Curator Jeff Wray gives an insight into trainspotting and the NFSA’s significant Jim Powe Collection of train footage.

A popular activity for train enthusiasts even today is the train chase: travelling from one vantage point to another while follow

Jim Powe has captured a lovely and colourful image on 16mm of 3830 pulling into Picton station

Jim Powe shot this candid silent black-and-white 16mm film footage on a Rail Transport Museum

This recording was made on 27 March 1966 at central railway Station, Sydney, NSW.

Documentary showcasing Darling Harbour as a busy railway goods yard, long before it became one of Sydney's main destinations for recreation and entertainment.

This video clip is an excerpt from the film Just Australian Trains, produced in 1985. Producer Dick Collingridge. A Film Australia Production.

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

Still image from the documentary Steam on the Harbour: Darling Harbour's working trains.

When these films of Darling Harbour were taken in the late 1960s and early 1970s by transport enthusiast and cinematographer Roger McKenzie, there was no light rail, no urban walking trail, and it