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The "Indian Pacific"
is operated by Great Southern Railway, and runs twice a week,
taking 3 days to cross the continent between Perth and Sydney.
This picture shows the eastbound service at Cook, South Australia,
on 27 April 2002. The locomotive is NR20, of the former National
Rail company, which had just been sold to a new consortium trading
as Pacific National. |
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XPT 2018 at Sydney Central terminus,
at the head of the 07.10 to Dubbo, on 9 May 2002. The XPT trains
are based on the British High Speed Train, and operate long-distance
services from Sydney, including those to Brisbane and Melbourne. |
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Long-distance services on the broad-gauge
(Irish gauge, 5ft 3in/1600mm)
network in the state
of Victoria are operated by V/Line, and most are hauled by diesel locomotives. N464 passes South
Kensington station, with the 11.00 Melbourne (Spencer Street) to South Geelong, on 10 May
2002. |
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Sydney suburban services are all
operated by double-deck electric multiple units. Here, unit R43
comes off the Sydney Harbour Bridge while forming the 16.01 Hornsby
to Epping, on 6 May 2002. |
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