Railway Digest | Oct-14
The GE Powerhaul – An international locomotive
Is there a need for a new, cutting-edge narrow-gauge GE locomotive? UGL Rail certainly thinks so. Bruce Payne and Owen Roberts take a look at the new UGL Class locomotives, the Australian narrow-gauge version of the internationally successful GE Powerhaul type.
Perth to Bunbury and Inverness to Thurso
Great Rail Journeys of Australia author Rod Avery takes us on two rail journeys a world apart. One in the arid heat and deep blue skies of Western Australia, the other in the biting cold and undecided skies of the far north of Scotland. While they may seem as different as two such travel experiences could be, Rod discovers that they have a lot more in common than he expected.
The Northern Missing Link
John Hoyle provides an interesting snapshot of the Northern Missing Link, a 69-kilometre line linking Aurizon Network’s Goonyella and Newlands coal systems in North Queensland, built to allow coal mines located on the Goonyella network direct access to the port of Abbot Point.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Railway Digest Oct-14.