Apr
|
| Waterfall Inquiry presents Interim Report. | Mar
|
| Werris Creek station buildings, Handover of restored | Jul |
| Articles |
| Baan Baa level crossing accident. An eyewitness report. | Aug
|
| Farewell to the Murwillumbah line. | Jun
|
| GIAC draft report - more branch lines to close? | May
|
| NSW branch lines: Has the time come for the Australian short line revolution? | Jan
|
| Newcastle railway debate: an update, The | Dec
|
| Northwest Safari II | Aug
|
| Parry Report, The | Apr
|
| Phoenixes arising [STARPS and Lithgow State Mine] | Feb
|
| The Pickup Goods. | Sep
|
| To the end of The River. | Oct
|
| Your sleeping car is on Platform Zero. [YHA hostel at Central] | Dec |
| NT |
| Main News Items |
| Alice - Darwin line is go! | Feb
|
| Alice Springs to Darwin railway update. | May, Nov, Dec
|
| First Ghan to Darwin competes Alice - Darwin line. | Mar
|
| GSR's Ghan breaks own record: new timetable. | Aug
|
| Northern Territory railway update. | Sep
|
| Articles |
| All aboard the first freight train to Darwin. | Mar
|
| At last - the first Ghan to Darwin. | Apr
|
| Inside the FQ class. | Mar
|
| Top End Trilogy: [Freight, Inaugural Ghan, Route Knowledge] | Jul
|
| Qld. |
| Main News Items |
| Airtrain slash services as new Citytrain timetable starts. | Dec
|
| Cairns - Kuranda steam services finish. [Preservation & Tourist] | Dec
|
| Dawson Valley Railway, ATEC announces start date for | Jul
|
| Diesel Tilt Train derails near Bundaberg - Stop Press | Dec
|
| EDI Rail/Bombardier wins QR Citytrain rolling stock order. | Dec
|
| Integrated ticketing boosts SE Qld patronage. | Dec
|
| Mt Isa line developments. | May
|
| Mt Morgan railway closes. [P & T] | Dec
|
| New railway to serve Central Queensland's Rolleston mine. | Apr
|
| Queensland budget and Rail | Aug
|
| Queensland election result kills Option Two for Caboolture - Landsborough Realignment. | Mar
|
| Queensland government announces Mitchelton - Keperra duplication and Standard Gauge corridor study. | Sep
|
| QR air-conditioned power car deliveries completed. | May
|
| QR annual report flags another record freight haul. | Jan
|
| QR's Interail planning further interstate expansion. | Feb
|
| South-east Queensland Translink ticketing system launched | Aug
|
| Articles |
| An Inter City Interlude.
|
| Queensland's Electric Tilt Trains. | Sep
|
| Queensland's Diesel Tilt Trains. | Nov
|
| Freight Trains of Yattee, The | Dec
|
| Moreton Mill. Farewell to [Nambour Twilight] | Apr
|
| Mount Isa - Queensland's Westernmost Rail Outpost. | Jul, Aug
|
| QR's Goonyella coal railway system. | Oct
|
| Revisiting Townsville's new railway station. | Feb
|
| Suburban Survey:
|
| QR's first generation EMU's. | Jan
|
| QR's Inter City cars. | Mar
|
| QR's AC- equipped Suburban Multiple Unit sets [SMUs] | May
|
| Queensland Interurban Trains. | Jul
|
| SA |
| Main News Items |
| John Holland Group unveils new rail grinder. | Jun
|
| Light rail at centre of SA transport plan. | Jun
|
| Mawson Lakes, Rail/Bus interchange for | May
|
| New trams and track upgrade for Glenelg line. | Nov
|
| Articles |
| North, south and west from Port Augusta. | Nov
|
| The Goolwa - Port Elliot tramway turns 150! | Aug
|
| Tas. |
| Main News Items |
| Devonport, New bridge, direct rail link planned for Port of | Sep
|
| Hobart tram plan 'killed'. | Apr
|
| Pacific National buys ATN, Tasrail. | Apr
|
| Tasmania's North-East line closed. | Nov
|
| Tasrail - a name no more. | Oct
|
| Vic. |
| Main News Items |
| Ararat, V/Line trains return to | Aug
|
| Bairnsdale, Passenger trains return to | Jun
|
| Call for tenders on Victorian integrated ticketing system. | Sep
|
| Connex awarded unified Melbourne rail/tram contract. | Apr
|
| Derailments plague Victorian rail network. | Apr
|
| Docklands Drive tram line extension and tram priority announced. | Apr
|
| Fast Rail project gets underway with Geelong line shutdown. | Feb
|
| Fast Rail "still on track for 2005" says Government. | Mar
|
| Freight Australia gives the go ahead for new locomotives. | May
|
| Latrobe Valley line shuts down for Regional Fast Rail work. | Apr
|
| Pacific National to purchase Freight Australia. | May
|
| Rail safety comes under investigation in Victoria. | Sep
|
| Squabbles over track ownership as ACCC approves FA takeover. | Sep
|
| Three Victorian country passenger trains hit trouble, runaway train report. | Jan
|
| Victorian Fast Rail update. | Dec
|
| V'locity implementation begins. | Jul
|
| Vermont South tram extension announced. | Jun
|
| Victorian Fast Rail Update. | May
|
| West Coast Railway, End of the Line for | Jul
|
| Yarra Trams take control of Melbourne tram network. | May
|
| Articles |
| Doing Time in Ouyen. | Oct
|
| Port Melbourne memories. | Sep
|
| Single-minded mania? [Singling main lines] | Jun
|
| The V'Locity railcars. | Nov
|
| What a way to spend the summer! [Geelong line closure] | May
|
| WA |
| Main News Items |
| Iron ore trains return to Geraldton district. | Mar
|
| Mandurah line contract. | Jul
|
| New Prospector railcars launched with special run. | Aug
|
| Perth's Clarkson extension debuts with new trains. | Nov
|
| Perth's New MetroRail project, A guide to | Oct
|
| Pilbara railway update. | Oct
|
| Prospector finally gets green light. | Jun
|
| Articles |
| BHP Billiton's iron ore railway in the Pilbara. | Dec
|
| Geraldton - WA's northern railway outpost. | Jan
|
| Perth's new EMU's. | Nov
|
| All states |
| Main News Items |
| AusLink plan released by Australian Government. | Jul
|
| AusRAIL PLUS 2003 report. | Feb
|
| ARA policy launch points the way ahead for rail. | Sep
|
| ARTC announces its national rail investment program. | Nov
|
| ARTC announces $20.6 million additional spending on east-west; $2.2 million on Melbourne - Albury line. | Sep
|
| ARTC - Five years down the track. | Feb
|
| ARTC traffic booms in July, August. | Nov
|
| ATEC announces construction of first Inland Railway section. | Apr
|
| CFCLA purchases West Coast Railway locomotive fleet. | Oct
|
| EDI Rail wins PN locomotive maintenance contract. | Nov
|
| Interail commences Brisbane-Melbourne freight services. | Jun
|
| Kodak closes Australian factory, ends Kodachrome sales. | Oct
|
| Level crossing incidents in two states disrupt rail services. [Baan Baa, NSW & Goondiwindi, QLD] | Jun
|
| More derailments in NSW, Qld, Vic. [Benalla, Thornton, Somerton, Bowen] | Dec
|
| Pacific National gets green light on Freight Australia sale. | Oct
|
| 2004 federal election - coalition wins fourth term | Nov
|
| Uniform health standards for rail workers from 1 July. | Aug |
| Articles |
| A guardian angel called 'DVTCS-L' | Nov
|
| A half-century of highway subsidisation - or 50 years after Hughes & Vale. | Nov
|
| Australia Post commemorates the 150th anniversary of Railways in Australia. | Oct
|
| Federal Election 2004 Special. | Aug
|
| First Lithgow State Mine and Ozback Explorer Tour. | Sep
|
| Getting your photos published. | Dec
|
| PN puts the 'National' in Pacific National in 2004. [Pictorial] | Dec
|
| Rail Safety Briefings
|
| No.1 Melbourne runaway of 3/2/2003 report. | Jun
|
| No.2 Derailment of XPT at Wodonga 25/4/2001. | Oct
|
| No.3 Derailment at Chiltern, Vic 16/3/2003. | Dec
|
| Railways no More. [Pictorial survey of lost liveries and trains] | Oct
|
| Railways without Borders. | Jul
|
| Taking a look at the Ozback Explorer. | Mar
|
| The colours of trains. | Mar
|
| 2004: The year ahead for Rail. | Jan
|
| Very Fast Train for Australia - 20 years on, A | Jun
|
| West - East Crossing. | Apr
|
| Overseas |
| Articles |
| My Appalachian Odyssey. | Feb
|
| New Zealand rail update. | Jan |
| The Dragon's Last Gasp over the Jingpeng Pass. [China] | Sep |
| Railway People |
| Bradford, Stephen CEO of GSR | Jan
|
| Compton, Everald | Apr
|
| Fowler, Harold (1924 - 2004) | Feb
|
| Nye, Bryan CEO of ARA | Dec
|
| Regular Updates |
| LocoShed Express |
| Fleet Changes | Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
|
| Before there was Silverton Rail | Oct
|
| BHP Billiton's SD40/SD40-2 locomotives. | Apr
|
| Mount Isa Mines - Surface Diesels. | Jul
|
| Fleet Gazetteer |
| Asia Pacific Transport Freightlink | Jul
|
| ATN Access | Apr
|
| ATN Tasrail | Apr
|
| DSRM Part One | Apr
|
| DSRM Part Two | Jul
|
| Pioneer Sugar Mill [CSR] Brandon, Qld. | Jul
|
| Rolling Stock News |
| Contracts and Deliveries | Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
|
| FreightLink rolling stock fleet. Part 1.Freight wagons. | Jun
|
| FreightLink rolling stock fleet. Part 2. Crew cars. | Sep
|
| Manildra Group wagon fleet, The | Dec
|
| PN Grain Wagons rebuilt for the Long Haul | Mar
|
| Signalling and Safeworking |
| General News | Feb, May, Jul, Oct
|
| To the drawbridge: Where the tramway meets the railway. | Aug, Nov
|
| 20 Years of CTC between Junee and Albury. | May
|
| Update on remnant mechanical signalling. | Feb
|
| 2005 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| ARTC celebrates a year in NSW | Oct
|
| Baradine line 'closes' again. | Dec
|
| Bethungra derailment [Operations] | Feb
|
| Binnaway-Baradine line reopening | Apr
|
| Bondi Junction turn back project | Nov
|
| Chatswood
|
| New station layout | Apr
|
| Temporary island platform opened [News in brief] | Sep
|
| Chatswood - Epping Railway tunnelling completed [News in brief] | Oct
|
| Cootamundra - Tumut proposed reopening | Apr
|
| EMU bidders shortlist announced. | Apr
|
| EMU Contract - United Goninan wins [OSCAs] | May
|
| Eveleigh Railway Workshops threatened with demolition [Pres & Tourist] | Oct
|
| 5000 class launched in Newcastle by United Goninan & QR | Aug
|
| Grain lines - reprieve for some, uncertainty for others | Jun
|
| Gwabegar remains open, future uncertain. | Jan
|
| Jerrys Plains Coal Line proposal | Feb
|
| Jerrys Plains line to be built by Barclay Mowlem. | Apr
|
| Last Goulburn Day Train | Oct
|
| Leppington & Rouse Hill - new railways announced | Aug
|
| Light Grain Train proposal | Sep
|
| Mungindi-resident allowed to stay in former station building | Apr
|
| New CityRail Timetable
|
| Back to the 1930's. | Sep
|
| CityRail welcomes new timetable | Oct
|
| Newcastle
|
| Closure of line announced | Feb
|
| Former mayor supports closure | Aug
|
| No passenger services to run on NSW grain branches. | Jul
|
| Online bookings on way for CountryLink | Jan
|
| QR National
|
| First 5000class nears completion. | Apr
|
| Launches in Brisbane, runs first train in NSW | Jun
|
| Rail 150
|
| NSW Minister for Transport launches [Pres. & Tourist] | Aug
|
| ZZR conducts walking tours for [Pres. & Tourist] | Aug
|
| Sandgate Flyover plan - ARTC | May
|
| Summer Hill-Mungo Scott mill plans relocation. | Mar
|
| Tumut line-talks begin to reopen | Feb
|
| Waterfall Final Report released | Mar
|
| Waterfall inquiry fallout continues | Apr
|
| Werris Creek ARM opens | Nov
|
| Werris Creek Mine trains | Nov
|
| Werris Creek - Moree: full passenger service resumed | Feb
|
| XPT fleet - Enhancements underway for | Mar
|
| Articles |
| Branch line passenger train, The [Remember When] | Dec
|
| Celebrating 150 years of NSW railways. | Nov
|
| Chasing the X Class on the Dubbo Oil | Feb
|
| CityRail. Have times changed? | Nov
|
| CityRail: Providing a service or playing trains? | Jun, Jul
|
| Junee rail attraction and other explorations | Dec
|
| Helensburgh - Forgotten Illawarra railway tunnel walk. | May
|
| Murwillumbah passenger train study. | Feb
|
| Newcastle rail debate, The - As I see it by Graham Crichton. | Mar
|
| Network review — Moss Vale - Goulburn | Dec
|
| QR National 5000 Class Locomotives. | Aug
|
| Rail 150 - Spreading the message across NSW [Easter Tour Report] | May
|
| Restored 10 class unveiled.[Pres & Tourist] | Nov
|
| Sandgate Flyover. ARTC's proposed | Jul
|
| Skitube - Riding the Midday Mixed. | Jan
|
| NT |
| Main News Items |
| First birthday for Alice-Darwin railway. | Mar
|
| Northline pulls freight from Darwin Railway | May
|
| Articles |
| A year-long haul to the Top End. [Pictorial survey] | Mar
|
| Katherine-a headlight at the end of the straight. | Mar
|
| Qld. |
| Main News Items |
| ATP for QR's Tilt trains | Aug
|
| ATSB
|
| Releases Interim Tilt train derailment report. | Apr
|
| Tilt train derailment final report released | Dec
|
| Beaudesert Railway assets sold. [Pres. & Tourist] | Jun
|
| Bundaberg-Fairymead Mill to close | Apr
|
| Caboolture - Landsborough duplication/realignment, Green light for | Oct
|
| Caboolture - Landsborough Upgrade. | Nov
|
| Dawson Valley rail project, Barclay Mowlem joins ATEC in | Oct
|
| Central Queensland Rail Expansion update | Sep
|
| Dirranbandi Line's uncertain future. | Mar
|
| Gold Coast rail extension to Reedy Creek announced | May
|
| Goony Ella - Newlands 'missing link' improves coal haul | May
|
| Great South Pacific Express, QR sells | Nov
|
| Jericho - Yaraka line to 'close', more QR lines mothballed | Nov
|
| Kingaroy and Meandarra - Glenmorgan lines, QR 'closes' | Sep
|
| Kinrola-Rolleston coal railway | Feb, Jul
|
| Locomotive and Carriage sales to Chile | Sep
|
| Minerva coal trains start [News in Brief] | Nov
|
| Monto line diversions [Operations] | Feb
|
| Mount Morgan station sold. [Pres. & Tourist] | May
|
| Murgon stock trains. [Operations] | Feb
|
| Pacific National moves into Queensland | Feb
|
| PN Queensland ready to roll. [Operations] | Mar
|
| QR diesel tilt train derailment report. | Jan
|
| QR buys CRT. | Aug
|
| QR celebrates 140 years in style with a full head of steam. [Pres & Tourist] | Sep, Oct
|
| Rolleston line commences operation | Dec
|
| Southwest grain. [Operations] | Apr
|
| Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers | Nov
|
| Townsville - Mt Isa transport study | Jun
|
| Westlander heads east - now departs towards Bowen Hills | May
|
| Windah - Grantleigh duplication on Central line | Apr
|
| Yeerongpilly-standard gauge loco shed demolished. | Jan
|
| Articles |
| Blackwater coal railway system | Feb
|
| Farewell 3900 Class [Photo feature] | Jun
|
| In Search of an East Coast Corridor:
|
| 1. Toowoomba and the Australian Inland Rail Expressway. | Jan
|
| 3a. Queensland Overview | Oct
|
| 3b. Queensland Overview | Nov
|
| PN Class locomotive. | Jun
|
| Tilt train derailment, The - a personal account by David Jehan | Mar
|
| Yeerongpilly loco, Farewell forever to | May
|
| SA |
| Main News Items |
| Eyre Peninsula rail strategy calls for $20 million upgrade | May
|
| Glenelg tramway
|
| Reopening after reconstruction / [News in brief] | Oct
|
| New tram order extended | Nov
|
| Limestone Coast Railway ceases running to Penola. [Pres. & Tourist] | Jul
|
| Mt Gambier - rail development in limbo? | Sep
|
| Mt Gambier road/rail debate continues | Jul
|
| Port Adelaide - opening rail and road bridges for | Jun
|
| Railway to Mt Gambier is back in style again. | Mar
|
| Trams return to Adelaide - SA infrastructure plan | Jun
|
| TransAdelaide 2003/2004 patronage increase. | Apr
|
| Articles |
| PL class at Keswick Passenger terminal, The [Operations] | Jul
|
| Port Augusta, A few days around | Jul
|
| Revitalising Adelaide's light rail system. [Glenelg line] | Aug
|
| Suburban Survey - The Adelaide 2000 class railcars | Dec
|
| Tas |
| Main News Items |
| Commonwealth and Tasmania to conduct rail study | Dec
|
| PN plans major Tasmanian rail closedown. | Nov
|
| Vic. |
| Main News Items |
| Avalon airport Rail link back on the agenda | May
|
| Appleton Dock- improved rail facilities announced | Mar
|
| Ararat-Maryborough line-services suspended | Mar
|
| Bendigo- Echuca passenger service suspended | Apr
|
| Docklands, Melbourne trams extended to | Mar
|
| Epping - South Morang reopening | Feb
|
| Flinders Street- station concourse upgrading | Apr
|
| Final X'trapolis EMU's enter service | Feb
|
| Maldon-Castlemaine reopens.[ Preservation & Tourist] | Feb
|
| Marshall - Victoria' newest railway station opened | Apr
|
| New rail access legislation tabled in Victorian Parliament | Jul
|
| No expansion for Melbourne's rail and tram network? | Dec
|
| On train catering facilites restored to Warrnambool trains | Mar
|
| Pacific National launches rebuilt locomotives in Melbourne. XR Class | Feb
|
| Portland line, PN suspends operations on | Feb
|
| R 766 gets ready for standardisation. [Pres. & Tourist] | Jun
|
| Trams reach Vermont South | Sep
|
| Victorian Fast Rail Update | Feb
|
| V/Line Annual Report 2003-04 | Mar
|
| V/Line passenger | Apr
|
| V'locity Testing [Operations] | Jan
|
| W - Class trams | Feb
|
| Westernport [Long Island] steel trains. [Operations] | Apr
|
| Wild weather disrupts Melbourne's transport system. | Mar
|
| Wodonga rail pass threatens Albury V/Line passenger trains. | Dec
|
| Articles |
| Regional Fast Rail Bendigo [Photo feature] | May
|
| Regional Slow Rail? The Bendigo Line. | Aug
|
| Renewing North Caulfield's 'grand union' tram junction | Jun
|
| Somerton Railmotor, The [Remember when….] | Oct
|
| World Class Infrastructure for regional Victoria | Feb
|
| WA |
| Main News Items |
| Albany Woodchips [Operations] | Feb
|
| Avonlink cars launched, New | Oct
|
| Bunbury mill decision saves southwest line as far as Greenbushes | Dec
|
| East-West line blocked by two WA derailments. | Mar
|
| Fremantle, Construction begins on rail access to the Port of | Jan
|
| Geraldton - New Port Line Opened | Nov
|
| Greenwood station opened | Apr
|
| Mandurah line delayed | Jul
|
| Perth
|
| new ticketing system | Apr
|
| new Train Control officially opened [news in brief] | Sep
|
| southern suburbs railway update | Nov
|
| Pilbara Iron, Bradken produce 2000th wagon for | Aug
|
| Pilbara- new iron ore railway likely. | Jan
|
| Prospector - Third Set Accepted | Feb
|
| South-West line saved by government funding. | Feb
|
| Thornlie Line opening | Sep
|
| Articles |
| BHP Billiton's SD70Ace locomotives | Dec
|
| Leighton container trains, The | Jun
|
| Suburban and Interurban Survey:
|
| Perth's two-car 'A Set' EMU's. | Jan
|
| Perth's three-car 'B set' EMU's | Mar
|
| Australind Stock. Transwa | Oct
|
| Prospector and Avon Link cars, The original | May
|
| Prospector and Avon Link Stock, Transwa | Jul
|
| Robe River's CM40 - 8s return to service in the Pilbara [Operations] | Sep
|
| Tracking the world's heaviest trains. | Apr
|
| All States |
| Main News Items |
| ARA report calls for reform and a level playing field. | Apr
|
| ARTC announces major works alliance for Sydney-Melbourne upgrade | Dec
|
| ARTC seeks partners in $1.3 billion East Coast upgrade | Jul
|
| CFCLA forms leasing joint venture | May
|
| Collisions and derailments. | Jan
|
| Freightlink starts Melbourne - Darwin freight service | Aug
|
| Inland Rail Corridor Study announced | Jun
|
| New study into Inland railway | Mar
|
| Pacific National repaints NR 28 in Indian Pacific Livery | Nov
|
| Patricks to take over FCL | May
|
| P & O Ports enter the railway business | Jul
|
| QR and ARG jointly bid for steel contract | Dec
|
| QR National expands with ex FA rolling stock. | Jan
|
| SCT orders own locomotives | Aug, Dec
|
| Toll - Patrick takeover bid focuses on Pacific National. | Nov
|
| Toll takeover bid for Patrick | Oct
|
| 2005 Federal Budget | Jul
|
| Articles |
| Adelaide - Melbourne gauge standardisation - 10 years after | Jul
|
| ARTC's East Coast upgrading program | Sep
|
| Australian Steam in 2004.[pictorial review] | Jan
|
| Can operating steam survive? | May
|
| Far and Wide - the 422 Class | Apr
|
| Freight Australia and PN XR Class [Operations] | Jun
|
| In search of an east coast corridor
|
| 2.Parkes to Cairns Rail Spine and the NSW rail network | Apr
|
| NR class - A locomotive for Australia | Sep
|
| 100 defining aspects of Australian Railways
|
| Part A | Sep
|
| Part B | Oct
|
| Operator Profile:
|
| Australian Railroad Group | Dec
|
| Rail Safety Briefing
|
| No.4.Ararat derailment 28/11/2003 | Mar
|
| No.5. Beresfield Collision 23/10/1997 | Jun
|
| No 6. Derailment of train 6WP2 at Bates, SA 9/11/03 | Sep
|
| No 7. Sandgate - near collision - 25/2/2004 | Dec
|
| Sir Harold Clapp, The legacy of | Sep
|
| SCT trains, Ten years of | Aug
|
| Overseas |
| Articles |
| Sri Lanka | Apr
|
| Railway People |
| Roger Jowett | Jun
|
| Regular Updates |
| LocoShed Express |
| Fleet Changes | Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
|
| Ex-NSWR 73 Class. Where are they now? | Jul
|
| Farewell Freight Australia | Jan
|
| QR's 3900 to 3551 Class overhauls | Apr |
| Rolling Stock News |
| Contracts and Deliveries | Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
|
| ARG Geraldton ore wagons | Dec
|
| John Holland's RG 9 Rail Grinder | Mar
|
| Pilbara Iron's new ore wagons | Sep
|
| Queensland Prison Van restored. [Preservation] | Feb
|
| VR tram 41 restored [Preservation] | May
|
| Yarra Trams' Combino trams. | Jun
|
| Signalling and Safeworking |
| General News | Feb, May, Aug, Nov
|
| ATP- Its history on Queensland's North Coast Line | Feb
|
| Single Lens LEDs. | Feb
|
| Victoria's RFR Casualties | Nov
|
| Victoria's RFR Project and its effect on mechanical signalling | May
|
| Where the Tramway meets the Railway. Part 3. | Aug
|
|
| 2006 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| ARG quits NSW grain haulage | Jan
|
| ATP systems-RailCorp to trial | Oct
|
| AusRail Plus 2005 Exhibition a success | Jan
|
| Austrak Wagga wins ARTC contract | Dec
|
| Bankstown line upgrade complete | Apr
|
| Berowra third platform opens | Oct
|
| Bondi Junction Turnback complete | Jun
|
| Broadmeadow - Newcastle line to be retained | Apr
|
| Broken Hill - Bemax siding completed | May, Jun
|
| Broken Hill Line - ARTC to re-sleeper in timber | Nov
|
| Bulli, Woonona and Meadowbank station upgrades | Jul
|
| Casino - Murwillumbah reopening proposal - link to Qld? | Aug
|
| CBD light rail- Watkins opposes | Oct
|
| Chatswood - Epping rail update | Jun, Oct
|
| CityRail Suburban Contract - Reliance Rail wins | Dec
|
| CityRail's fare increases | Aug
|
| CityRail's new OSCAR cars emerge | Jan
|
| CountryLink - Regional NSW | Oct
|
| CountryLink expands online bookings | Sep
|
| CountryLink services guaranteed | Aug
|
| CountryLink Summer slow-down | Nov, Dec
|
| Cronulla duplication | May, Nov
|
| Enfield's environmental assessment released | Mar
|
| Goninan no more | Feb
|
| Gosford-Newcastle track upgrade | Oct
|
| Grain lines lease plan on hold but some extra funding promised | Apr
|
| Granville-Campbelltow/Sefton-Cabramatta lines major upgrades | Aug
|
| Kandos - New rail cement silo for | Jul
|
| Homebush and Lidcombe turnbacks - Contracts to Leighton | Jul
|
| Hornsby station upgrade commences | Mar
|
| Hunter railcars delayed | Dec
|
| Ilabo level crossing collision, 2 November | Dec
|
| Kooragang Island - EIS for second coal loader released | Oct
|
| Lachlan Valley Rail Freight expansion - with Swedish built locomotives | Apr
|
| Leeville Viaduct replacement | Nov
|
| Macdonaldtown stabling project approved | May
|
| Maitland Steamfest 2006 [Pres. and Tourist] | Jun
|
| McInerny contradicts 'slower trains are safer trains' claim | Aug
|
| Moree station set for restoration | May
|
| Mortdale and Penshurst Easy Access contracts - Burwood next | May
|
| Mudgee Line under threat? | Jan
|
| Mudgee passenger train revival? | Oct
|
| New Hunter Railcars commence testing | Jan
|
| New PN's 90 class enter service | Jan
|
| Newcastle interests push for new Ardglen tunnel | Mar
|
| Newcastle line - Changed position by business interests | Feb
|
| North Sydney upgrade starts | Jun
|
| North West Rail Link update [Rouse Hill] | Jul
|
| Oatley - Sutherland resignalling | Feb
|
| OSCAR and Hunter carriages | Jun
|
| Parkes SCT terminal | Apr, May, Sep, Dec
|
| Parkes - support for Inland Railway | Nov
|
| Pucawan derailment 28 June | Aug
|
| RailCorp abandons 'lock-in' policy | Sep
|
| Revesby Turnback contract | Jun
|
| Sandgate Flyover Works Commence | Jan, Oct
|
| Sandgate Flyover - Early opener for | Dec
|
| South Maitland coal trains return | May
|
| South Maitland Railways update [Operations] | Oct
|
| South Spur buys Silverton | May
|
| Staff Working and Signal Boxes - End in sight | Jul
|
| Sydney airport railway for sale | May
|
| Sydney infrastructure update | Dec
|
| Tarana - Oberon railtrail construction to start [Pres. and Tourist] | Mar
|
| 3237 returns to service [Pres. and Tourist] | Jun
|
| Thornton loco maintenance facility plan abandoned | May
|
| 3801 - new tyres for [Pres. and Tourist] | Apr
|
| United Group takes over Goulburn Workshops | Aug
|
| Wagga Wagga rail bridge replacement | Jul, Nov
|
| Wambo branch almost complete | Jul
|
| West Tamworth - new grain terminal | Jun
|
| Xplorer/Endeavour DMU refurbishment | Dec
|
| XPT passenger cars new livery | Feb
|
| XPT services suspended following derailment | Mar, Oct
|
| XPT services gradually return | Apr
|
| XPT Sydney
|
| Melbourne train - upgrade jointly funded by NSW & Vic. | Jun
|
| Level crossing accident near Albury | Jul
|
| Young Station restoration grant | Jun
|
| Zig Zag tunnel upgrade | Oct
|
| Articles |
| A Tale of Canterbury Trains. [Pictorial essay] | Aug
|
| Broken Hill and return - CountryLink Xplorer success | Jun
|
| CountryLink XPT Refurbishment | Jul
|
| Hunter Rail Cars, The | Aug
|
| Last days of a branch line [Gwabegar] | Jan
|
| NSW Central West: Retro units and Today's colours | Feb
|
| Partners in Preservation | Oct
|
| Southern Semaphore Swansong | Dec
|
| Suburban Survey
|
| 620/720 class Suburban Diesel Railcar Sets | May
|
| Sydney's suburban timetable six months down the track | May
|
| 3830 - The Powerhouse Locomotive | Apr
|
| Sydney Central Centenary Celebrations | Sep
|
| Train design update - Oscars | Sep
|
| Zig Zag Railway launches appeal to restore AC 16 Class 218A | Sep
|
| NT |
| Main News Items |
| Adelaide - Darwin Line [Operations] | Jul
|
| Bootu mineral traffic boosts Darwin Line | Jul
|
| Elizabeth River bridge - level crossing smash 20 October | Dec
|
| FreightLink records loss but confident of Darwin line improvement | Feb
|
| FreightLink seeks equity partners | Jul
|
| Qld. |
| Main News Items |
| Acacia Ridge QR/PN agreement | Oct
|
| Air-conditioned car and tilt train upgrade | Oct
|
| Airtrain's fifth birthday | Jul
|
| Beaudesert Rail - Termination notice served on [Pres. and Tourist] | Aug
|
| Beerburrum-Landsborough rail upgrade approved | Oct
|
| Brunswick Street Station refurbishment | Nov
|
| Busway set to take out Roma Street platforms | Apr
|
| Citytrain services disrupted by power cuts and crew shortages | May
|
| Cyclone Larry disrupts Townsville - Cairns rail services | May
|
| Dawson Valley Railway
|
| QR givers 'green signal' for | Sep
|
| Gladstone port expansion ready for | Oct
|
| Diesel Tilt Train news | Jun
|
| Doomben-'secret' show specials | Oct
|
| Electric tilt train overhauls start | Feb
|
| Gold Coast duplication | Jan, Jun, Sep
|
| Gold Coast light rail- route options | Sep
|
| Greenvale Line reopening? | Oct
|
| Hughenden-Winton Line to close? | Jun
|
| Longreach Line - bridge collapse causes derailment | Dec
|
| Major SE Queensland rail projects - Thiess/QR partnership | Jun
|
| Mourilyan Mill closure | Jun
|
| New Gold Coast trains commence testing | Oct
|
| 'Northern Missing Link' - EIS statement released | Apr
|
| Ormeau-Coomera duplication opens | Nov
|
| QR's 140th Report | Feb
|
| QR orders electric locomotives | May
|
| QR wins Acacia Ridge court case | Apr
|
| Redbank Station upgrade | Jul
|
| Roma Street Station interchange | Jul, Dec
|
| Smoking ban on QR stations | Sep
|
| Tilt Train Overhaul | Apr
|
| Articles |
| Bundaberg to Gladstone: Queensland's North Coast line | Mar
|
| CiytRail timetabling | Oct
|
| Driving 94 Class at Farleigh Mill | Jul
|
| Mt Isa Line [Operations] | Jul
|
| QR Tilt train, Final report [Derailment] | Jan
|
| Spotlight on the Queensland Molasses trains [Operations] | Feb
|
| 1720 Class [Operations] | Aug
|
| 2100/2130/2141 Classes [Operations] | Jul
|
| 2250 Class [Operations] | Jun
|
| 3700 Class Rebuilt Electric Locomotives | Jun
|
| 4000 Class [Operations] | May
|
| SA |
| Main News Items |
| Adelaide's new trams arrive | Jan
|
| Adelaide - Further tram extension | Sep
|
| ARG suspends SA grain line services, bans Barossa Valley passenger trains | Mar
|
| Barossa Wine Train revival [Pres. and Tourist] | Sep
|
| Eyre Peninsula grain contract allows track upgrade start | Mar
|
| Gawler Line station improvements | Jun
|
| Mobile phone timetable access | Jul
|
| Murray Bridge Railway station and wharf line reconstruction [Pres. and Tourist] | Apr
|
| Murray Bridge upgrading | Aug
|
| New Adelaide trams enter service | Mar
|
| New timber pulp mill at Penola - Role for Rail? | Jan
|
| Overland's timetable change and reduced frequency | Mar
|
| Overland - $2.4 million facelift | May
|
| Peterborough - a big day for the 'Burg [Pres. and Tourist] | Mar
|
| Peterborough - GSR non-stop policy criticised | Dec
|
| RL class emerge | Feb
|
| TransAdelaide-track concerns | Oct
|
| TransAdelaide's new CTC system installed | Apr
|
| Articles |
| Suburban Survey
|
| The Adelaide 3000 class railcars | Mar
|
| The SAR 930 Class diesel locomotives | Feb
|
| Tas |
| Main News Items |
| Breakthrough in Tasmanian rail deal | May
|
| Commonwealth offers initial $78 million for rail upgrade | Feb
|
| Tasmanian Budget allocation for rail | Aug
|
| Tasmania rail future still unclear | Jan
|
| Tasmanian Government/Pacific National memorandum of understanding | Oct
|
| Tasmanian rail package accepted | Jul
|
| Articles |
| Nine Days in Tasmania [Photo Esssay] | Nov
|
| Vic. |
| Main News Items |
| Ballarat to get a second station | Nov
|
| Benalla collision [2002] verdict | Aug
|
| Benalla derailment [2 June] | Jul
|
| Bendigo line reopens with new morning service | Apr
|
| City Loop reversal could help South Morang extension | Jul
|
| Craigieburn electrification | Apr, Jun, Sep
|
| Dynon Port Rail Link launched | Jun
|
| Echuca passenger trains restored | May, Oct, Nov
|
| Flinders Street viaduct demolition complete - Trams restored | Jan
|
| Flynn derailment-V/Line Bairnsdale passenger service 12 October | Nov
|
| Free Sunday travel for Victorian Seniors | Oct
|
| Hurstbridge signalling/Clifton Hill duplication | Dec
|
| Horsham station upgrade | Oct
|
| La Trobe valley-VLocities launched: new timetable | Nov
|
| Lismore derailment [25 May] {See also Operations} | Jul, Sep
|
| Melbourne 4DD train scrapped | May
|
| Melbourne - late night trains | Dec
|
| Melbourne passenger rail preservation 'a failure' says report | Jul
|
| Melbourne to abolish Zone 3 | Dec
|
| Melbourne Trams
|
| Centenary of | Jul, Nov
|
| New face of | Dec
|
| Melbourne's Centenary Art Tram: State of the Art | Oct
|
| Melbourne's Trams - Gone within 25 years? | Jan
|
| Mentone Station upgrade | Dec
|
| Middleborough Road grade separation | Jul
|
| Mildura track deterioration revealed | Jan
|
| Mildura Line upgrade | Jul
|
| Regional Fast Rail & Gauge Standardisation Reports | Nov
|
| Regional Network - Victorian Government to buy back | Dec
|
| Regional rail crisis | Jun, Oct
|
| Renewed calls for Victorian rail buyback | Aug
|
| Sherwood Park station officially opened | Apr
|
| Spencer Street becomes Southern Cross | Feb
|
| Toolamba - Echuca reopening planned | Sep
|
| Tram gift for Denmark's Royals | Jan
|
| Trawalla collision - VLocity and truck [28 April] | Jun, Oct
|
| Victorian Government launches transport plan | Jul
|
| V/Line tickets valid for Melbourne suburban travel | Jun
|
| VLocoty DMU's commence operating to Geelong | Apr
|
| VLocity trains enter service on reopened Ballarat line | Feb
|
| VLocity trains on Bendigo line | May
|
| Wallan Station upgrade | Jun
|
| Wodonga rail bypass project | Mar
|
| Wodonga to retain broad gauge for Albury passenger trains | Sep
|
| Articles |
| Around Dynon Freight Terminal [Operations] | Mar
|
| Progress on the Climax Boiler [Puffing Billy] | Jan
|
| Victoria travels with VLocity | Oct
|
| V/Line's new timetables - a review | Nov
|
| VLocity trip report | Feb
|
| WA |
| Main News Items |
| Albany - flood damage delays grain haulage, woodchip traffic increases | May, Jun
|
| Albany passenger train 'not viable' | Sep
|
| Armadale Line reduced services | Oct
|
| 'Austalind' bus plan - Opposition to | Aug, Oct
|
| Downer EDI to provide a further ten locomotives to BHP Pilbara operations | Jan
|
| Freemantle station façade restoration completed | Mar
|
| Greenbushes [Manjimup Line] terminal Budget allocation | Jul
|
| Hotham Valley abandons mainline operations [Pres. and Tourist] | Mar
|
| Kalgoorlie line - extended loops named | Feb
|
| Mandurah line - first tunnel completed | Aug
|
| Mandurah line progress | Apr, Jun, Sep, Nov
|
| New Pilbara railway | Jul
|
| Norseman derailment blamed on poor track | Jul
|
| Northcliffe line - partial reopening? | Oct
|
| Perth rail infrastructure update | Dec
|
| Pilbara - more trains in the | Aug, Sep
|
| Prospector problems continue | Apr, Jul
|
| Rawlinna limestone trains to cease | Sep
|
| Southern Suburbs Railway - track laying starts | May
|
| Yarrie Mine closure on Goldsworthy line | Oct
|
| Articles |
| Esperance - The rail centre that is | Jan
|
| Exploring the West of Australia | Mar
|
| New GE locomotives for Pilbara Iron | Dec
|
| Riding the Rails of Western Australia | Dec
|
| All States |
| Main News Items |
| ACCC clears way for Toll takeover - but without Pacific National | May
|
| ARA condemns Transport Minister's vote on truck charges | May
|
| ARTC
|
| 2004/05 report | Apr
|
| $11.4 million wayside monitoring expansion | Mar
|
| Names Rocla as preferred supplier for concrete sleepers | Jun
|
| Announces revised Hunter Valley coal strategy | Jun
|
| Australian Government announces funds for new interstate projects | Jan
|
| Australian Railroad Group sold to QR | Mar
|
| B-doubles not covering costs - Productivity Commission | Dec
|
| Cheap Chinese cars a threat to public transport | May
|
| Churchill Fellowship for Rail Heritage | Nov
|
| Danish locomotives arrive in Australia | May
|
| Danish locomotives- MZ1437 enters service | Nov
|
| GSR introduces fuel levy | Sep
|
| GSR services all smoke free from this month | Oct
|
| Inland Railway - Route options study released | Nov
|
| Linfox buys FCL | Oct
|
| PN's future on hold as Toll takeover saga continues | Jan, Sep
|
| PN - relinquishes Dynon | Nov
|
| PN - grain haulage viability questioned | Oct
|
| Pacific National set to be broken up as Toll/ACCC court battle looms | Mar
|
| PN's XRB class emerges | Jan
|
| Public transport to go the way of the horse and carriage? | Mar
|
| QR plans Melbourne-Brisbane expansion | Oct
|
| SCT Livery emerges on ex-WAGR locomotive | May
|
| Tax breaks for public transport users? | Aug
|
| Timber industry unhappy about concrete sleepers | Sep
|
| Toll buys Patrick, half of PN to be sold, QR looks for partners | Jun
|
| Toll MD takes over PN head roll | Feb
|
| United Group wins contract to refurbish GSR 'Overland' carriages | Sep
|
| Articles |
| Can Tourist & Heritage Railways survive changes in regulatory environment? | Apr
|
| Changing patterns in the frequency of passenger services | May
|
| In Search of an East Coast Corridor
|
| 4. Wide Bay Variant of the Parkes to Cairns Rail Spine | May, Jun
|
| 5. Broad Sound Variant of the Parkes to Cairns Rail Spine | Sep
|
| Public Appearances - ATHRA report [Pres. and Tourist] | Sep
|
| 1955-57 Clyde built locomotives return to Australia | Feb
|
| RL Class, The | Mar
|
| Rail Safety Briefing
|
| 8. Glenalta derailment 21/11/2004 | Jun
|
| 9. Greenbank [Qld] Collision 25/8/2005 | Aug
|
| Swedish-built Locomotives for Australia | Apr
|
| Wentworth & ALP standardisation reports 50 years on | Nov
|
| What next for Pacific National and QR? | Apr
|
| Overseas |
| Articles |
| Green Machines, The | Dec
|
| K1 - Still getting the kinks out [Pres. and Tourist] | Sep
|
| Railway People |
| Graham Horn - an appreciation | Mar
|
| Ian Dobbs heads South West trains | Apr
|
| John Kerr honoured | Jan
|
| New Puffing Billy CEO | Apr
|
| Piers Brogan new Austrak GM | Jan
|
| Vale Ross Sayers | Jan
|
| Regular Updates |
| LocoShed Express |
| Fleet changes | Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
|
| Anyone for Danish? | Jul
|
| Eagles Aloft - QR freight services renamed 'QRNational' | Apr
|
| Locomotives of the Illawarra Light Railway Museum | Oct
|
| SMR 10 class {tanks very much} | Jan
|
| Rolling Stock News |
| Contracts and Deliveries | Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
|
| Articulated container wagons | Sep
|
| Koolyanobbing iron ore wagons | Jun
|
| PN QIQIHAR Rolling Stock Works coal hopper wagons [NHWH] | Mar
|
| Steerable axle cane wagons - Boogan Implement Company | Dec
|
| Signalling and Safeworking |
| General news | Feb, May, Aug, Nov
|
| Regional Fast Rail - Dandenong (excl) to Sale | Nov
|
| Victoria's Regional Fast Rail - Ballarat and Bendigo lines | May, Aug
|
| 2007 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| ATP Blue Mountains pilot underway | Oct
|
| ARTC completes train control program | Dec
|
| ARTC prepares for Gunnedah Basin coal expansion | Jan
|
| ARTC Sydney – Brisbane corridor update | Nov
|
| Back Creek [Stockinbingal – Parkes] level crossing accident | Apr
|
| Boggabri mine opens | Jan
|
| Boree Creek branch upgrading | Jul
|
| Broken Hill Xplorer , Dubbo XPT slowdown | Jan, Feb
|
| Canberra Line bridge work | Jul
|
| Carlingford – Millennium sets used on | Apr
|
| Cessnock – push for vineyard trains | May
|
| Circular Quay upgrade | Feb
|
| City Circle station news | Jul
|
| CityRail – trips up, fare increase | Dec
|
| Cootamundra fire / Euabalong West derailment | Feb
|
| Cowra fights for rail connection | Nov
|
| Ettamogah – rail/road freight terminal | May
|
| Goulburn – United Group starts locomotive repairs | May
|
| Grain lines
|
| Farmers want money, not heritage | Jan
|
| Wagga symposium calls for new approach | Apr, May
|
| Hunter railcars enter service | Jan
|
| Hunter cars and final Tangara car all in service | Nov
|
| Hunter region under water | Jul
|
| Hunter Valley and North Coast line improvements – ARTC | Mar
|
| Kingsgrove – Revesby quadruplication | Jan, Mar
|
| Kandos – Gulgong facing closure | Jul
|
| Kelso – Patrick Portlink’s siding | Mar, Apr
|
| Liverpool Range – 72 wagon coal train trials on | Aug
|
| Macarthur fourth platform | May
|
| Main South – passing lanes, Wagga Wagga sleeper plant | May, Jul
|
| Maintenance reforms – Iemma and rail unions agree | Sep
|
| Maldon – Dombarton study promised | Oct
|
| Moss Vale – signal box closed | Oct
|
| Mudgee Line – coal trains or closure | Jun
|
| Muswellbrook – ARTC works | Feb, Aug
|
| Nammoona crossing loop opened | Sep
|
| NSW budget and railways | Aug
|
| NSW Election – Murwillumbah, Newcastle, Port Kembla services | Mar
|
| North Coast – ARTC concrete sleeper update | Oct
|
| North Coast loop extensions | Apr, Jun
|
| North West branch lines – heat restrictions and closures | Mar, Apr
|
| North – West [Sydney] Rail Link – preferred option | Sep
|
| Oberon track work under way [Preservation] | Aug
|
| OSCARS delayed | Jan
|
| Parkes favoured for Inland Railway | Aug
|
| Piper’s Flat coal loader plan | Mar
|
| Port Kembla – PN to take over Bluescope Steel rail operations | Jul
|
| RailCorp infrastructure update
|
| Hornsby, Epping, Cronulla line | Apr
|
| Lakemba; Epping –Chatswood; Waterfall | Jun
|
| Seeking track recording vehicles | Sep
|
| Reduced grain won’t close lines | Dec
|
| Regional Update – Moree, Gunnedah, Tumut | Sep
|
| Rozelle to finally close? | Apr
|
| Sandgate Flyover opened | Jan
|
| Singleton – signal technicians killed | Sep
|
| 620 Class sunset | Jul
|
| Skitube – to operate in Winter only | Sep
|
| State Rail [SRA] ceases to exist | Sep
|
| Southern passing loop update | Nov
|
| Southern Sydney Freight line – planning approval | Feb
|
| Sydney rail infrastructure update – Hornsby, Homebush, Lidcombe | Aug
|
| Tamworth freight Decline [Operations] | Jan
|
| Train control – ‘Orco’ to move to Broadmeadow | Mar
|
| 2007 Rail Heritage Churchill Fellow | Aug
|
| Wagga Wagga bridge success, ‘passing lane’ work starts | Feb
|
| Warabrook electrification investigation | Jan
|
| Waterfall accident [2003] – record fine | Oct
|
| Werris creek signal upgrade completed | Nov
|
| XPT
|
| CountryLink celebrates NAIDOC week | Aug
|
| Refurbishment progress | Mar, Jun
|
| Articles |
| AK Inspection Cars | Sep
|
| All Change on the North Coast | Nov
|
| Away from City Lights – Rural rail in 21st Century | Jul
|
| CityRail Railcars [Endeavour], classes LE and LT | Aug
|
| CountryLink Xplorer Railcars | May
|
| Dorrigo 2007 [Preservation] | May
|
| Epping – Chatswood Railway [Pictorial feature] | Apr
|
| Farewell 620 Class | Aug
|
| 44 Class – Before they were famous [Operations] | Jul
|
| Great Northern Railway 150th [Pictorial feature] | May
|
| Gunnedah’s last Station Master [Operations] | Apr
|
| Junee – all roads lead to | May
|
| Newcastle by Night [Pictorial feature] | Feb
|
| Newington Armoury Railway | Nov
|
| Sydney Harbour Bridge 75 Years [Pictorial feature] | Mar
|
| Testing Times – preparing the OSCARS and Hunter Rail Cars for service | Feb
|
| Thirlmere Reborn | Dec
|
| Wagga Wagga Bridge replacement | Mar
|
| Wallendbeen – Night shift at | Apr
|
| XPT service – 25 years of | Mar
|
| NT |
| Main News Items |
| Ban Ban Springs – Ghan and truck collide | Feb, Mar, May
|
| Darwin line freight soars | Dec
|
| Frances Creek iron ore train resume | Sep
|
| FreightLink organises new funding arrangements for growth | Jan
|
| Pine Creek – ore trains to start around August | Mar
|
| Articles |
| A Trip on the Ghan | Feb
|
| South from Darwin – September 2007 [Operations] | Dec
|
| Top End – Darwin/Katherine July 2007 [Operations] | Dec
|
| QLD |
| Main News Items |
| Barcaldine level crossing smash 15 Sept. | Nov
|
| Brisbane
|
| Infrastructure updates | Jan
|
| Last timber rail bridge | Jan
|
| Light rail plan | Sep
|
| Update - Brunswick Street, Mitchelton – Keperra duplication, Ticketing, Bundamba station, Darra – Springfield | May
|
| Brisbane Ports container berths | Jun
|
| Brunswick Street station upgrade | Jul, Sep
|
| Caboolture – Beerburrum project – work under way | Sep
|
| Cairns
|
| Kuranda line – heavy rain disrupts services | Apr
|
| Line closure, shuttle train and new tunnel | May, Jun
|
| Catttle train loading rationalisation | Jun
|
| Central Queensland coal haul update | Aug
|
| Coal trains – competition from PN? | Nov
|
| Darra – Springfield line – call for more stations | Dec
|
| Driver shortages cause train cancellations | Sep
|
| Exhibition Citytrain surcharge attacked | Oct
|
| Fare rise and new timetable | Aug
|
| Ferny Grove line duplication – history; current works | Jun
|
| Ferny Grove line, Mitchelton-Keperra duplication | Feb
|
| Gladstone port expansion and new coal loader | Jul
|
| Gold Coast track amplification works | Jun
|
| Gold Coast rail extension Robina to Varsity lakes | Oct
|
| Gregory coal loader problem | Jan
|
| Hughenden – Winton line closure? | Mar
|
| IMU testing continues – tunnel clearance problem | Apr, May
|
| Jilalan Yard expansion | Jul
|
| Mayne – siding for graffiti removal issues | Oct
|
| Mitchelton – Keperra duplication | May, Oct
|
| Landsborough station & other Sunshine Coast stations upgrades | Feb
|
| Monto – Gladstone line revival | Jun
|
| Moura line – loop lengthening | Apr
|
| Nambour – mill site sold | Feb
|
| New south east Queensland transit authority | Dec
|
| 160 series IMU’s enter service | Jul
|
| Queensland Budget and rail | Aug
|
| Queensland Government orders new locomotives and wagons | Dec
|
| QR Citytrain – new photo policy | Dec
|
| QR – sell of ‘not on’ – more coal wagons – Premier Beattie | Sep
|
| QR 2005/06 annual report | Mar
|
| QR creates coal business unit | May
|
| QR now ‘QR Limited’ | Sep
|
| Quilpie – line concern after freight rate rises | Feb
|
| Roma Street Station works | Jun
|
| Salisbury-Kuraby, Helensvale-Robina works update | Feb
|
| Surat Basin Railway – Federal funding for | Sep
|
| Sunlander Queenslander class wins award | Mar
|
| Sunshine Coast Railway | Jul
|
| Thallon – Dirranbandi line closure plans | Apr
|
| Tilt Train
|
| Derailment - no charges for drivers | Jan
|
| To return to 160km/h in June | Apr, Jul
|
| Warwick – Wallangarra line closed – final Stanthorpe apple train | May
|
| Woodchip wagons head west [to WA] | Jan
|
| Articles |
| Cattle trains [operations] | Jul
|
| Dirranbandi Freight [Operations] | Sep
|
| 4100 Class locomotives | Dec
|
| Mary Valley Heritage railway – Riding the Rattler | Nov
|
| New QR CityTrains on track in 2007 | Aug
|
| Remembering Camp Mountain [Dayboro line] | May
|
| Sugar Cane 2006 [Pictorial] | Jan
|
| 2300 Class [Operations] | Nov
|
| Wallangarra Weekend | Aug
|
| Westlander – The | Oct
|
| SA |
| Main News Items |
| Adelaide tram extension | Apr, May, Oct
|
| Adelaide tram extension opened | Dec
|
| Bakewell Bridge progress, Gaol Loop to be removed | Feb, Jun
|
| Bowmans intermodal terminal upgrade | Feb
|
| Buckleboo – road upgrade to confirm line closure beyond Kimba | Feb
|
| Eyre Peninsula
|
| Iron ore rail haul agreement | Apr
|
| System upgrade | Jul, Aug
|
| Fare increase | Aug
|
| Glenelg trams – new timetable, extra services | Jan, Feb
|
| Keswick – GSR terminal upgrade | Mar
|
| Mount Gambier line revival? | Nov
|
| Naracoorte – rail yard sale | Mar
|
| Overland – refurbished train to start this month | May
|
| Port Adelaide Bridge and Outer harbour freight line works | Feb
|
| Port River Bridge and Lefevre Peninsula rail update | Dec
|
| SA budget and rail | Aug
|
| Tramline extension progress | Jun, Jul, Sep
|
| TransAdelaide 2005/2006 report | Feb
|
| Whyalla – steelworks railway flooded | Mar
|
| Articles |
| CL, CLF and CLP – some thoughts on the last ‘Bulldogs’ [Recollection] | Jul
|
| Cook – Three days in [Operations] | Jul
|
| Gawler 150 | Dec
|
| Making of DA7 locomotive | May
|
| Port Augusta and beyond [Operations] | Sep
|
| Steam on the Pichi Richi Railway | Mar
|
| The Overland | Jul
|
| Trial Run of the refurbished Overland [Operations] | Jul
|
| TAS |
| Main News Items |
| Bridgewater bridge problems | Jan
|
| Brighton terminal - plan unveiled | Jul, Sep
|
| Derwent Valley line – road bypass to feed | Aug
|
| North west rail campaign | Jun
|
| Premier ‘declares’ rail network | Dec
|
| QR wins track recording contract | Jun
|
| PN northwest rationalisation | Aug
|
| Rail rescue agreement reached | Feb
|
| Tasmanian Government calls tenders for rails and sleepers | Jun
|
| Tasmanian rail network buy back | Jan
|
| Articles |
| Derwent Valley Railway – Back on the rails [Preservation] | Mar
|
| VIC |
| Main News Items |
| Ararat – Maryborough line ‘closure’ – government denies | Mar
|
| Balaclava Junction ‘Grand Union’ joins heritage register | Apr
|
| Ballarat – Ararat level crossing upgrades | Feb
|
| Brighton – New Street level crossing gates replacement | Apr, Nov
|
| Coburg depot demolition | Jun
|
| Craigieburn electrification update | Feb, Aug, Sep
|
| Craigieburn electrification opened | Nov
|
| Dynon Rail link launched | Oct
|
| Echuca full –time passenger services recommence | Apr
|
| Echuca lines – Facelift for stations | Mar
|
| EMUs – Victorian Budget – new trains | Jun
|
| EMUs for Connex – yet more ordered | Dec
|
| FastTrack parcels service to end | May
|
| Government commissions rail freight review | Aug
|
| Hitachi sets to be repurchased | Jun
|
| Kerang level crossing smash | Jul, Aug
|
| Laverton – park and ride commences | May
|
| Level crossing cameras and rumble strips announced | Sep
|
| Melbourne – worldwide tenders to be called for train and tram operators | Oct
|
| Middleborough Road level crossing elimination | Feb
|
| Melbourne fare rise and zone three abolition | Feb, Apr
|
| Melbourne – new train timetable | Jul
|
| Melbourne – patronage surge on suburban trains | Sep
|
| Mildura line
|
| Upgrade | Jan, Aug
|
| Environmentalists oppose timber sleepers for | May
|
| New V/line timetable | Oct
|
| North Melbourne station upgrade | Jun
|
| Oakleigh derailment | Jun
|
| Poor track since privatisation | Jul
|
| Record V/Line passenger numbers | Jul
|
| Regional rail network returns to Victorian Government | Jun
|
| Regional services taken over by Patrick Portlink from PN | Aug
|
| Regional station and level crossing upgrade | Jan
|
| Siemans train and tram problems | Jan, Mar, Apr
|
| Somerville [Stony Point Line] level crossing smash | Oct
|
| Southern Shorthaul Railroad [SSR] ceases Victorian operations | Nov
|
| Sprinter and H car refurbishment | Apr
|
| Swan Hill upgrade starts | May
|
| Tottenham – Dynon upgrade | Jun
|
| ‘TramCam’ trial | Aug
|
| Trawalla level crossing smash [4/06] –truck driver charged | Jul
|
| Victorian budget – new trains and other works | Jun
|
| V/Line compulsory bookings | May
|
| V/line – new look for [new colour scheme] | Nov
|
| Vlocity DMUs – more ordered | Feb
|
| Vlocity DMUs – yet more ordered | Dec
|
| Warrnambool [Allansford] – no rail siding for | Mar
|
| Warrnambool Line upgrade completed | Apr
|
| Webb Dock – low rail bridge opposed | May
|
| ‘West Coast’ Z class carriages – final run | Dec
|
| Wodonga rail relocation doubts | Jan
|
| Articles |
| Craigieburn Electrification – ‘On the Wire’- a personal view | Dec
|
| Filling the Rail Data Void: The Gheringhap ‘Laundrycam’ | Jun
|
| Garden State – A Victorian Offering | Oct
|
| Geelong 150 [Preservation] | Aug
|
| Middleborough Road [Box Hill line] grade separation project | Mar
|
| South Gippsland Tourist Railway [Preservation] | Jul
|
| Swan Hill sojourn | Jul
|
| WA |
| Main News Items |
| Albany upgrade works | May
|
| Armadale – commuters can use ‘Australind’ | May
|
| Bunbury – woodchip haulage regulation to assist rail | Aug
|
| EMUs – extra order finalised | Feb
|
| Esperance rail freight concerns | May
|
| First trains on Southern Suburbs Railway | Dec
|
| Fortescue Metals
|
| Rail access | Feb
|
| Commence rail construction from Port Hedland | Apr, Aug
|
| Geraldton
|
| District rail proposals | May
|
| Iron ore rail developments | Dec
|
| Mid-West ore shifts to rail | Jan, Jul
|
| Regional rail plans – battle looms | Feb
|
| WestNet Rail proposes Mid West ore solution | Aug
|
| Mandurah line | Jan, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov
|
| MacTier nan slams WA rail privatisation | Feb
|
| Northbridge draft plan – Fremantle line sinking | Feb
|
| Northern suburbs line extension | Jul
|
| Oakajee – boost for port and rail plan | Jun
|
| Perth infrastructure update – Smartrider tickets, Prospector, level crossings | Apr
|
| Perth – Kalgoorlie line station upgrades | Sep
|
| Pilbara head-on collision | Feb
|
| Prospector problems | Feb, Mar
|
| South Spur – new locomotive for [from Philippines] | Jul
|
| Ticketing – Smartrider availability | Mar
|
| Victoria Park Station construction | Sep
|
| Articles |
| Eneabba Sand | Nov
|
| Geraldton 2007 – Ore, Grain and P’s [Operations] | Apr
|
| Locomotives of the Pilbara Iron Ore Companies – Desert monsters | Sep
|
| Pilbara in 2007 – Wagons West | Sep
|
| Pilbara Iron GE Dash9-44CW Locomotives | Jan
|
| Pilbara Perspectives [Operations]
|
| 1. Port Hedland | Oct
|
| Prospector | Feb
|
| Transwa Prospector | May
|
| All States |
| Main News Items |
| ACCC approves SCT ‘starter kit’ | Apr
|
| Allco/CFCLA joint venture VL class | Apr
|
| ARA
|
| Attacks trucking industry again | Sep
|
| Says rail can reduce climate change impact | Apr
|
| Says level crossing fatalities must stop | May
|
| ARTC to improve Parkes – Crystal Brook clearances | Sep
|
| ARTC’s 2005/06 report | Mar
|
| ARTC/Telstra deal brings one interstate communication system | May
|
| ATEC announces ‘border railway’ plan [Toowoomba to North Star] | Dec
|
| El Zorro Rail/AWB Grainflow grain agreement | Oct
|
| GrainCorp exits as a rail operator | Jan
|
| Inland Railway – support continues | May
|
| Intercapital passenger decline | Mar
|
| PN retains steel business | Mar
|
| PN signs Linfox contract | Jul
|
| QR launches transcontinental services | Dec
|
| QR National powers up for intermodal and coal growth | Jan
|
| SCT increases locomotive order | Feb
|
| SCT launches G Class | Sep, Nov
|
| Smart Card ticketing – national problems with | Nov
|
| South Spur rail Services acquired by Coote Industrial | May
|
| Toll creates infrastructure company | Feb
|
| Toll restructure | Jun
|
| Articles |
| A long weekend in Australia | Jun
|
| Challenges Large and Small | Aug
|
| Costing a 21st Century railway | Dec
|
| Fast freight and Passengers | Oct
|
| Fast Future or Slow Death [Railways in Australia] | Sep
|
| Level Crossings – Living and Dying along the line | Oct
|
| Mixing fast freight and Passenger trains | Nov
|
| Parkes to Cairns Rail Spine – Broad Sound variant | Oct
|
| Rail Management and Rail Enthusiasts – a sad relationship | Mar
|
| Railway photography and Railway Digest | Jun
|
| SCT – Moving the Goods | Dec
|
| What is a Rail Enthusiast | Jun
|
| Why Black & White [Photography] | Apr
|
| Overseas |
| Main News Items |
| Japanese Railways past and present | Jun
|
| New Zealand news update | Apr
|
| TGV shatters world speed record | May
|
| Articles |
| Mass Transit in Prague | Jan
|
| Steam in China | May
|
| Postcards from Europe | Jul to Nov
|
| Trans Siberian Railway – Russia | Oct
|
| Rocky and Whistler Mountaineers – The | Dec
|
| Vancouver’s SkyTrain | Dec
|
| Railway People |
| Gower - Neville [vale] | Jan
|
| Preston - Ron [vale] | Jan
|
| Richardson – Jack [vale] | Jun
|
| Regular Updates |
| Locoshed Express |
| General News | Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
|
| ARG/GWA fleet split | Jan
|
| Chile – Ozzies abroad – ex QR locos and carriages | Oct
|
| 85 and 86 Class Electric locomotives – the end of | Apr
|
| Introducing RL301 | Jan
|
| Locomotives of the Fiji Sugar Corporation | Jan
|
| MKA Class pictorial | Jul
|
| New Zealand Railways and its Locomotives | Oct
|
| Philippine National Railways | Jul
|
| QR National 2250 Class | Apr
|
| Rollingstock News |
| Contracts and Deliveries | Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
|
| CFC Leasing Hopper wagons | Sep
|
| Fortescue Metals Group/GTSA Locomotives DR8401 – 8404 | Jun
|
| Track Australia R, Track Maintenance Machines | Dec
|
| TransAdelaide – Flexity Classic Trams | Mar
|
| Signalling and Safeworking |
| General News | Feb, May, Aug, Nov
|
| Cootamundra North gantry | Feb
|
| Cunningar to Wallendbeen resignalling [track diagram] | Aug
|
| Junee resignalling [track diagram] | Aug
|
| Last Stand of the Southern Signalmen [NSW] | Aug
|
| Moss vale to Wingello and Picton [track diagrams] | May
|
| Sandgate Flyover – final arrangement | Feb
|
| Shifting Hornsby Signal Box | Nov
|
| 2008 |
| NSW |
| Main News Items |
| Around regional N.S.W.
|
| PN 72 wagon coal trains | Aug
|
| Duplication of St Helliers to Muswelbrook | Aug
|
| New Dubbo freight terminal | Aug
|
| Interail auction at Casino | Aug
|
| Crossing loop news –Main South; North Coast; Main North; Ulan line | Sep
|
| Fletcher facility at Troy Junction; Asciano at Parkes; | Sep
|
| ARTC completes NSW section, Casino-Brisbane CTC | Jan
|
| ASciano/GrainCorp export grain rescue package | Jun
|
| Casino to Brisbane CTC commissioning | May, Jul, Aug
|
| Casino – Loadstone: floods cut North Coast line | Feb
|
| Chatswood – Epping line
|
| RailCorp says its too steep for Tangaras | Feb
|
| First train on | Apr
|
| Craven – new crossing loop under construction | Apr
|
| Goulburn Roundhouse open day – [Preservation & Tourist] | Jul
|
| Grain rail debate – PN,s proposed withdrawal | May
|
| Hunter Valley, North and North West Infrastructure update | Oct
|
| Illabo collision on 2 November 2006 [report] | May
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| Infrastructure Update
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| Bomen, Chatswood, Gosford, Wallerawang, Wollar | Jan
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| Gunnedah, Maldon (Mill siding), Muswellbrook – Ulan CTC | Mar
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| Bowral, Sutherland, Revesby, Ulan, Maitland – Telarah | May
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| Epping-Chatswood, Station canopies, South Passing Loops | Jul
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| Ettamogah freight centre, Western line upgrade completed,
Willow Tree loop commissioned, Gunnedah coal loops | Jul
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| Loadstone – Glenapp CTC completed | Jun
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| Maitland – Whittingham Bank third road | Nov
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| Main South passing lane update | Feb
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| Maldon – Dombarton study – terms of reference | Oct
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| Manildra – ARG loses contract to PN | Sep
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| Mildura – Menindie railway proposal | Apr
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| Muswellbrook – Ulan CTC completed | Jul
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| Newcastle – another threat to line | Dec
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| Newcastle – third coal loader construction starts | Mar
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| 9201 debuts | Sep
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| North Coast loop lengthening
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| Coramba, Kilbride, Mindaribba, Nana Glen | May
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| Update | Nov
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| Update: Nana Glen; Mangoola | Dec
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| North West Metro for Sydney | May
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| North West News – Narrabri; Moree | Nov
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| Oscars commence running to Central Coast/Newcastle | Jun
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| Parkes – Crystal Brook double-stack completed | Aug
|
| Quakers Hill – Vineyard duplication | May
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| QR unveils Hexham and Moorebank plans | Feb
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| R766 bound for New South Wales | Feb
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| Rail Clearways Update | Jan
|
| Railcorp
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| to become statutory authority | Nov
|
| All out, all change? | Dec
|
| Railcorp update
|
| Hi-rail overhead wiring machines; ICAC Report | May
|
| XPT refurb. | Oct
|
| Fortnightly tickets; Blue Mountains ECTS trial | Aug
|
| Werrington Station; renewable energy; | Aug
|
| Excessive noise levels on Epping – Chatswood line | Dec
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| Fined for safety breaches | Dec
|
| Tenders called for refurbishment of 4819;4827 | Dec
|
| Regional News
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| Baan Baa coal mine, Maldon – Dombarton, Gundagai | May
|
| Mudgee line; Back Creek LC accident report | Oct
|
| 620 Class disposal | Aug
|
| Southern and Silverton containerised coal from Pelton [operations] | May
|
| South West Rail Link | Nov
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| Sydney Infrastructure Update | Oct
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| Sydney – Melbourne upgrade; one millionth concrete sleeper unveiled | Dec
|
| Tcard project to be dumped | Jan
|
| Ungarie – Lake Cargelligo track under repair after flood damage | Apr
|
| Uranquinty and Yerong Creek passing lanes commissioned | Jun
|
| Vince Graham departs RailCorp | Apr
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| Werris Creek – Gunnedah CTC commissioned | Sep
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| Wollar crossing loop | Apr
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| XPT carriage refurbishment completed | Oct
|
| Yennora – QR and P&O to establish joint terminal | May
|
| Articles |
| Accidental Photographer | Apr
|
| Ardlethan Centenary Celebrations [Photo Feature] | Dec
|
| Broken Hill and return on the Xplorer | Jul
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| Cronulla Line Duplication | Oct
|
| Cooma Monaro Railway – a Hidden Gem | May
|
| Coonamble Country Tour - June Rail Motor trip | Aug
|
| DELEC – The demise of | Oct
|
| Eveleigh Carriage Works site: future plans [Platform 2008] | Sep
|
| Heritage on the Move – RTM exhibits to Valley Heights and Broadmeadow | Oct
|
| Lachlan Valley Easter Steam | May
|
| ‘Metrop or Bust’ – ARHS Sydney Tour October 18 & 19 | Dec
|
| Mountaineering – NSWRTM Steam Tour & ARHSNSW Bathurst Tour | Dec
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| NSWRTM – ‘Jack’ on the move | Nov
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| Night into a long day – At Broken Hill | Jul
|
| Picton – Allied Flour Mills | Nov
|
| Railcorp – Tenders for ‘non-core’ heritage rolling stock [list] | Jun
|
| Revesby Turnback and Kingsgrove–Revesby Quadruplication | Nov
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| Scenic South Coast [Operations] | Jul
|
| 6029 set to steam again | Feb
|
| Spring Break – LVR at Cowra and Zig Zag Railway | Mar
|
| Sydney region track infrastructure update | Sep
|
| Tin Hares along a line no more – Blayney to Cowra | Jul
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| Tunnel Vision [Pictorial] | Jun
|
| Wybalina: Top of the grade | Apr
|
| ZZR – Newnes Junction Track Extension | Nov
|
| ZZR – Return of the Yank [AC16 218] | Nov
|
| Qld. |
| Main News Items |
| Acacia Ridge level crossing works | May
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| Branchline closures: Mungar – Monto; Hughendon – Winton | Nov
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| Brisbane – inner city rail proposals revealed | Dec
|
| Brunswick Street Station – first stage of upgrade opens | May
|
| Bundaberg Sugar puts cane on roads | Oct
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| Casino – Acacia Ridge CTC finally completed | Aug
|
| Central Line flood disruptions | May
|
| Central Queensland coal
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| Green light for coal dust plan - Red light for Shoalwater Bay port | Nov
|
| Citytrain – new timetables | May
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| Citytrain – Update | Nov
|
| Cloncurry – QR to rail water to | Dec
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| Coppabella –Oakey Creek – Burngrove line; new crossing loop | Dec
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| Corinda – Darra amplification update | Oct
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| Flood disruptions – Townsville area | Mar
|
| Gladstone – Wiggins Island coal terminal | Mar
|
| Helensvale – Robina duplication – first stage commissioned | Jun
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| IMU deliveries completed, new SMUs lie idle | Jun
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| Infrastructure updates
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| Mitchelton – Keperra duplication | Mar
|
| Caboolture to Nambour duplication and realignment | Mar
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| Salisbury – Kuraby third track | Mar
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| Helensvale to Robina duplication | Mar
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| Robina to Varsity Lakes extension | Mar
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| Corinda – Darra – Springfield extra tracks and new line | Mar
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| Indoorapilly Station upgrade | Jan
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| Jilalen Yard upgrade [Around Queensland] | Jul
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| Kingaroy line – wagons retrieved | Jun
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| Landsborough – Nambour corridor plan released | Jun
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| Northern Missing Link
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| Construction started [Goonyella-Newlands connecting line] | Jan, Feb
|
| Tenders called for Electrification | Apr
|
| 100 years of Weekly Notices | Aug
|
| PN enters Queensland coal market | Sep
|
| Petrie derailment | Feb
|
| Queensland Budget and rail | Aug
|
| QR in the news: Above/below rail split; SPADS | Nov
|
| QR restructure | Feb
|
| QR’s record year [Annual Report 2006-2007] | Jan
|
| Salisbury to Kuraby third track opens | Apr
|
| Savannahlander boosts railcar fleet [Preservation & Tourist] | Apr
|
| Sonoma mine on Newlands Line opened [Around Queensland] | Jul
|
| South-East Queensland infrastructure review
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| Caboolture- Beerburrum duplication and realignment | Jul
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| Beerburrum- Landsborough-Nambour upgrade | Jul
|
| Corinda to Darra- additional tracks | Jul
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| Darra-Springfield line | Jul
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| Helensvale-Robina duplication | Jul
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| Robina to Varsity Lakes extension | Jul
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| Brunswick Street and Indoorapilly Stations | Jul
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| Acacia Ridge level crossing elimination | Jul
|
| Varsity Lakes – new station commenced | Sep
|
| Darra – Springfield rail project launched | Sep
|
| Translink news | Sep
|
| Bundaberg Tilt Train accident claims | Sep
|
| South-East Queensland Infrastructure update
|
| Caboolture – Beerburrum duplication | Dec
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| Darra – Springfield line | Dec
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| Indooroopilly Station upgrade | Dec
|
| Acacia Ridge level crossing elimination | Dec
|
| Gold Coast railway extension | Dec
|
| Brunswick Street – new name, new look | Dec
|
| Southern Downs Steam Railway [Warwick] update – Preservation & Tourist | Jul
|
| SMU 260 class enters service | Aug
|
| Surat Basin
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| Alignment finalised | Jun
|
| Development plans | Aug
|
| Confirmed as open access line | Nov
|
| 3800 class electric locomotives arrive | Aug
|
| TransLink Transit Authority takes control of SE Q’s rail, bus & ferry services | Aug
|
| Westwood – Wycarbah [Winton line] duplication commissioned | Oct
|
| Articles |
| Goonyella – Spotlight on | Sep
|
| Inlander – a remarkable survivor The [Operations] | Dec
|
| QR Mayne Yard and Electric Train Depot | Nov
|
| QR Odyssey, A - Part 1 | Apr
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| QR Odyssey, A - Part 2 | May
|
| Rebirth of 1620 | Nov
|
| Redbank Workshops celebrates 50 years | Sep
|
| Ringing in the changers – Glenapp | Aug
|
| Toowoomba – Carnival of Flowers Festival | Dec
|
| Tracking trains by road around Charleville [Operations] | Sep
|
| Wallangarra – the journey {not just the destination} | Aug
|
| SA |
| Main News Items |
| Adelaide rail electrification and tram extension | Aug
|
| Adelaide rail update
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| Port River rail bridge, Oaklands Station, Bakewell Bridge | Jul
|
| South Road overpass plans, Flexity trams difficulties | Jul
|
| Adelaide trams ‘crowded and hot’ | Jun
|
| Around Adelaide | Dec
|
| Bates derailment report | Apr
|
| Eyre Peninsula track upgrade | Mar
|
| FreightLink increases Darwin rail services | Aug
|
| FreightLink for sale | Jul
|
| Freight Terminal news [Bowmans, Mindarie, Outer Harbour, Penfield] | Jan
|
| Gawler line – new timetable | Jun
|
| Ghan Platinum Service announced | Mar
|
| Ghan Platinum Service begins | Jun
|
| Keswick [GSR] renamed Adelaide Parklands Terminal | Sep
|
| Mary McKillop Bridge over Port River officially opened | Sep
|
| Mount Gambier – possible reinstatement of passenger service | Nov
|
| Oaklands interchange construction update | Jan
|
| Oaklands interchange opens | Aug
|
| Outer Harbour rail link opens | Jun
|
| Port Lincoln opposition to iron ore port | Aug
|
| Port River Bridge opens [Operations] | Jul, Sep
|
| SA iron ore developments | May
|
| South Road overpass planning | Jan
|
| Tarcoola derailment on 1 November 2006 [investigation] | May
|
| TransAdelaide 2006/07 report | Mar
|
| TransAdelaide – Upgrade for railcars | Nov
|
| Wolseley to Penola line – possible re-opening | Apr
|
| Articles |
| Bluebird Railcars update | Apr
|
| Light Rail in the City of Churches | May
|
| Murray Lands [Operations] | Jan
|
| Port Augusta and its desert backyard [Operations] | Jul
|
| The Coonamia Triangle [Operations] | Jan
|
| Ziggy the Mayor of Barton [Trans Australia Line] | Sep
|
| TAS |
| Main News Items |
| Former Emu Bay Railway 11-class return home | Jul
|
| Government confident of finding a new rail operator | Sep
|
| Hobart Line Proposals | Jan
|
| PN announces Tasmanian pullout | Jul, Oct
|
| PN pleads guilty to fatality | Feb
|
| Rail upgrade project tender | Jun
|
| Rail upgrade contract awarded | Nov
|
| Tasmanian rail awaits a buyer | Jul
|
| Articles |
| Around the Island
|
| Tasmania Tour Part 1 | Aug
|
| Tasmania Tour Part 2 | Oct
|
| Ida Bay Railway [Preservation & Tourist] | Mar
|
| VIC |
| Main News Items |
| Around Melbourne | Dec
|
| Around Regional Victoria
|
| Glenrowan ‘hold-up’; protest over Colac loop closure; New St Kilda road platforms and siding; Mulhouse trams | Aug
|
| Benalla – Oaklands line to be gauge converted | Dec
|
| Branch lines upgrade
|
| Quambatook – Manangatang; Charlton – Sea lake; Warracknabeal – Hopetoun; Ouyen - Murrayville | Dec
|
| Clifton Hill – Westgarth duplication | Mar, May
|
| Cranbourne Sidings | Dec
|
| Early Bird trial starts | Jan
|
| EMU contract won by Alstom | Feb
|
| Five new trams for Melbourne | Apr
|
| Flinders Street Station new tram stop | May
|
| Gauge conversion delays | Apr
|
| Hopetoun and Papeet line uncertainty | Sep
|
| Horsham freight contract taken over by QR | Sep
|
| Infrastructure Update [Clifton Hill, Stawell, Dimboola] | Jan
|
| Kerang – truck driver on trial- level crossing updates | Oct
|
| Lara station upgrade | Mar
|
| Laverton & Deer Park upgrades: Coburg plans | Aug
|
| Leongatha- rail restoration dead | Jul
|
| Level crossing upgrades and Tyabb crossing smash | Mar
|
| Maroona – Portland line leased by ARTC | Sep
|
| Melbourne
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| New train timetables | Jun
|
| Bundoora tram route extended; Appleton Dock LC removed | Sep
|
| Update: Merri Crk; Craigieburn; Nunawading; Flinders Street | Nov
|
| Mildura freight train reduction | Jan
|
| Mildura Line upgrade under-way | Feb, May
|
| More passengers, fewer seats | Aug
|
| New Locomotive Livery launched with N468 | Jul
|
| New Transport Department announced | Jun
|
| Port of Melbourne - $50 million for rail access development | Nov
|
| Portland – rail freight returns to | Nov
|
| Rail Infrastructure update
|
| Gheringhap-Mildura line rehabilitation, Wendouree Station,
Cranbourne Station upgrade | Jul
|
| Airport Line plan, Level Crossing audit completed | Jul
|
| Seymour-Albury gauge conversion – green light for | Jul
|
| Seymour – Albury gauge conversion starts | Dec
|
| Station upgrades – Lara, Swan Hill, Beaconsfield | Feb
|
| Stony Point loco-hauled era ends – sprinters take over | Jun
|
| Trawalla level crossing – truck driver acquitted | Apr
|
| Victorian Budget and rail | Jul
|
| Victorian Rail Freight Network review released | Feb, Jun
|
| Victorian regional passenger news | Nov
|
| V/Locity – fortieth unit delivered | Feb
|
| V/locity trailer trials – more ordered; unit configuration | Jul, Sep
|
| Warrnambool – El Zorro wins freight contract | May
|
| Warrnambool – El Zorro loses contract | Dec
|
| Wodonga – rail bypass work starts | Nov
|
| Wolseley – Mt Gambier line standardisation promise | Sep
|
| Articles |
| Karrs Reef goldmine railway remains near Yackandandah | Mar
|
| Hitachi revival | Sep
|
| Last broad gauge steam to Albury | Sep
|
| Magic on the Maldon Line | Dec
|
| Melbourne’s Red Rattlers | Dec
|
| Narrow gauge in Northern Victoria | Jun
|
| Puffing Billy report [Preservation & Tourist] | Mar
|
| Remembering Swan Hill | Feb
|
| Spencer Street Resignalling | Aug
|
| Spirit of Progress 70th Anniversary Tour | Feb
|
| Tocumwal Centenary Train | Oct
|
| V/Line Sprinters | Jan
|
| WA |
| Main News Items |
| Around WA | Jul
|
| BHP Billiton – court rejects appeal | Nov
|
| BHP Billiton to buy more EMD/Downer EDI locomotives | May
|
| Bunbury – possible high- speed rail | Apr
|
| CBH to control WA grain supply chain | Nov
|
| Collie locomotives looking for new home – [Preservation & Tourist] | Jul
|
| Fortescue Metals commences rail haulage | May, Oct
|
| Geraldton region update | May
|
| Greenbushes delay criticised | May
|
| Iron Ore to be hauled on Wagin – Lake Grace – Newdegate line | Nov
|
| Mandurah Line opening wins award | Dec
|
| Midland Line washaways | Feb
|
| New Government, new transport minister | Nov
|
| NCC Pilbara open access recommendation opposed | Aug
|
| Northbridge link plan revealed | Aug
|
| Oakajee rail and port – ARG preferred operator | Sep
|
| Perth – Kalgoorlie line update | Feb
|
| Perth light rail study released | Mar
|
| Perth’s rail network expansion plans | Aug
|
| Pilbara lines declared for open access | Dec
|
| Prospector cars going to scrap | Jul
|
| Rio Tinto to rail ‘foreign’ iron ore | Sep
|
| Rio Tinto to use driverless trains | Jul
|
| ‘Spirit of the West’ ceases running – [Preservation & Tourist] | Jul
|
| Victoria Park station on the Armadale opened | Sep
|
| Articles |
| A train on the Trayning Line | Apr
|
| Bennet Brook Railway [Hidden Steam] | Mar
|
| QR locomotive transfers to WA | Dec
|
| Mandurah Line
|
| The Southern Suburbs Railway | Feb
|
| The Grand Opening | Feb
|
| Pilbara Impressions [Operations] | Jan
|
| Pilbara Perspectives – Part2 Dampier and Seven Mile | Jan
|
| All States |
| Main News Items |
| ARTC attacks trucking lobby over level crossing behaviour | Oct
|
| ARTC launches Advanced Train Management System | Aug
|
| ARTC reports in – upgrade of north- south corridor | Mar, Apr
|
| Asciano rejects private equity bid and reports for 2007/08 | Sep
|
| ATEC seeks exclusive mandate on border railway [Moree- Toowoomba] | Jun
|
| AusRAIL – a climate of change for rail | Feb
|
| CFCL Australia orders United/GE locomotives | Aug
|
| Federal Budget and rail | Jul
|
| Grain agreement with El Zorro – new wagons and new locomotives | Oct
|
| Grain rail network – Fears for | Jul
|
| GSR launches ‘The Southern Spirit’ | Sep
|
| ‘Iron Boomerang’ Mt Isa to Pilbara rail link | Sep, Oct
|
| Pacific National Retreats [regional rail operations to close or for sale] | Feb, Mar
|
| PN recommences wagon scrapping | Jun
|
| QR launches east-west freight [Melbourne-Perth service] | Jan
|
| Research shows rail cheaper than trucks | Jul
|
| SCT runs record 6000-tonne train | Jul
|
| Articles |
| ARTC Rail Infrastructure Strategy 2008 – 2024 | Dec
|
| Fast Trains: Profit or Loss? | Jan
|
| Fast Trains: Financially Viable | Feb
|
| Fast Trains ; External benefits | Mar
|
| Railway Photography | Jan
|
| Relaying across the continent – a history of modern crew vans | Nov
|
| Seasoned Commuters rub shoulders with the public transport illiterate | Dec
|
| So you want to be a train driver | Nov
|
| To Perth and back .... the long way round [Operations] | Sep
|
| 2007 Steam [Pictorial] | Jan
|
| Very Fast Train discussion [Editorial and readers write] | Feb, Sep
|
| Waste Heat recovery systems aboard locomotives | Jun
|
| Overseas |
| Main News Items |
| Eurostar – Rebuilt St Pancras Station opening | Jan
|
| New Zealand rail buy-back | Jul
|
| Articles |
| Canada
|
| The Canadian | Feb
|
| New Zealand
|
| Crossing the Southern Alps | Jan
|
| USA
|
| Alaska - The White Pass and Yukon Route | Jan
|
| Postcards from the Wild West - Parts 1 to 6 | Mar to Aug
|
| Regular Updates |
| LocoShed Express |
| General News | Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
|
| Confluence of Streamliners | Apr
|
| Friends of CC200: Preserving the last C0-2-Co [Indonesia] | Jan
|
| Overhaul of the 80 Class | Jul
|
| Walk around T414 | Oct
|
| Rollingstock News |
| Contracts and Deliveries | Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
|
| Asciano/Pacific National NHYH Coal Hopper Wagons | Sep
|
| CQXY ore container wagons | Dec
|
| The Overland upgrade | Mar
|
| XPT refurbishment | Jun
|
| Signalling and Safeworking |
| General News | Feb, May, Aug, Nov
|
| Cootamundra Resignalling [diagram] | Feb
|
| Rebuilding Tottenham | Nov
|
| What to do when signals fail | Aug
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