Ghost Trains DVD

Written and Narrated by Peter Fenton

Ghost Trains – Forgotten Railways

A DVD From the producers of "The Savannahlander: The Home Movie" and "The Gulflander: The Home Movie"

Product Details

Format: DVD
Running Time: 54 mins
Ratio: (16:9) [anamophic]
Region: PAL all zones
Rating: Exempt from Classification

Australia Only: $29.95 (includes GST & P&H)
Overseas Only: $55.15 (includes compulsory Tracking fee)
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Ghost Trains Trailer

Film Summary

A journey of a different kind… traveling back in time, in the present, and looking to the future of railway tourism, is also a salute to three Visionaries – John Whitton, Henry Deane and J.J. Bradfield.

We travel from Boonmoo to Irvinebank in Far North Queensland. See the fiasco of the opening of the Ravenswood Line. Then to Mudgee in NSW. As far as country towns go, you could say Mudgee has everything. But you would be wrong. It has a magnificent railway station. It has the lines. But it doesn't have trains. The same applies to Kandos, Ryalstone, Gulgong and the little station at Lue.

We visit the Cowra lines where Double "B"'s load grain from huge silos while the rail lines lie idle alongside. Historian and Author, Leonie Knapman takes us along the lines to Joadja. Michael Keats, Bushwalker, Historian and Author explores Henry Deane's great Wolgan Valley Railway.

Bradfield's wonderful vision for Sydney's Underground Railway is examined and his unfinished tunnels visited.

Throughout this absorbing documentary we have welcome changes of pace travelling Tasmania's West Coast Wilderness Railway.

So sit back and admire the achievements of our railway pioneers and ponder why we are not doing more to revitalise the tourist potential of our neglected railways.

DVD Rail Journey Summary

The Wolgan Valley Railway
Steam from Strahan to Queenstown
Mittagong to Joadja
Boonmoo to Irvinebank
Bradfield's Underground Railways
Kandos to Mudgee and Gulgong

Film Credits

Written and Narrated by PETER FENTON
Produced and Photographed by ANTHONY BUCKLEY
Editing and Sound Design WAYNE Le CLOS
Original Music, PETER BEST
Cover Design GARY MacDONALD & LOUISE COLLINGRIDGE
ANTHONY BUCKLEY FILMS P/L
Point Clare NSW 2250, Australia

Reviews & Media Mentions

Light Railways No.244 DVD Review by Phil Rickard
- Light Railways, No. 244 August 2015