Without trains Australia would not be the country it is today. Since 1854, these beasts of steel have carried goods and people throughout the land.
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But with technological change many of these magnificent trains - and glorious stations - are no more.
Ghost Trains: Forgotten Railways is a fantastic DVD, written and narrated by Peter Fenton, that details much of the history of rail from far north Queensland and into western NSW.
Produced and photographed by one of Australia's finest film editors, Anthony Buckley, it takes viewer from Boonmoo to Irvinebank in far north Queensland and into NSW to the pretty town of Mudgee with its stunning railway station building, but no train!
Towns visited include Rylstone, Gulgong, Cowra and Joadja. Plus the Wolgan Valley railway and Sydney's unfinished tunnels are explored.
Ghost Trains: Forgotten Railways, Anthony Buckley Films, $25,
