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Cane Train: The Sugar-cane Railways of Fiji by Peter Dyer and Peter Hodge (1988: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, Wellington) ISBN 0-908573-50-2, a revision and expansion of: Balloon Stacks and Sugar Cane by Peter Dyer and Peter Hodge (1961: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, Wellington) Narrow Gauge In Fiji by Peter Hodge ...
Puffing Billy train at Lakeside station. In 1865, the Queensland Railways was the first mainline narrow-gauge railway in the world. [1] Its tracks would eventually extend to around 9000 km. Queensland Rail operates the QR Tilt Train, with a maximum speed of 165 km/h. This train currently holds the Australian Railway Speed Record of 210.7 km/h.
The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is a federal government owned corporation established in 1997 that owns, leases, maintains and controls the majority of main line standard gauge railway lines on the mainland of Australia, known as the Designated Interstate Rail Network (DIRN). In 2003 the Australian and New South Wales Governments ...
Australia: see Rail transport in Australia Nauru: see Rail transport in Nauru Fiji: see Rail transport in Fiji New Zealand: see Rail transport in New Zealand; Railways also existed in New Caledonia, Makatea, New Guinea, Saipan and Banaba. [1]
Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions: Sydney Central – East Perth: 23 February 1970–present Inlander: Queensland Rail: Townsville – Mount Isa: 21 February 1953–present Intercapital Daylight: New South Wales Government Railways / Victorian Railways: Sydney Central – Melbourne Spencer Street: 16 April 1962 – 31 August 1991 Iron Triangle ...
Modes of transport in Fiji include rail, road, water, and air. The rail network is mainly used for movement of sugar cane. Suva and Lautoka are the largest seaports. There are 122 km of navigable inland waterways. There are two international airports, one other paved airport, and over 20 with unpaved runways. With 333 tropical islands that make ...
The Indian Pacific is a weekly experiential tourism-oriented passenger train service that runs in Australia's east–west rail corridor between Sydney, on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, and Perth, on the shore of the Indian Ocean – thus, like its counterpart in the north–south corridor, The Ghan, one of the few truly transcontinental trains in the world.
The TranzAlpine is a passenger train operated by the Great Journeys New Zealand division of KiwiRail in the South Island of New Zealand over the Midland Line; often regarded to be one of the world's great train journeys for the scenery through which it passes (see famous trains). The journey is 223 kilometres (139 mi) one-way, taking almost ...
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