🚂 A defining part of Australia's steam train history has returned to the tracks. 🚂 The 3801 locomotive departed Orange Station this morning heading for Dubbo via Parkes. 📸Were you able to snap a shot of the 3801 locomotive before it left? | ABC Central West

🚂 A Steam Train Passes: The Untold Story 🚂 50 years on, the making of A Steam Train Passes is revealed in a brand-new documentary from Transport Heritage NSW and the National Film and Sound Archive. Filmed in secrecy during the steam ban of 1974, this iconic short, held in the NFSA’s collection, became Australia’s most beloved railway film - launching careers, preserving history, and cementing the legacy of locomotive 3801. Now, more than 50 years later, hear from five of the original filmmake