For December, we have another big 40-page edition jam-packed with great reading. Our cover features a beautiful photo by Rebekah Hamilton of steam locomotive J549 at work on the Victorian Goldfields Railway. We feature a special report this month on the tremendous work that the VGR has done in recent months to overhaul the loco […]

Our November edition, another 40-page special, celebrates the 150th anniversary of the opening of the North East Line to Wodonga with a wonderful cover photo by Vicki Wangman of the SRHC-operated commemorative special. We mark the sesquicentenary of the line with an article on a notable aspect of its operation that is often overlooked: its […]

For October, we have another big 40-page Newsrail that we’re calling our special Electric Edition. Mark Cauchi, Ray Ryan and Des Jowett have produced perhaps the definitive work on the E trains. A once-familiar sight to Melbourne commuters, the E trains were pairs of Swing Door motor cars that hauled country passenger or goods trains […]

For September we have a 40-page edition packed full with interesting content. Our front cover headlines the news that V/Line is looking to repurpose the N Class locomotive fleet for broad gauge freight use. Our News and announcements section has details of the current EOI process, with up to 19 of V/Line’s N Class and […]

Our cover story for August concerns the recent reactivation of A62 by Seven-O-Seven Operations. We’ve been following this project at Newsrail for a while, and had previously reported on the prime mover being started, and the locomotive then moving under its own power for the first time. On 1 July, A62 ventured out on to […]

Our cover photo (taken by Scott Gould) accompanies the news that, with 23 additional VLocity sets funded in the 2023/24 State Budget, the H sets are expected to be withdrawn from service over the next couple of years. Our News section includes details of other budget spending, which also includes funds to increase the frequency […]

Buy an individual print copy of June 2023 Newsrail here The cover story for our June edition notes the sad passing of the Association of Railway Enthusiasts, which after sixty years of operations has decided to wind up. However, rather than fading away, the ARE has gone out in style with two final tours, including […]

Buy an individual print copy of May 2023 Newsrail here We’re marking three years of Newsrail at Victorian Rail Publishing Inc. with a big 44-page edition! Two stand-out feature articles make this edition a special one, as does the superb cover photograph (by Neville Gee) of the Down Yarram Mixed crossing one of the Tarwin […]

Buy an individual print copy of April 2023 Newsrail here Our cover has, for the first time in many years, a locomotive in VicRail teacup livery in the form of Steamrail’s B72. Steamrail has just made a major investment of time and money in the ground-up refurbishment of the locomotive’s bogies, possibly the largest single […]

Buy an individual print copy of March 2023 Newsrail here Our cover for March 2023 features a beautiful photograph of J515, by Graeme Kaufman, which leads into our story about the renewed push by Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC) to return this locomotive to operating service. We speak to John Crofts, SRHC President, who details […]