Named Passenger Trains of Australia - Spirit of Progress, the Ghan, Indian Pacific, the Overland, Traveltrain (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Spirit of Progress, The Ghan, Indian Pacific, The Overland, Traveltrain, List of named passenger trains of Australia, Great White Train, Silver City Comet, The Sunlander, The Westland, Transwa Prospector, The Southern Spirit, Gulflander, Intercapital Daylight, Vinelander, Spirit of the West, Transwa AvonLink, Newcastle Flyer, Southern Aurora, Spirit of the Outback, Caves Express, The Westlander, The Gippslander, The Savannahlander, Transwa Australind, Tea and Sugar Train, Sydney/Melbourne Express, Great South Pacific Express, Albany Progress, The Inlander, The Mullewa, The West Coaster, The Alice. Excerpt: The Spirit of Progress was the premier express train passenger service on the Victorian Railways in Australia, running from Melbourne to the Victorian border, and later through to Sydney. From its introduction in November, 1937 until April, 1962 the train service ran on 5 ft 3 in (1600 mm) broad gauge tracks out of Melbourne's Spencer Street Station and terminated at Albury, on the New South Wales - Victorian border, where passengers changed to a New South Wales Government Railways train (the Melbourne Limited Express), running on in (1,435 mm) standard gauge track to complete their journey to Sydney. From the introduction of standard gauge passenger services between Melbourne & Sydney in April, 1962 until the demise of the Spirit of Progress in 1986, the service ran the complete distance between the two capital cities. Victorian Railways promotional poster advertising the new Spirit of Progress service. The Spirit of Progress racing an Airco DH.4 aeroplane between Melbourne and Geelong, on 17 November 1937.The Spirit of Progress ushered in a standard of passenger train speed and comfort not previously seen in Australia. Its introduction in November, 1937 marked the culmination of many years of preparatory work by...