Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Train Museum
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today we are talking about trains. We still use trains today - but not the shoving coal in the engine, pulling levers trains. We use diesel trains and electric trains. The electric trains have wires above the train track and wires on the roof of the train and this is where the train gets electricity to run. In some places they don't have the wires above the tracks; the train tracks are electric, so these trains get electricity through the wheels. There is a train that is Ben Chifley's engine. He drove it himself on the Bathurst train tracks, the tracks inside the station. Ben Chifley was a famous man so they kept his engine and put it on display for whole world to see. This photo is of a train carriage that is going to be in a new Bathurst train museum. I was thinking of getting a job there, a weekend job like taking guiding tours around the museum. In the photo I am pointing to the letters NSW, they are bit chipped away. These letters were underneath the carriage.
Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter
