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RailNews: Great South Pacific Express Carries the Olympic Flame
This month in Railroad history:
October 22, 1917- The Trans-Australian Railway begins operations form Augusta to Kalgoorlie. The new route also boasts the worlds' longest stretch of straight track, some 297 miles long.
Non-rail related Olympic RailLinks
Rail related Olympic (Australian) RailLinks
Australia's Great Train Journeys
Sydney, Australia "Breezer" # 1187 (one of the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society's railcars)
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