Category: Rail History

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  5 November, 2024

  Love thy neighbour – Direct services to Sydney, the Uniform Gauge Railway, and South Brisbane Interstate Station

  By Rob Shiels, Curator, Transport, Queensland Museum Rail Workshops The decision by Australian colonies to build different sized railway gauges in the nineteenth century has…

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  3 July, 2023

  The Tilt Train – Australia’s fastest train turns 25

  By Rob Shiels, Collection Manager – Transport, Cultures and Histories In 2023, Queensland Rail’s Tilt Train turns 25. Although unlikely to be spoken about alongside…