Rail Films Blog

Written By Caleb

What Have We Been Doing & What Is Ahead!

Friday, 8 March, 2024

G'day all, and welcome to our new blog! 

Products: 

We have recently added our range of Coffee Mugs featuring South Aussie trains to our online store. 

We also have a variety of prints available! Head over and see our print range now! 

A Spectacular Print Collection For Your Home Gallery!

This particular print showcases narrow gauge locomotives, Yx 141 and NM 25 working hard during a Photo Charter Weekend at the Pichi Richi Railway in September 2019 and it can be yours today!

EVENTS

In June, on the King's Birthday Long Weekend, the Adelaide Model Railway Show will be held at the Greyhound Park, 55 Cardigan Street, Angle Park, South Australia, 8-10th of June. 

Together with our trade stand, our new exhibition OO9 gauge Welsh layout called Cali Bach Rhielen will also be on show. A blog on our OO9 layout will be coming soon. 

MAINLINE FREIGHT TRAINS

In February, we returned to trainspotting for the first time in almost six months where we filmed a variety of services.

AURIZON’S NEW 6MX1 SERVICE 

Saturday 10th of February, we filmed Aurizon’s first 6MX1 service to Port Pirie, which rendezvoused with the new Aurizon Sydney to Perth service heading West. 

BIG GEORGE RETURNS HOME! 

Earlier that day on the 10th, we saw preserved South Aussie-built Victorian Railways C Class EMD locomotive, C 501 George Brown aka Big George and fellow preserved Victorian EMD, X 31, being transferred back to Dooen in Western Victoria for service on the Dooen to Appleton Dock container train. The two engines had previously worked SCT super-freighter 5MP9 the day before and were transferred back to Victoria on SCT Freight, 7AM9. We captured the train at Dry Creek; you can see it below. 

72 Year Old Streamliner Returns To Victoria!

Another train we saw in February was Southern Shorthaul Railroad’s D273S service to Horsham in Victoria from the Islington Railway Workshops, located in Kilburn, SA. Both GM 10 and GM 27 worked the Inspection Train to Adelaide on behalf of ARTC (Australian Rail Track Corporation). The train has special scanning equipment aboard that tests the geometry of the track and ascertains whether the track needs maintenance or not.

FILMING AT THE STEAMRANGER HERITAGE RAILWAY!

MUSTARD POT ALCo 844 on the Cockle Train!

Sunday 25th of February, we ventured down to the SteamRanger Heritage Railway to film their preserved South Australian Railways 830 Class ALCo locomotive, number 844, which worked the Cockle Train on three return services as part of the Blue Timetable between Goolwa and Victor Harbor.

Check out our awesome Drone Video below!

FILMING THE REDHEN RAILCARS!

REDHENS 412, 334 & 424 with Baggage 824 - Hayborough, SA

The following Sunday on the 3rd of March, we travelled down again to SteamRanger and filmed the beautifully preserved Redhen Railcars, which date back to the 1950s and ran suburban rail services around Adelaide for decades. We also filmed a Driver's Eye View video between Goolwa and Victor Harbor and return. We are currently working on that video, and it will be released as soon as it’s ready. 

More exciting products are planned for the year ahead. Please subscribe and follow us to keep up to date with our travels. For now, keep well and thanks for reading.


Regards, Caleb 

Caleb

Caleb, the face and chief photographer/videographer of Caleb’s Rail Films. Easy and outgoing, Caleb loves to share his unquenchable passion for railways and tramways with the world.

A proud high-functioning Autistic, Caleb prides himself on his work ethic and commitment to bringing the best of his work to the public.

In his spare time, he’s an active member of railway preservation in South Australia, volunteering his time whenever he can.