Australian Railway History | July 2020
Rob Clark has researched the commemorative special train that was organised by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) for the first mainline diesel-electric locomotives, namely the X Class. Many interesting dignitaries of the time rode the train, including Mr C G C Wayne, who was at the time General Manager, Tasmanian Government Railways. Mr Wayne would later become the WAGR Commissioner of Railways. He was a truly a railway man of his time and his international railway career speaks for itself in a special dedication to him on pages 14 and 15.
We also have some extended coverage for 50 years of the Indian-Pacific!
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COVER: The inaugural special train has paused at Kurrawang on 5 May 1954 to change the staff. Standing on the platform in front of X1001 Yalagonga, from the left are Mr R E B Lee, Assistant Commissioner of Railways (Commercial), Mrs Phyllis Wayne and
Mr C G C Wayne, General Manager Tasmanian Government Railways. WestPix TWA-0103070
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Australian Railway History July 2020.