Australia's development seemed to have ridden the backbone of trains, which has now been passed by with air and something scary called road trains. Think rumbling, three trailer behemoths on two lane roads, heavy with mining materials and not caring if you fly off into the outback.
Back to trains. What to do with all that old, obsolete heavy metal and their cute roundhouses? Lucky for Australia, train buffs abound and they're busy saving, restoring, puttering with old trains and everything rail related.
The small town of Goulburn has a nice roundhouse and it's now a train museum. Hop aboard.
Wheels, locomotives and train cars, something for everyone.
Back in the day, everything moved by rail. A prison car, bars and all. Inside a mail car, a sorting frenzy on rails.
When things go sideways, best to call in the mighty craven. Dr. Yellow to the rescue.
Depot details. Patch of the mighty union. Oldest shop in the world and proud of it. A variety of lanterns, not available at Home Depot.
The roundhouse and massive turntable. Can play any record, even 78s.
