It's funny seeing extremely accurate reproductions of the WAGR "mucky duck" and also Westrail logo for Graffiti groups in the area. Like, whoever's doing them HAS to be a regional foamer
September 17, 2026 at 8:43 AM
It's funny seeing extremely accurate reproductions of the WAGR "mucky duck" and also Westrail logo for Graffiti groups in the area. Like, whoever's doing them HAS to be a regional foamer
Despite limited funds and manpower, Westrail was a truly groundbreaking organisation. In addition to operating railtours, the group preserved G class G613, which is currently at Downpatrick, and restored our own steam loco No. 90 from scrap condition back to mainline running.
June 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Despite limited funds and manpower, Westrail was a truly groundbreaking organisation. In addition to operating railtours, the group preserved G class G613, which is currently at Downpatrick, and restored our own steam loco No. 90 from scrap condition back to mainline running.
With loco E428 and two of the carriages sporting the striking Westrail livery, we’re sure that a noisy red freight loco pulling a passenger train turned a few heads across the Connacht countryside.
Photos: Westrail Archive/Barry Carse
Photos: Westrail Archive/Barry Carse
June 22, 2026 at 8:07 PM
With loco E428 and two of the carriages sporting the striking Westrail livery, we’re sure that a noisy red freight loco pulling a passenger train turned a few heads across the Connacht countryside.
Photos: Westrail Archive/Barry Carse
Photos: Westrail Archive/Barry Carse
40 years ago today, on the 22nd of June 1986, the West of Ireland Railway Preservation Society (“Westrail”) operated its first mainline railtour. This was the first time a preserved diesel loco hauled a mainline passenger train anywhere in the UK or Ireland.
June 22, 2026 at 8:06 PM
40 years ago today, on the 22nd of June 1986, the West of Ireland Railway Preservation Society (“Westrail”) operated its first mainline railtour. This was the first time a preserved diesel loco hauled a mainline passenger train anywhere in the UK or Ireland.
This video from Eirvid Productions captures the atmosphere of that historic day.
youtu.be/DXJmKAzMVNk?...
#Tuam #Galway
youtu.be/DXJmKAzMVNk?...
#Tuam #Galway
Westrail : 22 June 1986 - Inaugural Trip
YouTube video by Eirvid Productions
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June 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This video from Eirvid Productions captures the atmosphere of that historic day.
youtu.be/DXJmKAzMVNk?...
#Tuam #Galway
youtu.be/DXJmKAzMVNk?...
#Tuam #Galway
Today, 22nd June, marks an important date in the annals of Irish railway preservation & railtours. It was on this date 1986, that Westrail operated the first mainline special to use a preserved diesel locomotive, long before such an operation took place anywhere else in Ireland or, indeed, Britain.
June 22, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Today, 22nd June, marks an important date in the annals of Irish railway preservation & railtours. It was on this date 1986, that Westrail operated the first mainline special to use a preserved diesel locomotive, long before such an operation took place anywhere else in Ireland or, indeed, Britain.
Ideas for Aussie heritage units:
Pacific National: NSWGR, VR, PTC, V/Line, SRA, FR/FC, NRC and FV/FA
Aurizon: SAR, CR, ANR, QR/QRN, WAGR/Westrail, Interail, ASR/GWA/ORA and AWR/ARG
Any suggestions?
Pacific National: NSWGR, VR, PTC, V/Line, SRA, FR/FC, NRC and FV/FA
Aurizon: SAR, CR, ANR, QR/QRN, WAGR/Westrail, Interail, ASR/GWA/ORA and AWR/ARG
Any suggestions?
May 30, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Ideas for Aussie heritage units:
Pacific National: NSWGR, VR, PTC, V/Line, SRA, FR/FC, NRC and FV/FA
Aurizon: SAR, CR, ANR, QR/QRN, WAGR/Westrail, Interail, ASR/GWA/ORA and AWR/ARG
Any suggestions?
Pacific National: NSWGR, VR, PTC, V/Line, SRA, FR/FC, NRC and FV/FA
Aurizon: SAR, CR, ANR, QR/QRN, WAGR/Westrail, Interail, ASR/GWA/ORA and AWR/ARG
Any suggestions?
Good morning from Victoria Park and its Westrail sign (a brand that has now not existed for longer than it did exist, 1975–2000)
May 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Good morning from Victoria Park and its Westrail sign (a brand that has now not existed for longer than it did exist, 1975–2000)
Wondering whether I should get real pedantic about my track: replace 1 in 4 of them with 3D Printed Ties/sleepers that look like metal ones, which was basically the standard replacement practise for Westrail in the 80s and 90s on everything but the Standard/Dual Gauge corridor (those got concrete)
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Wondering whether I should get real pedantic about my track: replace 1 in 4 of them with 3D Printed Ties/sleepers that look like metal ones, which was basically the standard replacement practise for Westrail in the 80s and 90s on everything but the Standard/Dual Gauge corridor (those got concrete)
Hey, we're all still good for a little extra Christmas Goodness, yes? Sure.
Let's go back to 1988 and watch one of Westrail's Internal staff news bulletin videos for the Christmas period.
youtu.be/B4Efk8I4pAk
(also to those that watch my model rail YT channel - yes this is where the intro's from)
Let's go back to 1988 and watch one of Westrail's Internal staff news bulletin videos for the Christmas period.
youtu.be/B4Efk8I4pAk
(also to those that watch my model rail YT channel - yes this is where the intro's from)
Westrail News 07 - Christmas Edition December 1988 (WAGR)
YouTube video by Railway Archives
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Hey, we're all still good for a little extra Christmas Goodness, yes? Sure.
Let's go back to 1988 and watch one of Westrail's Internal staff news bulletin videos for the Christmas period.
youtu.be/B4Efk8I4pAk
(also to those that watch my model rail YT channel - yes this is where the intro's from)
Let's go back to 1988 and watch one of Westrail's Internal staff news bulletin videos for the Christmas period.
youtu.be/B4Efk8I4pAk
(also to those that watch my model rail YT channel - yes this is where the intro's from)
The Westrail network was privatised for 50 years for $585 million in 2000. This year, the rail network's owner earned a $132 million dividend from it. This privatisation was ridiculously irresponsible.
www.afr.com/companies/in...
www.afr.com/companies/in...
Brookfield scoops up $132m from WA rail networks
The Canadian infrastructure group is reaping healthy dividends from its West Australian freight rail business. But the state government wants to buy it back.
www.afr.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The Westrail network was privatised for 50 years for $585 million in 2000. This year, the rail network's owner earned a $132 million dividend from it. This privatisation was ridiculously irresponsible.
www.afr.com/companies/in...
www.afr.com/companies/in...
Fremantle & Districts MRC (N Scale) - Best spot in the show, out of the noise. Looked UK themed scenically, but they were running anything out there.
June 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Fremantle & Districts MRC (N Scale) - Best spot in the show, out of the noise. Looked UK themed scenically, but they were running anything out there.
There were a couple of L-gauge layouts presenting - One that was focused on Perth and modern MUs, and one that was more broad WA themed.
June 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There were a couple of L-gauge layouts presenting - One that was focused on Perth and modern MUs, and one that was more broad WA themed.
Wombat Flats (HO Scale) - Australian country-themed layout of no particular geographic tie. The thing I love about it is the long run across the front, lets things really put the scale hammer down.
June 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Wombat Flats (HO Scale) - Australian country-themed layout of no particular geographic tie. The thing I love about it is the long run across the front, lets things really put the scale hammer down.
SHIT, TRAIN [hurried unpacking camera to catch some not-worth-showing stills then this video of the consist]
Grain train made entirely of the new wagons built by CRRC for CBH. At the head was, usurprisingly, a CBH loco and IIRC an ex-Westrail P class.
Anyway, that's some stuff
/threa
Grain train made entirely of the new wagons built by CRRC for CBH. At the head was, usurprisingly, a CBH loco and IIRC an ex-Westrail P class.
Anyway, that's some stuff
/threa
June 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
SHIT, TRAIN [hurried unpacking camera to catch some not-worth-showing stills then this video of the consist]
Grain train made entirely of the new wagons built by CRRC for CBH. At the head was, usurprisingly, a CBH loco and IIRC an ex-Westrail P class.
Anyway, that's some stuff
/threa
Grain train made entirely of the new wagons built by CRRC for CBH. At the head was, usurprisingly, a CBH loco and IIRC an ex-Westrail P class.
Anyway, that's some stuff
/threa
That was the case back in the day, with the exception of continental standard gauge freight lines, which were owned by Commonwealth Railways (federal government). Entities like Westrail, NSW Government Railways (later the State Rail Authority), Victorian Railways, and Queensland Rail
May 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
That was the case back in the day, with the exception of continental standard gauge freight lines, which were owned by Commonwealth Railways (federal government). Entities like Westrail, NSW Government Railways (later the State Rail Authority), Victorian Railways, and Queensland Rail
In Western Australia, the Liberal state government commissioned a Greater Perth transport study in the late 1970s recommending investment in highways and busways. The government listened to the “experts” and closed the Fremantle Line in 1979, promptly lost to Labor in 1983 and the line reopened.
May 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In Western Australia, the Liberal state government commissioned a Greater Perth transport study in the late 1970s recommending investment in highways and busways. The government listened to the “experts” and closed the Fremantle Line in 1979, promptly lost to Labor in 1983 and the line reopened.
Last in thread- some of the Sn3.5 scale "Swan View" layout
May 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Last in thread- some of the Sn3.5 scale "Swan View" layout
Went and looked at some trains today! Model trains that is 😄
Westrail A 1511 on the DOWN Eastern Railway main at Swan View Station. AMRA - WA.
Westrail A 1511 on the DOWN Eastern Railway main at Swan View Station. AMRA - WA.
May 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Went and looked at some trains today! Model trains that is 😄
Westrail A 1511 on the DOWN Eastern Railway main at Swan View Station. AMRA - WA.
Westrail A 1511 on the DOWN Eastern Railway main at Swan View Station. AMRA - WA.
Later that day, we'll be hosting two happy hours from 4-6 PM at separate locations to accommodate our members in Denver and Lakewood. 🍺😄 Appetizers provided.
Denver: Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th St.
Lakewood: at Westrail Tap and Grill, 195 S Union Blvd, Ste 160
Denver: Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th St.
Lakewood: at Westrail Tap and Grill, 195 S Union Blvd, Ste 160
April 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Later that day, we'll be hosting two happy hours from 4-6 PM at separate locations to accommodate our members in Denver and Lakewood. 🍺😄 Appetizers provided.
Denver: Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th St.
Lakewood: at Westrail Tap and Grill, 195 S Union Blvd, Ste 160
Denver: Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th St.
Lakewood: at Westrail Tap and Grill, 195 S Union Blvd, Ste 160
This #FlashbackFriday photo comes through the kind courtesy of Bill Haggan. Albert Sage, our former Infrastructure Manager, is seen pictured next to Deutz diesel G613 in 1991. The loco had recently arrived from our friends in Westrail Tuam.
April 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This #FlashbackFriday photo comes through the kind courtesy of Bill Haggan. Albert Sage, our former Infrastructure Manager, is seen pictured next to Deutz diesel G613 in 1991. The loco had recently arrived from our friends in Westrail Tuam.
📽️ Express pour l'enfer de Worth Keeter, 1998
Un ancien des forces spéciales sauve un sénateur anti-arme retenu dans un train par un facho pro-arme.
Un film d'action mou et peu intéressant mais où, étonnamment, le défenseur de la liberté made in NRA est le grand méchant, ça change des nanards réacs.
Un ancien des forces spéciales sauve un sénateur anti-arme retenu dans un train par un facho pro-arme.
Un film d'action mou et peu intéressant mais où, étonnamment, le défenseur de la liberté made in NRA est le grand méchant, ça change des nanards réacs.
February 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
📽️ Express pour l'enfer de Worth Keeter, 1998
Un ancien des forces spéciales sauve un sénateur anti-arme retenu dans un train par un facho pro-arme.
Un film d'action mou et peu intéressant mais où, étonnamment, le défenseur de la liberté made in NRA est le grand méchant, ça change des nanards réacs.
Un ancien des forces spéciales sauve un sénateur anti-arme retenu dans un train par un facho pro-arme.
Un film d'action mou et peu intéressant mais où, étonnamment, le défenseur de la liberté made in NRA est le grand méchant, ça change des nanards réacs.
You have no idea how much I want the late-70s Westrail Cafeteria table settings. Shit rules, and it's just old enough to still cater for smokers with the monogrammed ashtray
February 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
You have no idea how much I want the late-70s Westrail Cafeteria table settings. Shit rules, and it's just old enough to still cater for smokers with the monogrammed ashtray