Railway Digest  |  November 2023
Kalgoorlie – a busy railway crossroads
Located 595 km (370 mi) east-northeast of Perth in the Goldfields region of WA, the city of Kalgoorlie is a major rail transport hub. The ARTC timetable shows 35 interstate freight trains passing through Kalgoorlie each way weekly, in addition to 20 Perth-Kalgoorlie freight services, 20 iron ore services to Esperance and two Esperance – Kalgoorlie fuel trains, all in each direction each week together with the (generally) weekly Indian Pacific passenger train and daily/twice daily Prospector railcars, as John Hoyle reports.
NSW Station Stories: Mindaribba to Dungog
In the latest instalment of his ongoing series, Chris Walters veers from the formula a degree, and hits several stations with one swing. Specifically, the seven stations particular to NSW Trainlink’s Hunter Line service to Dungog: Mindaribba, Paterson, Martins Creek, Hilldale, Wallarobba, Wirragulla and, of course, Dungog itself.
The Karara iron ore trains and Karara Branch – 10 Years of Operation
The Karara iron ore project changed the Geraldton region train operations forever. A bold statement, but it was the works that took place in relation to that project that have had a significant and lasting impact. On the 10th anniversary of its opening, Phil Melling looks at the Karara branch and the heavy iron ore trains that operate on it.
Darling Downs coal trains – south west Queensland report
During a recent bird-watching holiday, David Campbell managed somewhat unexpectedly to sight several trains running in south-west Queensland along the Charleville/Quilpie line as well as an unexpected bonus on the Goondiwindi line.
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