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Nullarbor Plain

Photo Recap: A Stop at Broken Hill
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Photo Recap: A Stop at Broken Hill

ByJim Loomis 02/18/200909/06/2014

There was a bit of grumbling at breakfast in the morning. Some of the first-time train travelers had trouble sleeping last night and, truthfully, the ride was a bit rocky. According to one of the train crew, there is indeed a rough section of track back there in the Blue Mountains. As usual, however, I…

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Across the Nullarbor to Kalgoorlie … Maybe.
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Across the Nullarbor to Kalgoorlie … Maybe.

ByJim Loomis 02/09/200911/07/2014

The closer the Indian Pacific gets to Adelaide, the more conversation in the lounge car has to do with the bad derailment that occurred five days ago at the far side of the Nullarbor Plain, just east of Kalgoorlie. Torrential rains undermined a stretch of track and the resulting derailment of a freight train has…

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Asia/Pacific | Australia | Europe | Hawaii

Report From Australia – End of Day Two

ByJim Loomis 02/02/200909/16/2014

SYDNEY – This is a very cosmopolitan town. In fact, coming from Hawaii, I feel quite at home seeing so many Asian faces here. But there are also Indians and Pacific Islanders and Middle Easterners and Europeans. In fact, my contact with Great Southern Railway was born in Holland, grew up speaking Dutch and French,…

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