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25.01.2022 With Melbourne's new HCMT No.11 taking passengers yesterday there are 7-car trains again on Melbourne's metropolitan network. 7-car EMU's were common on the system until the standardised 6 carriage was set as the max length (2 coupled sets of 3-car sets) using Hitachi and Comeng units. It's interesting to look back at the history via Marcus Wongs well written article via: https://wongm.com//extending-melbourne-suburban-train-len/ The new HCMTs will opperate as far as the n...ew depot at Pakenham East on the Gippsland line but on the 23 August 1986 a 7-car Harris EMU is seen venturing a bit further on a rare on a special (When electrification was available into the Latrobe Valley). The Harris was destined for Traralgon and is seen at Warragal station on the down journey. The destination on the rear of the train reads Deer Park West while the front showed Traralgon. The tour even used the city loop. ARHS Transport Archives 288724 #gippsland #copper #blueandgold #vr #electrification #harris #emu #broadgauge #victorianrailways #victoria #australia #australianhistory #railway #railwayhistory #tourtrain #specialtrain #electric #eastgippsland #Traralgon #moe #morwell #latrobe #warrigul #narnargoon #hcmt #pakenham #metrotunnel #metro #metrotrainsmelbourne #vintagerail
25.01.2022 Plans are underway for 150th anniversary of WA first steam railway! Do you have any stories about Busselton heritage treasure, the Ballaarat steam engine? The City of Busselton will be marking the 150th anniversary of the locomotive engine, with an exhibition in 2021 and would love your photos, stories, and information. Ballaarat was the first locomotive to operate in Western Australia and is the last of its kind (a 3ft 6in locomotive) still in existence in Australia. Many p...eople have holidayed in Busselton and had photos taken near the engine as they are eating icecreams or getting burnt on the hot metal. We would love those photos. Maybe it is a memory of getting a finger stuck in a hole or climbing underneath the engine feel free to share! Please contact the City’s Cultural Development Officer Jacquie Happ on (08) 9781 0335 or email [email protected]. Photos by ARHS Archives. #busselton #wa #justanotherdayinwa #wagr #perth #railheritagewa #ballaarat #ballarat #rail #narrowgauge #trains #history #vintagerail #australianhistory #australianrailways #australian #steam #coal #diesel #timber #tramways #jetty #station #margretriver #goods #goodstrain #australia #heritage #freight #steamengine
25.01.2022 QUIZ TIME This weeks subject is South Australian diesel locomotives: https://www.railtram.com.au/sa-diesel-locomotives Let us know how you go @AusRailHistory... 856 is the star of the show at a Ceremony marking the introduction of the Commonwealth Government financed diesel motive power at Port Pirie in South Australia opposite the Port Pirie railway station in the middle of Ellen Street on 26 February 1963. ARHS Transport Archives 042574 #sar #arhs #800 #50s #southaustralia #adelaide #australia #australianhistory #railway #railwayhistory #goodstrain #ceremony #signal #stirling #broadgauge #dieselelectric #power #dieselfuel #roadlevel #portpirie #station #standard #bandstand #national #nationalrail #pippingshrike #speaker #ribboncutting #event #streetrail
24.01.2022 Tasmanian Government Railways steam loco C12, fitted with acetylene lamp, is shunting in Redpa yard in February 1950. The line would close in 1961. IK Winney, ARHS Archives 104529 #tasmania #cclass #tgr #redpa #goodstrain #australia #australianhistory #australianrailways #appleisle #goodshed #northwest #britain #country #tasnorthwest #coast #steam #steamtrain #closedline #formerline #overgrown #marrawah #tramway #railway #railwayhistory #trainspotting #narrowgauge #passenger #closedrailwaystation #localgoods #bassstraight
21.01.2022 L255 leads another L Class at Fremantle, with two suburban DMU's in the backround on 3 October 1968. A Grunbach, ARHS Archives 285797 #justanotherdayinwa #freo #wagr #dockers #fremantle #narrowgauge #standardgauge #60s #livery #docks #dockside #lclass #dmu #diesel #knucklecoupler #goodstrain #australia #australianhistory #australianrailways #kangeroopaw #wa #westernaustraila #freight #railway #railways #rail #goldenstate #arhs #shunting #lightengine
20.01.2022 Celebrating 500 FOLLOWERS @ausrailhistory: Coal train hauled by Queensland Railways 4-6-0 PB15 Class member 500 at Ipswich on 18 May 1966. JW East, ARHS Archives 358729 #500followers #500 #qr #pb15class #ipswich #queensland #queenslandrail #narrowgaugerailways #railway #railwayhistory #goodstrain #australia #australianhistory #australianrailways #sunshinestate #coal #coalpower #brisbane #sunnymorning #1960s #60s #australian #steamengine #history #vintagerail #maryboroughbuilt #depot #tender #yard #coaltrain
20.01.2022 MERRY CHRISTMAS to all our members, subscribers, advertisers, followers and readers. We appreciated your submissions, readership and participation in 2020 and are looking forward to hearing from you in 2021. Best wishes from the ARH team! 847 is running light (with Santa on the front) coming off the Wollondilly River bridge at Bradfordville, Goulburn on the Crookwell Branch line on 15 December 1979. Bob Richardson, ARHS Transport Archives 816907 #seasongreetings #christmas #1970s #goulburn #800class #wollondillyriver #bradfordville #nswgr #newyear #railwayhistory #australianhistory #australianrailways #australian #dieselelectric #power #tourist #crookwell #tourist #specialtrain #riverina #mainsouth #goulburngoal #830class #merryxmas #standardgauge #buffer #santa #bridge #river #steel #sar
19.01.2022 Emu Bay Railway Garrett Loco No. 12 on an ore train on the west coast of Tasmania. This Garratt was one of three Beyer, Peacock and company built and delivered in 1930. ARHS Archives 273853. #garratt #tasmania #minerals #ore #westcoast #goods #goodstrain #australia #australianhistory #australianrailways #appleisle #tassie #ebr #emubay #60s #narrowgauge #railways #railhistory #australia #australianhistory #arhs #coalpower #fern #wilderness #melbaline #tasrail #forest #burnie #junction #wagon #deepwest #freight
18.01.2022 It's time for a Top End Railway Themed Quiz at: https://www.railtram.com.au/nt-railway-lines Don't forget to let us know how you went @ausrailhistory. NSU 64 shunting vans at goods shed at Larrimah, Northern Territory on 3 September 1965. Weston Langford.... #northernterritory #nt #darwin #larrimah #northaustralia #northaustraliarail #goodsshed #hot #tropical #cyclone #frieght #goodstrain #australia #australianhistory #railway #rail #railways #narrowgauge #passenger #nsuclass #croccountry #northaustralia #pichirichi #centralaustralia #degrees #redcentre #northaustralianrailway #station #katherine #commonwealthrail #commrail
18.01.2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK: WAGR Steam locos V1220, Dm588, PM717 are being eyed off to the right by diesel loco Xb1017, Ewenyoon in East Perth yard, Western Australia on 12 October 1968. #wagr #wa #justanotherdayinwa #warailways #warail #1960s #eastperth #perth #australian #steamengine #dieselelectric #power #coalpower #railways #southerncross #australia #yard #depot #narrowgauge #passenger #railway #trainsspotting #tankengine #transwa #transperth #australia #australianhistory #railwayhistory #xclass #vclass #dmclass
16.01.2022 FOOTBALL GRAND FINALS WEEKEND P11 with a special @geelongcats, Geelong Football Club headboard leads an 8 car all recently refurbished @vlinevictoria push pull set outside Lara, Victoria as part of the Geelong Football specials 2008. 27 September 2008. By Marcus Wong: railgallery.wongm.com Sadly @geelongcats lost to Hawthorn in the 2008 Grand Final. GFC:11.23 (89) v HFC:18.7 (115). Carn the Cats 2020!... #afl #aflfinals #aflfooty #aflfinals2020 #geelong #geelongcats #geelongfootballclub #footytrains #specialtrain #vline #pclass #harriscars #tclass #lara #carncats #kandinapark #southgeelong #visitvictoria #victorianrailways #diesel #dieselelectric #power #pushpull #laralake #speed #fans #station #railways #australia #trainspotting
14.01.2022 Brill railmotor and trailer at Semaphore station, South Australia on 29 April 1965. Semaphore station was strategically located in the middle of Semaphore Road. The station building is opposite the rail motor along the street. The line terminated right next to the Esplanade, which was located east of Esplanade Road (14.9 kilometres fromAdelaide station). Its station platform was level with the northern part of the road. It was a branch fromGlanville station, and the route w...as altered in 1916 to avoid St Vincent Street. The line closed after 100 years of service on 29 October 1978. ARHS Archives 543974 #southaustralia #semaphore #brill #railmotor #trailer #sar #southaustralianrailways #diesel #petrol #esplanade #beachfront #adelaide #suburbs #suburbanservice #adelaidemetro #Glanville #bluesky #broadgauge #station #roadlevel #semaphoreroad #shops #60s #1960s #pier #platforms #australia #australianhistory #railway #railwayhistory
13.01.2022 3653 on the Up Melbourne Limited Express at Strathfield on 8 September 1938. CA Cardew, ARHS Transport Archives 033950. #nswgr #36class #sydney #strathfield #standardgauge #36 #30s #sydneytrains #signal #steamengine #railwayhistory #railway #laststop #passenger #australia #australianhistory #australianrailways #newsouthwales #nsw #sleepers #1938 #express #mainsuburban #interstate #trainspotting #trains #centralstation #sydneyterminal #sydneytrains #nswtrainlink #local
12.01.2022 Even trains can go by train! T 233 hitches a lift en route to Islington workshops from Mount Gambler on the SAR Broad gauge transfer wagon at Heathfield, South Australia on 24 April 1953. LF Holmes, ARHS Archives 208864 #trainbytrain #heathfield #sa #southaustralia #tclass #sar #rail #railways #trailerrail #broadgauge #railwayhistory #australianhistory #australianrailways #festivalstate #frieght #goodstrain #australia #steamengine #history #vintagerail #mtlofty #adelaidehills #adelaide #narrowgauge #grades #locotruck #locomotive #curve #belair #caboose
11.01.2022 Make sure you don't miss this event!
11.01.2022 3088 had to be split from its tender to be turned on the 50ft turntable at Tumut, NSW on a ARHS NSW tour on 24 September 1967. The ARHS Tour was to Bombala and Tumut featuring steam locos 3014 and 3088. NJ Simons Collection, ARHS Archives 059104 #tumut #nswtrainlink #nsw #tourtrain #specialtrain #riverina #turntable #60s #australian #steamengine #history #vintagerail #3801 #nswgr #splittinguptogether #split #arhsnsw #spring #1967 #tumutriver #holiday #railyard #australia #australianhistory #locomotive #railway #railwayhistory #trainspotting #raildepot #firststate
10.01.2022 A magnificent portrait of S303, C.J.Latrobe leads Victorian Railways premier train the Spirit of Progress. The train is nears its destination of Spencer Street station as S303 crosses the Moonee Ponds Creek Bridge in North Melbourne, Victoria. Note the former Kensington New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. sheds in the background. C.1940s. Wal Jack Collection #vr #visitvictoria #victorianrailways #sclass #spiritofprogress #passenger #railway #railways #southerncross #australia #australiarailways #spencerst #vline #sop #latrobe #broadgauge #steamengine #steam #steel #expresstrain #trainspotting #1940s #40s #creek #bridge #saltwater #timberbridge #river #kensington #wool
09.01.2022 Time for a midweek pick me up . . . R703 is on its first run with a long line of livestock trucks. R703 was the first locomotive in service for the Victorian Railways R Class, seen possibly heading to North-East Victoria on 28 June 1951. On 18 May 1964 R703 hauled the last regular steam-hauled passenger service out of Melbourne, the 6.05pm Geelong service. R703 was listed as in service from the 21 June 1951 to 28 August 1965 and was scrapped on 12 May 1967. VR, ARHS Archives 405969 #vr #victorianrailways #broadmeadows #hudson #livestock #freighttrain #goodstrain #trainspotting #rclass #first #northbritish #glasglow #scotlandmade #broadgauge #victorian #victoria #australia #australianhistory #railway #railwayhistory #steamtrain #steamrail #smoke #speed #scrapped #buffers #cowcatcher #knucklecoupler #train #aussietrains
09.01.2022 638/738 which was purpose built for service on the Murwillumbah line is on No.18 Pass plus a van. 3326 is crossing the pass on a NSWRTM tour train at Bangalow, NSW on the Casino to Murwillumbah Line. 25 April 1969. K Smith, ARHS Archives 197999 Extra notes from the Rail Motor Society website: The last unit of the class, 638/738, was designed for use on the Casino to Murwillumbah line. The unit was based in Grafton to provide a connection with the Brisbane Express and enable t...hat train's timetable to be accelerated beyond Grafton. As it was intended to haul a parcel trailer over the branch, only a small (2 ton capacity) luggage area was provided in the No.1 End of the power car for local traffic, while the parcel trailer would handle the through traffic. The No.1 End also accommodated 20 Second Class, while the No.2 End compartment seated 28 Second Class. The car was coded MPF, while the trailer car (coded GTC) followed the layout of those used with the GPF and HFP units. Extra Notes from Col Gilbertson: The van behind the two-car unit is an EPT parcels trailer. Three of them, 1000-1002 were built between 1968 and 1972, for service on the Brisbane Express to provide a brakevan for the specially-built 620 class set that ran to Murwillumbah from May 1968 until March 1973, when the Brisbane Express was altered to run to Murwillumbah, as the Gold Coast Motorail Express. These three EPTs were built at Eveleigh Carriage Workshops using a one-piece moulded plywood body, manufactured by Ralph Symonds, whose factory was on reclaimed land at Homebush Bay, in the same salubrious locality as the State Brickworks and the State Abattoir... That area is now called Wentworth Point. Thanks to Col and Andrew Gilbertson for the extra information. #dmu #byronbay #bangalow #tourtrain #specialtrain #northcoast #goldcoast #620class #railcar #railway #nswgr #countrylink #nsw #eastcoast #loop #32class #60s #1969 #railway #trainspotting #australia #steamengine #history #vintagerail #australianhistory #australianrailways #steam #coal #dieselengine #crossing #railmotor
09.01.2022 What do all of these things have in common, They are featured at ARHS Open House, 5 Henderson road, Alexandria!
09.01.2022 Embark on an adventure to 1969 Western Australia before the Indian-Pacific. Get on board the WAGR and travel on the WAGR Eastern Line in our November edition! Many more historic journeys to read about along the way! Order your copy in both print and digital formats from:... arhsnsw.com.au/australian-railway-history/ See more
07.01.2022 FOOTBALL GRAND FINALS WEEKEND Another P Class, but in NSW today. Decorated as a football special at Junee station in 1923 the train is packed with footy fans ready for the days game. SRA, ARHS Archives 009573. #nrl #nrlfinals #nrlgrandfinal #nrl2020 #junee #pclass #football #specialtrain #mainsouth #footytrains #footballfans #melbournestorm #passenger #railway #railways #sydney #centralstation #anzstadium #nswgr #nswtrainlink #railhistory #trains #australiansport #steam #steamengine #history #vintagerail #australiarailways #australianhistory #railtails
07.01.2022 QUIZ TIME: QUEENSLAND DIESELS LOCOMOTIVES Test your knowledge on the Sunshine state and let us know how you go @ausrailhistory : https://www.railtram.com.au/qld-diesel-locomotives PICTURE: 1461 is seen at Brisbane Central on a Down Suburban on 18 November 1966. 1461 Centennial, is wearing its special Centenary of Queensland Railways livery which it actually wore until it was withdrawn from service. 1461 is preserved with the QR heritage division at the Ipswich Workshop ...Museum. Weston Langford #qr #centennial #queensland #queenslandrail #narrowgauge #passenger #railways #livestock #stocktrain #special #livery #australia #australianhistory #railway #railwayhistory #goodstrain #noosa #sunshinecoast #1460class #theworkshops #90s #qldrail #clydebuilt #northcoastline #northcoast #diesel #dieselelectric #power #sunshinestate
06.01.2022 Celebrating 1500 Facebook followers! It’s been an exciting journey so far, thanks for hopping on board! But don’t stop the train now, get your brain moving with our latest quiz on NSW Diesels:https://www.railtram.com.au/nsw-diesel-locomotives Photo:Dirty 4442 on 1500 Newcastle to Telarah service at Maitland, NSW on 13 October 1983. A Travers, ARHS Archives 477259.... #nswgr #nsw #huntervalley #maitland #44class #newcastle #telarah #passenger #railways #northcoast #diesel #overcast #intercity #1980s #ride #river #staterail #australia #australianhistory #railway #railwayhistory #trainspotting #commute #peakhour #coaltrain #coal #coalpower #firststate #trainspotting #outbackaus #power
04.01.2022 It's been a tough time for Victoria, but it shows what can be achieved when people work together. VIC DIESELS LOCOMOTIVES are the topic of this months quiz: https://www.railtram.com.au/vic-diesel-locomotives... Dont forget to let us know how you do! The bulldogs are out in force at Dynon with B74 J A Hearsch, and B80 and West Coast Railway streamliner in between. ARHS Archives 049584. #bclass #streamliner #thoroughbred #westcoastrailway #victoria #australia #australianhistory #railway #railwayhistory #goodstrain #broadgauge #bulldog #nose #dynon #turntable #vr #murraylander #horsepower #dieselelectric #power #diesels #goodsyard #wings #blueandgold #cab #vicrail #victorianrailways #clyde #stabled #heritage
04.01.2022 Class leader 1200 is seen on a empty ore run on newly upgraded track near Mount Isa, Queensland. CC Singleton, ARHS Archives 217059 #mtisa #qr #queensland #gulfcountry #outback #qldrail #1200class #australia #railways #rail #narrowgauge #passenger #railway #minerals #ore #barkleytablelands #inlander #greatnorthernrailway #mines #silver #lead #copper #bulldog #streamliner #freight #train #cutting #cloncurry #australia #australianrailways #australianhistory
04.01.2022 HAPPY BIRTHDAY NSW RAILWAYS!
03.01.2022 NSWGR 3803's brute strength is shown at Wyong, NSW. 23 September 1967. Contributed by Richard T Horne
03.01.2022 The enthusiasts are on fire at the ARHS Open House!!
01.01.2022 **ARHS Tours are back!! Members Only** ELECTRIC F1 SET - DAY TOUR
