Great Railway Journeys of Australia

A display of "Great Railway Journeys of Australia" is at the National Museum of Australia from 20 April until 26 August 2007. This is a modest display of models, posters and memorabilia, put together by the Workshops Rail Museum of Queensland.

There is an online collection of photos, accompanying the exhibition. Including:

• Dining carriage interior, Sunshine Express, c.1935.
• The New Ghan, 2001.
• Gulflander passing an ant hill, 2000

As well as the material exhibited and photos, the Workshops Rail Museum have also prepared a 21 page education kit for children (some adult rail enthusiasts may like to try answering questions in the kit without having seen the exhibition). The Museum keen to hear from other institutions who might like to host this exhibition.

Some of the journeys I have been on:

• Indian Pacific, Sydney to Perth, 1995
• XPT Brisbane to Sydney by Train, 2005

One not mentioned in the exhibition is the brief trial of a tilt train in NSW:

• Sydney-Canberra X2000 high speed Tilt Train, 1995

An other train trips.