Australian Railway History Magazine June 2025 Back Issue

🚂THE JUNE ARH ISSUE OUT NOW IN DIGITAL AND PRINT🚂

As the April issue is still fresh in many readers minds, many have sent feedback on their memories and associations with both Budd and Bluebird DMUs tearing through the South Australian countryside. So we have had another look and cobbled some photos together especially on ‘those flying Bluebirds’ just for fun! Who can believe they were only being pulled from the rails 30 years ago. We also continue with Part 3 on Greg Blackwells interesting Circus Trains in Australia, Between 1891 and 1963. It’s hard to believe so much interest from the community being on the station yards when these trains arrived into town with elephants helping to unpack and set up the performance site. We take an interesting look into a Photographer focus with Ted Richards collection that has been left to his son Lin Richards.
John Beckhaus has taken the opportunity and research the recently retired Queensland Railways, Intercity Express Electric Multiple Units. What many may not realise is that the NSW Railways was not the only Australian rail system to utilise specially designed Interurban Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) on electrified lines beyond its capital city suburban system. Queensland Rail was the only other railway to engage similar EMUs for Intercity service. Initially built to operate the Spirit of Capricorn service on the North Coast line between Brisbane and Rockhampton in mid-1989 these trains have a interesting history and interest from Queenslanders.