Railway Digest | March 2026
An Icon Departs: Farewell to the V-sets
Chris Walters reports on the end of an era in NSW rail operations.
Keeping Rail Operations Safe in the Era of AI-driven Cyberattacks
In November 2025, Anthropic, the company behind Claude, the AI large language model (LLM), announced that it had disrupted a significant cyberattack executed by AI agents – the first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack conducted without substantial human intervention. This shift has profound implications for the rail sector.
The Replacement of the Burley Griffin Way road-over-rail bridge
Chris Banger reports from Wallendbeen, NSW, where the road-over-rail bridge originally built in 1917 has been demolished and replaced in a years-long process that finally wrapped up in November 2025.
The Geraldton Zone of Comparative Bulk Handling
The Geraldton Zone of Cooperative Bulk Handling (CBH) mirrors the Aurizon operational area which is centred on Narngulu just outside Geraldton, Western Australia. Phil Melling reports.
Rail Careers: In Conversation with Kurtis Morgan
Meet Kurtis Morgan, 20, a driver on the Gold Coast's G:link network. RD speaks to the longtime rail enthusiast about his career and the pathway that led him to become the youngest driver in Gold Coast history.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Railway Digest March 2026.