Spirit of Progress
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The Spirit of Progress was the premier express passenger train on the Victorian Railways in Australia, running from Melbourne to the New South Wales border at Albury, and later through to Sydney.
The Spirit of Progress headed by S301 Sir Thomas Mitchell near Kilmore East in 1938
Victorian Railways promotional poster advertising the new Spirit of Progress service
The Spirit of Progress racing an Airco DH.4 aeroplane between Melbourne and Geelong on 17 November 1937
Press launch with S302 Edward Henty at Spencer Street station prior to the demonstration run to Geelong on 17 November 1937
Victorian Railways
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The Victorian Railways, trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were pri
Spirit of Progress
…The Spirit of Progress was the premier express passenger train on the Victorian Railways in Australia, running from Melbourne to the New South Wales border at Albury, and later through to Sydney. From its introduction in November 1937 until…
Preserved S303 in Victorian Railways blue and gold livery in Seymour, Victoria
Head office at 67 Spencer Street
Norman Charles Harris