18/06/02
Five year deal puts rice
on the rails
Leading regional rail specialist Freight Australia and one of the
country's largest food producers and exporters, SunRice, have signed a landmark
new five-year contract.
16/06/02
Rail delivers the goods
Freight
carried over the interstate rail network in Victoria, South Australia and
into Western Australia reached a new high during May and continues to rise
at a rate outstripping national economic growth.
07/05/02 ACCC
approves of ARTC rail access undertaking
Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC) has welcomed today's announcement
by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that the voluntary
Access Undertaking it has given, for that part of the interstate rail network
under its control, has been approved.
11/03/02 Alice to
Darwin Update
As an update to
the 9 March Media Release the following information is now to hand.Katherine,
the first locomotive for use on Alice Springs to arwin Railway construction
trains was successfully loaded onto its road transport at Roe Creek, south
of Alice Springs, this afternoon, with the T hief Minister Claire Martin in
attendance.
10/03/02
Cost Effiecient Railways Through Engineering
CORE2002 - 'Cost Efficient Railways Through Engineering' Sunday 10 November
to Wednesday 13 November, 2002 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
09/03/02 Alice
and Darwin Locomotives to hit the road
Another milestone in the Alice Springs to Darwin rail project will be reached
on Wednesday 13 March when Australia Southern Railroad (ASR) delivers its
first locomotive for use on the project construction trains, to the Katherine
work site.
07/12/01 Rail
freight Boom defies Trends
Despite weaker economic forecasts, freight traffic
over the Australian Rail Track Corporation
managed segment of the interstate rail network continues to
boom. For the second consecutive month rail freight volumes have reached
record levels.
06/12/01 The
War Continues
The Australian Trucking Association today called
on the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
for Transport & Regional Services, Mr John Anderson to take note of the
report recently released by the Canadian Government
02/12/01 Victorian
Interstate Rail - Now up to Speed
From midnight Sunday a significant step will be
taken by Australian Rail Track Corporation
(ARTC) in providing uniformity across Australia's interstate
rail network.
14/11/01 Rail
Breaks East West Records
Rail continues to break records on the strategic
land freight corridor linking the Eastern
States and Western Australia. During the last six months,
rail's market share of the land freight transport task has exceeded
an average of 78.5%
13/11/01 Alice
to Darwin Rail heads north
The first load of rails to leave OneSteel's Whyalla
Steelworks and destined for the Alice Springs to Darwin Railway will be hauled
by privately owned South Australian freight operator, Australia Southern Railroad
(ASR).
05/11/01 Coalition
called to account over rail policy
A 120-year old railway bridge over the Murrumbidgee
River near Wagga Wagga, which reduces interstate freight trains to a 20 km
per hour crawl, will be a major impediment
to any proposals for an Inland Rail Expressway according to the
Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA).
31/10/01 Coalition
called to re-vamp it's land transport policy
"The Coalition's transport policy released
Monday by National Party Leader and Transport
Minister John Anderson, should be described either as Moving Backwards
or Keep on Trucking, rather than Keeping Australia Moving," said
Dr Philip Laird, a spokesman for the Railway Technical
Society of Australasia.
21/10/01 Heavier
and Faster Freight Trains Good for the Community
The Railway Technical Society Australasia (RTSA) is challenging all sides
of Federal politics to commit to funding much needed upgrades for the interstate
rail network, which will allow the operation of heavier and faster freight
trains
18/10/01 Rail
Wins National Transport Award
Australian Rail Track Corporation has been presented with the inaugural
National Transport Outcomes Award, recognising transport achievement and innovation.
20/9/01
50th
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FOR PIONEER LOCOMOTIVE
One of the most historically significant railway locomotives in
Australia will tomorrow celebrate 50 years of almost
continuous service. The pioneer diesel locomotive,
GM1 Sir Robert Gordon Menzies has spent the last five decades
clocking up an amazing 8 million kilometres, much of it on the transcontinental
railway across the Nullarbor.
11/09/01
Rail sets new records for
grain haul
Australia Southern Railroad (ASR), South Australia's only private rail
operator, is setting new records for the movement of grain by rail to the Port
Adelaide and Port Lincoln shipping terminals, with farmers and the community
reaping the benefits.
04/09/01
Anorak of Fire - The life and times of Gus
Gascoigne
Most people probably wouldn't remember the first time they saw a train. but
Gus does.....
09/07/01
Australia Southern
Railroad's $6m boost for regional rail workshops
South
Australian rail operator, Australia Southern Railroad (ASR) has awarded the
engineering company EDI Rail a total of $6 million in contracts associated
with the Alice Springs to Darwin rail project.
05/06/01 Productivity
Commission urged to focus on Interstate Railway Access
The Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA) will
urge the Productivity Commission to seize the opportunity to improve
interstate rail access, when it appears before the Commission’s National
Access Regime inquiry hearing in Sydney
03/06/01 Rail
Safety, SA - Leads the Way
From
midnight tonight a major step in reversing “the break of gauge” mentality
in rail safety will take place with the adoption for the first time of a
national operations and safe working code of practice.
30/05/01 New
rail service boosts Adelaide - Sydney rail freight operations
A new
direct rail freight service between Adelaide and Sydney will commence today,
offering improved transport options for freight forwarders and shippers using
this important freight artery.
29/05/01 TRACK
UPGRADING BRINGS
HIGHER TRAIN SPEEDS
The
Australian Rail Track Corporation will implement the final part of its Port
Augusta track upgrading project this coming weekend, by raising speed limits
for trains passing through Port Augusta and Stirling North from 30 km/h to 40
km/h.
25/05/01 Gemco
invests AUD $5.75M in one-stop shop rail facility
West
Australian railway rolling stock maintainer Gemco Rail Pty Ltd, announced
today that it will invest $5.75 million in a new custom-built freight wagon
maintenance facility located in the Perth suburb of Forrestfield.
12/05/01 ALL
Aboard for Behind the scenes at Port Dock
The
Port Dock Station Railway Museum will be holding a special ‘Behind
the Scenes’ event this coming weekend, Saturday and Sunday 26/27 May.
30/04/01 ARTC
Track Audit press release
An audit of the interstate rail network has recommended investment of $507
million to transfer two million tonnes of freight per annum from road to rail.
25/04/01 EAST-WEST
RAIL MARKET SHARE HITS 77 per cent
Rail's market share of the land transport task on the strategic freight
corridor from the eastern states to Western Australia has risen to a record 77
per cent, its highest level for over a decade.
03/04/01 Bringing
Rail up to speed
Track
upgrading and track straightening on the strategic Sydney to Melbourne rail
corridor is essential in order to bring rail up to speed according to the
Railway Technical Society of Australasia
15/03/01 Automatic
discharge hoppers expand CFCLA fleet
Leading rail-leasing company CFCL Australia announced today
that it is continuing to expand its Australian lease portfolio with the
addition of 42 open-top automated-discharge ballast hoppers to its wagon
fleet.
22/02/01 Alice
to Darwin railway funding update
The Prime Minister, John Howard, and Chief Minister Denis Burke on Monday
night announced that the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Governments would
each provide $26.5 million in stand-by financial support for the Adelaide to
Darwin Railway.
13/11/00 Keeping
the world's railways on track
A South Australian innovation, REX-LOK is playing a major role in keeping
trains rolling over one of the world's famous tourist railways.
25/5/00 Freight Trains return to Bairnsdale
Victoria
Freight Australia today announced that the 9km section of line from Hillside to Bairnsdale
is to be re-opened, initially for log traffic.
19/5/00 MAJOR RAIL
INDUSTRY CONFERENCE - FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The biggest rail industry conference to have ever been held in South
Australia, and one of the largest held in Australia in recent years will take place at the
Stamford Grand, Glenelg from Sunday May 21 to Tuesday May 23.
17/5/00 Adelaide to
Darwin Constructions Locos in arrive in town
Sixteen large railway locomotives to be used in the construction phase of the Adelaide to
Darwin rail link will be delivered to Genesee & Wyoming Australia (GWA) in Adelaide on
Thursday 18 May.
27/4/00 SIGNALLING
PROJECT BOOSTS RAIL EFFICIENCY
The abolition of a century old railway signalling system over a short
section of the interstate main line railway track in the Melbourne suburbs has improved
the efficiency of the interstate rail network and cut journey times for interstate freight
and passenger rail services.
15/4/00 Stringybark
Express April Newsletter
Catch up with our LATEST NEWS and EVENTS, Check the WEATHER. Other FEATURES!
4/4/00 Leongatha Rail Review Announced
The Minister for Transport, Mr Peter Batchelor, said the Government was meeting its
commitment to the people of Gippsland to review the Kennett Government's closure of the
Leongatha passenger rail service in 1993.
23/2/00 BOLD INITIATIVE IN $5
MILLION RAIL WAGON BUILD
The expansion of its independently owned wagon lease fleet by CFCL
Australia will bring significant benefits to interstate and regional rail operators.
22/3/00 V/Line
introduces 19,000 extra seats per week on victorian network
Managing Director of V/Line, the principal operator of country train services, Mr Geoff
Smithwick today announced the introduction of 140 extra services and 19,000 more seats a
week from 10 April.
7/3/00 V/Line provides great fare deal and late night
train services to take people home from Colonial Stadium
V/Line will provide additional services to get people home from night football matches and
selected special events at Colonial Stadium.
28/2/00 PREMIER
UNVEILS LINKING VICTORIA PLAN TO BOOST JOBS AND INVESTMENT
The Premier, Mr Steve Bracks, today unveiled the Government's blueprint
for generating over $1.5 billion of investment in vital transport infrastructure over the
next three years.
21/2/00 CFCLA SEEKING TO PROVIDE VERSATILITY IN WAGON
SUPPLY & LEASING
Railway equipment supplier and lessor, CFCL
Australia (CFCLA) is expanding its lease portfolio and with the sale of ballast hopper
wagons to Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC) is highlighting its ability to
supply specialised wagon fleets to niche markets within the Australian rail industry.
26/1/00 Stringybark
Express - Newsletter January 2000
ON TRACK! - The Rutherglen Stringybark Express Newsletter for January has been published.
23/12/99 National Rail
Corporation Derailment at Junee, NSW
A NRC Brisbane to Melbourne freight train derailed this morning at Junee, South of Sydney.
19/11/99 CANBERRA TO SYDNEY
FAST TRAIN SERVICE ANOTHER STEP CLOSER
Chief Minister Kate Carnell has announced the ACT, NSW and Commonwealth Governments have
received Speedrail Limited's detailed submission for the operation of a high-speed rail
service between Canberra and Sydney
6/12/99 Corowa Free Press - Rutherglen Tourist Railway
Launch of State Railway History at Corowa?
4/12/99 Rutherglen Tourist Railway
Initiative - Request For Information
INSURANCE SURVEY - GreenTrail Associates Group - The "Stringybark
Express" needs 'like yesterday' assistance in sourcing
insurance stats and info re cover in PUBLIC LIABILITY, VOLUNTEER INS, etc.
for purposes of Accreditation placement. Anybody who can assist from comparable
groups ANYWHERE please contact Dave Moyle, 02 6033 3937
1/12/99 Australian
Southern Railway expands into BHP SA Business
Chief Executive of Australia Southern Railroad (ASR), Mr Charles Chabot said today that
the signing of a five-year service agreement with BHP for the management and operation of
BHP Whyalla Steelwork's rail network was a fitting conclusion to what had been a
successful and profitable year for ASR.
19/11/99 Rutherglen Stringybark Express - 19/11/99 News
Update
WANTED - 777 Dwarfs -should that be "dwarves"? Why?
Because "the" 7 dwarfs persons small of stature, were reported
as being industrious in given application to tasks - so 777 ought to constitute a work
force of some note. Why not? Probably anti-discrimination legislation forbids restriction
of such a category in labour application. So - "WANTED - Willing Workers!!!
16/11/99 RailAmerica's
Freight Victoria Subsidiary Awarded Major Contracts With Australian Wheat Board
RailAmercia today announced that its Australian-based subsidiary,
Freight Victoria, was awarded two major transportation contracts with its largest
customer, the Australian Wheat Board.
27/10/99 Labour on Fast Track for change
A fast rail from Melbourne to Ballarat will be the first in a series of rural train
upgrades by the new Victorian Labor Government.
21/10/99 National Express Keen on Bairnsdale to Melbourne
passenger service
The
Save Our Train Action Group (SOTAG) last week joined a delegation from East Gippsland
Shire Council in meeting with National Express, the new franchisee of V-Line passenger
services.
21/10/99 Freight Victoria to open up
jobs in East Gippsland. Yesterday Freight
Victoria called internally for 2 drivers interested in transferring to the Eastern
region for an anticipated increase in work for that area. This includes crewing
arrangements for the resumption of freight services from Traralgon to Bairnsdale.
Applications close on the 1st of November and a condition of employment is that applicants
must be prepared to transfer almost immediately. It does not state the location to where
crews would be based....assumed Morwell, as there is a need for daily pilot work there
with now 3 eastern services running daily.
18/10/99 Dedicated Timber Rail Link opens
Freight Victoria has launched its first new service since taking over VLine Freight, a
dedicated timber train that will run between the La Trobe Valley and Geelong.
17/10/99 Rail America
to buy RailTex for $208 million
RailAmercia Inc. said Thursday that it agreed to acquire RailTex Inc. for about $208
million in cash and stock, creating one of the largest short line/regional freight
railroad operators.
9/10/99 NSW Railway
Resources now available
Rolfe Bozier has added a wonderful resource for the internet railfan. Select this
page and you can research lines available throughout New South Wales including,
photographs and line history. Click able maps make it easy to use.
5/10/99 Rutherglen
Tourist Railway Press Release!
GreenTrail
CEO, Dave Moyle, today announced acceptance
of placement proposals for Tourist Rail initiatives on the Springhurst to Wahgunyah
railway
4/10/99 A survey into the
viability of returning passenger services to Bairnsdale and Sale Victoria is to begin in
earnest! Further information when it comes to hand.
2/10/99 Mildura Passenger Services study to begin
4th October 1999.
A feasibility study into passenger train services between Melbourne & Mildura will
commence on Oct 4 99 to be completed by June 2000. More details available.
1/10/99 Tourist Railway planned
for Rutherglen and Wahgunyah.
Now with Victoria’s Rail System all but completed privatised, there are some exciting
projects on the drawing board which would see trains again on the line from Springhurst to
Wahgunyah.
More details available.
1/10/99 Railpage announces
a Railpage News Channel service. Click on the bookmark and you will be notified then
additional news items are added to Railpage.
