With the standard gauge line from Perth to Kalgoorlie due to open in mid-1969, the Western Australian Government Railways decided to replace The Kalgoorlie overnight sleeper service with a daylight service. The new service commenced on 29 November 1971, cutting the 653-kilometre (406mi) journey time from fourteen to eight hours. With an average speed of 85km/h (53mph), it was the fastest service in Australia. [1] [2] [3] [4] Stops [ edit ] Each seat on board is in the same class. At every seat there is a touchscreen entertainment system with a small selection of movies, TV shows and music. They also offer a tray table, in-seat power ( Australian type only), and a foot rest. [6]

Based on the author's great grandmother's memoir this is a tale of danger, adventure and greed in Alaska's Yukon Territory. 1895 Yukon is no place for a woman let alone two but that is where Alice follows her sister after the family hits a major gold vein. Alice yearns to escape from home and is eager to find adventure but gets frustrated that her role is little more than housekeeper and companion to her fragile sister. When a major theft happens and the suspects, a native brother and sister, are not reported Alice takes matters into her own hands. She further asserts herself by marrying her brother in law bonding the two families twice over. With great wealth should come great responsibility but as we see in two generations this is not the case. A fascinating account of adventure, success at incredible odds, greed and who has rightful ownership of the land and its riches. Flash forward to 2015, and Clarence’s elderly, wealthy, great nephew, enlists his granddaughter to go to the Yukon and settle some bad blood with a First Nation family. I will also give the heads-up — it’s unsurprising given the subject matter, but — there is quite a lot of conversation around the issues of discrimination, displacement, and racial resentment during this period and continuing into today. I think the author did well in terms of providing a view into a variety of different forms of discrimination: some characters flat-out didn’t trust the Indigenous population, some patronized them, and some in the present-day narrative, arguably, went too far and assumed too much in their efforts to be sensitive to the past. However, I did feel that all of these interwoven viewpoints and challenges were very much “told” to the reader, rather than “shown,” and felt a bit forced or stilted. All in all, had a couple hang-ups but it was a solid read about a historical period that you don’t see too often around here on Booksta. Would recommend giving it a try!Higham, Geoffrey (2007). Marble Bar to Mandurah: A history of passenger rail services in Western Australia. Bassendean: Rail Heritage WA. p.121. ISBN 978-0-9803922-0-3. Alice joins her already wealthy sister and brother-in-law up north, in a time where few women made the trek and none were listened to with respect. She’s a complex character, loyal to her family but also ambitious and prejudiced. ⁣I never really liked her, or many of the other characters in the past. She began to seem more and more greedy, unsatisfied with whatever her current situation was. New 'world-class' Goldfields and Avon trains move closer Government of Western Australia 7 December 2000 The adventure elements of this story were spot-on, and many of the complex dynamics wrapped up in both the Bush and Berry families were compelling. Amid the wealth that the central family came into, siblings and parents and children find they can no longer fully trust one another, have to tread carefully in their words and in the arrangements they agree to.

A big family saga that's largely focused on the Klondike gold rush. The story alternates from the story of the 1890s in the Alaska to the descendants in the present day. Clarence and Ethel Berry strike it rich and return to their claim with Ethel's sister Alice in tow. It's Alice who has the loudest voice and she's also got a secret. The characters are well developed and interesting You are also introduced to Clarence's brothers Henry and Frank, Jim the indigenous guide and his sister Jane who also has a secret and are entwined with the Berry and Bush clan in the Klondike. In the present day a descendant of Alice's wants to make amends for the wrongs he believes were done to the indigenous tribe during the gold rush and enlists is granddaughter and her husband with the task of righting a wrong. This also has it' own twists and turns. We’ll charm them. We’ll drink a little, dance a little. And then, come dawn, we’ll escape down the mountain. When one of them mentions “the Emerald Lodge” and appears never to have heard of the Evergreen Lodge, the narrator realizes that they must have taken the wrong chairlift. The Emerald Lodge was crushed by an avalanche two years earlier, killing the twenty-six men who were working there. This means that not only are they at the wrong lodge, but all their hosts and fellow guests are dead—ghosts of the workers who were killed two years ago. Clarence’s sister in law Alice, accompanies the men to to keep house in their cabin at the icy Canadian camp. Alice is to tend to her ill sister Ethel. Alice is outraged when Clarence hires attractive Jane, a First Nation woman to live in and cook. Clarence and Alice have a love hate relationship and each have secrets kept from each other and from Ethel. And yet, Alice thought, what was so spectacular about one culture subsuming another? It was a process as old as civilization. As old as Egypt and older. As old as Jerusalem, Persia, Mesopotamia, the Aztecs, the Ancient Egyptians. As old as all the peoples that had crashed together and changed through time, without leaving a record, not as much as one course mark etched into stone.This was my monthly read with Diane . We had been on a roll with 4 and 5 star books, but I guess we can’t love them all. Food is not complimentary on board and can be bought at the buffet. The buffet offers a variety of items such as ham and cheese croissants, pies, muffins, soft drinks, potato chips, lollies and alcohol. [6] [7] A sweeping rags-to-riches story of survival and greed across American history following a family transformed by the Klondike Gold Rush I loved this historical family saga about relationships, while striking gold in the Yukon. Clarence Bailey, eldest son of a poor California family leaves California with a few provisions, and treks his way on foot to Canada. Clarence strikes gold and sends for his brother, Ethel his wife, and male workers to join him. In December 2000, Westrail awarded a contract to United Goninan, Broadmeadow for seven Transwa WDA/WDB/WDC class railcars to replace the original railcars. [11] [12]

anniversary of rail link (History of the Eastern Goldfields railway, officially completed on 1 January 1897, to the present, including introduction of the Prospector train on 29 November 1971) Kalgoorlie Miner 1 January 1997, p.2 Built to take advantage of the generous loading gauge on the new line, they were the largest carriages ever built in Australia. They were the first trains in Australia to have at-seat catering. [4] These held the record for the highest speed attained by an Australian train until bettered by a New South Wales XPT in September 1981. [10] Free wi-fi trial begins on Transwa's Prospector train". Public Transport Authority of Western Australia. 29 August 2022. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023 . Retrieved 15 October 2023. The women retire to the powder room to decide what to do. Clara sees no reason to abandon their usual procedure. Even though their hosts are dead: One hundred and fifteen years later, Alice’s great-great-great granddaughter Anna, is tasked by her grandfather Peter, with traveling with her husband Owen to visit the granddaughter and great granddaughter of Jane to make amends. The trip proves to be a journey of her own as Anna discovers the complicated history of how her family wronged another and amassed their incredible wealth.

There is one train each way daily between East Perth and Kalgoorlie. On Mondays and Fridays, there are two services each way. [5] Onboard facilities [ edit ]