Express Train Video - Australia

04/06/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83FQZGp8vjQ

Grains of the South West - Ode to Old Sam ... the Hard Driving Grai...

13/04/2026

https://youtu.be/mDl0JBd_JHM

The 1620 Class were introduced to the network in 1967. The Class leader, 1620 was placed in service with Queensland Rail onQueensland Rail restored the class...

09/04/2026

All Quiet On The Northern Front

Clyde built 1503, a member of the 1502 Class locomotives of Queensland Rail sits in serenity at Wallangarra yard on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. The solitude is due to it being Good Friday, 4 April 1980.

1503 probably sat silently until the following Tuesday after the conclusion of the Easter long weekend.

The yard at Wallangarra was rather light on wagons with only an odd assortment around the yard. The New South Wales side was similar.

07/04/2026

Mackay DH in Action

DH 45 hauling 1271 and an unknown 1300 Class out of a siding that served a fuel point and a rail motor shed.

It was late in the day and things seemed to be readying for a string of night operations.

The image was captured in July 1980.

06/04/2026

Helidon passenger working on a Saturday afternoon. 1740, a Clyde built 1720 Class is seen here in the later afternoon having cut off and run around the passenger cars. The scene was in July 1980.

More than likely, 1740 was substituting for a 2000 Class Rail Car set.

A timetable from that era had a rail car working off Helidon at 1730 to return to Roma Street in Brisbane.

12/03/2026

A livestock special on the now closed Beaudesert branch. 1738 had a fairly small train considering double heading was quite common. There was a Guard's Van and the Guard is seen walking down the Main line.

07/03/2026

Loop
Class Locomotive

Shipping Steel illustrates the working of mostly loaded steel trains that operate on the New South Wales North Coast line delivering steel from southern stee...

08/01/2026

The Sydney bound XPT, NT32 passes SB3 at Kempsey. Whilst it might happen on every occasion I have seen it happen several times.

On this day, 17 July 2025 at 1250, NR21, NR31 and NR15 completed a crew change whilst the XPT approached.

08/01/2026

1720 Class locomotives were routinely used to work short livestock trains that had arrived at Mayne Yard from northern and western parts of Queensland. Sometimes, the trains went to Dinmore, other trains worked to Holmview and the very popular Beaudesert workings. Even Churchill cattle yards outside Ipswich might have also been possible. 1729 is seen passing Cormack Street Graceville in May 1980. All of these options would have been available.

Being on the way towards Corinda where two of the options would have been eliminated were unable to be recorded.

07/01/2026

The New South Wales, North Coast Line that stretched over the border into Queensland was dominated by Alco diesel operations. 4427 On the fly South near Wiangaree - 17 November 1979 heads a train that made stops enroute to shunt at places like Casino.