Spirit of Progress

TrainBuilder is proud to announce our 2012 passenger car set, the Spirit of Progress.

The Spirt of Progress was Australia's most famous and arguably most beautiful passenger train in the 20th Century. It was designed and built at Newport Workshops in 1937 for the broad gauge express service to Albury and consisted of first and second class sitting carriages a full dining car and a beatifull round ended parlor car to the rear.

When the standard gauge was completed in1962 it was recoded and refurbished for the overnight journey through to Sydney, The train included a Southern Aurora sleeping car and composite sleeper for the Canberra line that was detached in Goulburn.

Trainbuilder is building both the Spirit of Progress as it ran in the 1950's and the standard gauge version of the 1960's.

The carriages will feature all brass construction interior lighting with fully detailed interiors and be factory painted.lined and lettered.

The S and Z cars as they ran after the demise of the "Spirit" in 1986 will also be available Vicrail, V/Line and V/line Passenger Mark 1 liveries.

Trainbuilder is excited to announce that we has commissioned a limited number of three car Royal Trains which will include State 5.

The 1975 Royal train used by HRH Princess Margret to Moe will be VR Blue and Gold the 1988 Bicentenary Royal train used by HRH Queen Elizabeth II to Geelong will be painted in the V/Line two tone grey scheme with orange and green stripes.

We will be offering the Spirit of Progress in two sets of carriages:

Ten-car 1962 standard gauge set, consisting of PHN, NAM, VHN, VBK, VFK, VRS, VFR, VFS, VFX and VAC cars.

Five-car 1950s broad gauge set, consisting of AS, BS, CS, dining and parlour cars.

All carriages feature:

• All brass construction
• Interior details and DC/DCC lighting
• Full undercarriage detail
• Working marker lights (where appropriate)
• Kadee scale couplers
• Accuract factory painting and lettering
• Window glazing with blinds or venetians as required
• Additional sitting cars available to purchasers of carriage sets

$2750 per 5-car set

$5500 per 10-car set

Anticipated delivery Q2 2012.

Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice.