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This week, we head much further south than one would expect to the warmer climbs of New South Wales, Australia, where, in a bid to reverse the ailing fortunes of their long neglected railway system, the state government took a leaf from the book of British Rail by building under license a number of HST derivatives known as the Express Passenger Train or XPT, which have been the pride and the power of long-distance services within the territory, as well as cross-border trains to Queensland and Victoria.
Chapters:
0:00 - Preamble
0:26 - The Australian Dilemma
4:12 - Highlighting the HST
7:17 - XPT Into Service
11:08 - Siamese Dream
15:41 - Into the Countrylink Era
21:17 - XPTs in the Modern Era
24:34 - Conclusion
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References:
- Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering by John Dunn (and his respective sources)
- 125Group (and their respective sources)
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This is a reworked and reuploaded version of the original video.
G'day! :D
This week, we head much further south than one would expect to the warmer climbs of New South Wales, Australia, where, in a bid to reverse the ailing fortunes of their long neglected railway system, the state government took a leaf from the book of British Rail by building under license a number of HST derivatives known as the Express Passenger Train or XPT, which have been the pride and the power of long-distance services within the territory, as well as cross-border trains to Queensland and Victoria.
Chapters:
0:00 - Preamble
0:26 - The Australian Dilemma
4:12 - Highlighting the HST
7:17 - XPT Into Service
11:08 - Siamese Dream
15:41 - Into the Countrylink Era
21:17 - XPTs in the Modern Era
24:34 - Conclusion
All video content and images in this production have been provided with permission wherever possible. While I endeavour to ensure that all accreditations properly name the original creator, some of my sources do not list them as they are usually provided by other, unrelated YouTubers. Therefore, if I have mistakenly put the accreditation of 'Unknown', and you are aware of the original creator, please send me a personal message at my Gmail (this is more effective than comments as I am often unable to read all of them): rorymacveigh@gmail.com
The views and opinions expressed in this video are my personal appraisal and are not the views and opinions of any of these individuals or bodies who have kindly supplied me with footage and images.
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Thanks again, everyone, and enjoy! :D
References:
- Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering by John Dunn (and his respective sources)
- 125Group (and their respective sources)
- Wikipedia (and its respective references)
