Dec 172022

Trains and Railways – Handy Australian Links

Trains and Railways – Handy Australian Links

Australian Trains and Railways – A Handy Link List. This page has a list of useful links with information on the train network of Australia.

The Australian railway network consists of a total of 33,819 km of track (and growing). 2,540 km of track is electrified. Aussies have always been fascinated with trains from the steam locomotives to diesel to the electric trains.

New South Wales

  1. Australian Railway Historical Society – NSW
  2. Cooma Monaro Railway
  3. Glenreagh Mountain Railway Inc
  4. Hornsby Model Engineers
  5. Paul Turtle’s Railway Page
  6. Rail Motor Society
  7. Sydney Electric Train Society
  8. Tourist Railway Association Kurrajong
  9. 3801 Limited

Victoria

  1. Australian Railway Historical Society – VIC
  2. Victorian Goldfields Railway

South Australia

  1. Eyre Peninsula Railways
  2. Mepham Station
  3. SteamRanger
  4. Terowie SA

Tasmania

  1. Australian Railway Historical Society
  2. TasRail
  3. Tas Steam Alive video
  4. Brindabella Railway Grafx
  5. Bill McCann’s ABT Railway pages
  6. ABT Railway Society
  7. Redwater Creek Steam Railway
  8. Glenrose Rail Modelers
  9. Metro Tasmania

Miscellaneous

  1. Technical Information About Trains
  2. John Hurst Railway Photographs
  3. Light Railway Research Society of Australia
  4. RailPage
  5. Chris’ Commonwealth Railways
  6. Australian Transport Safety Bureau

Children

  1. Thomas The Tank Engine

Museums

  1. NSW – Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum
  2. NSW – Rail Transport Museum
  3. TAS – Transport Museum

Rail Authorities and Companies

  1. Airport Link (New Southern Railway)
  2. NSW – CityRail
  3. Countrylink
  4. Goninan
  5. Great Southern Railway
  6. Indian Pacific
  7. Metro Tasmania
  8. National Rail Corporation
  9. Queensland Rail
  10. State Rail Authority of NSW
  11. Victoria Public Transport
  12. Zig Zag Railway
  13. 3801 Limited

Queensland

  1. Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society
  2. Australian Railway Historical Society 
  3. Sunsteam Queensland
  4. City Train

Western Australia

  1. Pilbara Railways Historical Society
  2. WAGR Railways

Magazines

  1. Australian Model Railway Magazine
  2. Track and Signal

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