This footage from 20 March 1938 is from the Maryborough Railway employees’ picnic held at Scarness, Queensland.

This episode of Sydney Stories with Warren Fahey looks at how Sydney has buried its dead – a fascinating procession.

The Rail Way offers a wideranging look at Australian railways, from the city underground to the railway of the remote outback.

Within the NFSA collection there exists a railway enthusiast's dream.

This video clip is an excerpt from the film The New Railway Link from Darwin to Alice Springs, an episode fo the series Northern Territory Contact, produced in 1981.

From the Film Australia Collection. Made by the National Film Board 1958. Directed by Jack S Allan.

The construction of the Trans-Australian Railway and telegraph line from Port Augusta, S.A., to Kalgoorlie, W.A., during the period 1912 to 1917.

An overview of Australia's railways in the early 1960s, before gauges across the country were standardised.

More than a million train passengers a day go through the gates at Flinders Street Station, Melbourne. Claimed to be the largest one station traffic in the world.