Aus Rail Historian
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Independent railway historian. Neither an Academic, Royal or Bulletin historian. Email me at: transporttextbook@hotmail.com
Did a flying visit to Melbourne over the weekend. Only rail action of note was this video of a late running ST22 XPT out of Southern Cross station bound for Sydney races out of twilight into the night as it passes the Beckett St level crossing at Glenroy in Melbourne’s north on Saturday 1 November.
November 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Did a flying visit to Melbourne over the weekend. Only rail action of note was this video of a late running ST22 XPT out of Southern Cross station bound for Sydney races out of twilight into the night as it passes the Beckett St level crossing at Glenroy in Melbourne’s north on Saturday 1 November.
A couple of minutes away from its arrival at Canberra (Kingston) station, the SP31 service from Sydney rolls through Fyshwick at 11.07 this morning.
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
A couple of minutes away from its arrival at Canberra (Kingston) station, the SP31 service from Sydney rolls through Fyshwick at 11.07 this morning.
Only a couple of minutes after departing Canberra station, the Sydney-bound SP34 Xplorer service passes through the industrial suburb of Fyshwick at midday, Sunday 19 October.
October 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Only a couple of minutes after departing Canberra station, the Sydney-bound SP34 Xplorer service passes through the industrial suburb of Fyshwick at midday, Sunday 19 October.
Departing right on time, a fully booked 3-car Xplorer set departs Canberra (Kingston) station with the 5pm SP36 service bound for Sydney this afternoon.
October 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Departing right on time, a fully booked 3-car Xplorer set departs Canberra (Kingston) station with the 5pm SP36 service bound for Sydney this afternoon.
Sydney Ports (operator of Port Botany) have developed the former NSW Railways’ yard at Enfield into an inland terminal and container storage facility, with regular trip workings between Enfield & Port Botany.
October 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Sydney Ports (operator of Port Botany) have developed the former NSW Railways’ yard at Enfield into an inland terminal and container storage facility, with regular trip workings between Enfield & Port Botany.
The midday train (SP33) from Sydney was 35 minutes late when it arrived into Canberra today on a warm, windy spring afternoon at 4.55pm, only 5 minutes before its scheduled 5pm departure time to Sydney of. Luckily the practiced NSW Trainlink crews turned the train around quickly to leave at 5.19pm.
September 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The midday train (SP33) from Sydney was 35 minutes late when it arrived into Canberra today on a warm, windy spring afternoon at 4.55pm, only 5 minutes before its scheduled 5pm departure time to Sydney of. Luckily the practiced NSW Trainlink crews turned the train around quickly to leave at 5.19pm.