Railway Digest Magazine October 2023 Back Issue

It's all a load of garbage – How Pacific National helps meet Sydney’s waste disposal challenges and takes trucks off roads
Sydney generates over two million tonnes of putrescible waste each year and landfill options in the Sydney area are severely limited. A proposal was made to transport putrescible waste to the closed Woodlawn zinc, copper and lead mine located 13 kilometres from Tarago, located on the Goulburn – Canberra railway. A key part of the proposal was the use of rail transport for the waste from Sydney to Tarago, a distance of around 260 kilometres. John Hoyle describes how this became a reality and takes a look at the current operations.

The 2023 Australasian Rail Industry Awards
On Wednesday 13 September, nearly 800 members of the rail industry from Australia and New Zealand filled The Palladium at the Crown Towers in Melbourne to celebrate the 16 winners of the 2023 Australasian Rail Industry Awards.

Sydney Station Stories – Fairfield
In the fifth instalment of his Sydney Station Stories series, Chris Walters takes a look at Fairfield – not just a station, but a veritable time capsule with links back to the early days of Sydney’s railway history.

Systems engineering can help future-proof rail industry investment
If Australia’s rail industry is to reach its ambition of net-zero and profitably progress it must make the right technology choices. How will Australia decarbonise its train systems? And how will advances in batteries, energy storage and hydrogen be put to best use on our rail systems? Steve Way explains how systems engineering can help.

The UGL C44ACi Locomotive
Peter Clark takes a look at the UGL/GE C44Aci, the most numerous standard gauge diesel locomotive type in Australia.