Great Train Show with Tim Fischer
Summary: Tim Fischer brings us the latest on all things rail - industry news, history, anecdotes, passions and behind-the-headlines info
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- Copyright: Copyright 2011 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Podcasts:
Episode 33: A love story across two continents, life on a freight train and a new lease of life for a non-air hopper wagon.
Episode 31: A rail journey from Vladivostok to Moscow, the lure of Stevenson's Rocket and sound recordist Dennis Rittson critiques one of Tim's recordings.
Episode 30: Farewell to passenger trains travelling on the broad gauge line on Victoria's North East corridor, Jennifer Edmonds back home following her Churchill Fellowship and plans to revisit the pros and cons of high speed rail in Australia.
Episode 29: Rail from Singapore to London a step closer, travelling from Perth to Sydney on a hand trike and have you heard the one about the Kangaroo?
Episode 28: Who built the world's first "proper" railway? You'll have "train envy" as we catch up with Jennifer Edmonds who is travelling overseas and looking at rail heritage and a rare sound recording from South Australia circa 1960s.
Episode 27: A deal to keep steam trains running in western Poland, we meet an inaugural member of the Puffing Billy Preservation Society and the Wreck of the Old 97.
Episode 23: Talking trains on the Isle of Wight, a stop at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum and a pure steam recording of an Australian favourite.
Episode 22: On board the Coast Starlight on the US West Coast, Train Travellers report from South Africa and meet an 80 year old rail visionary.
Episode 21: Bushranger Ned Kelly's last stand, a tribute to our bridge builders of yesteryear and did great Australian racehorse Phar Lap change trains at Albury/Wodonga?
Episode 5: The UK's approach to preserving rail, the Chattanooga Choo Choo and memories from a retired shunter.
Episode 7: Using steam to generate electricity with locomotives, the 3642 back on the tracks and the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento.
Episode 11: Restoring locomotives in 2008, a sound recording of a 3642 in a storm and childhood train memories.
Episode 10: An Alaskan rail adventure, underground rail tunnels and platforms in Sydney and a gentleman who has a locomotive named in his honour.
Episode 14: The use of rail in World War I and World War II, a tale of true derring-do when a British Admiral commandeered a steam train in Italy and Australian artist Russell Drysdale's paintings of Australian soldiers on the platform at Albury Train Station.
Episode 15: Indian railway renaissance, archival recording of Australian leading rail figure Sir Harold Clapp and Dougie the Kelpie the unofficial icon for South Australia's Pichi Richi railway.