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The Shark-Nosed Governor: South Australia's 520 Class and the Coin That Does It Justice

No. 520 was named after a Governor who loved railways enough to have a large-scale model railway installed at his own property. The South Australian Railways returned the gesture by putting his nam...

Still Running: 6029 Is the Largest Operating Steam Locomotive in Australia

Every other locomotive in this series is preserved. Displayed behind a fence or under a roof. 6029 still hauls trains. AD60 Class Beyer-Garratt 6029 is the largest operating steam locomotive in Aus...

Heavy Harry: The Biggest Steam Locomotive Ever Built in Australia Couldn't Cross Its Own Bridges

The nickname came naturally: Heavy Harry. This 2025 50c Coloured Uncirculated Coin from the Royal Australian Mint's Steam Giants – Australian Rail Heritage collection features H220. It's part of a ...

The Only One Left: G1 and the Trans-Australian Express

G1 is the sole surviving standard gauge locomotive of the Commonwealth Railways. Every other one is gone. That's a short sentence with a lot behind it. This 2025 50c Coloured Uncirculated Coin from...

Almost Scrapped: The Tasmanian Q5 That Was Saved Just in Time

Q5 came close to being cut up for scrap in the 1960s. The Tasmanian Transport Museum — still new at the time, short on resources, working against a deadline — moved to save it. They got it out. Tha...

End of the Line: V1220 Pulled the Last WAGR Steam Service — Now It's on a Coin

Some locomotives retire quietly. V1220 didn't. It hauled the very last Western Australian Government Railways steam service in 1972, handed over to diesel, and never ran again. That's a finish wort...

The Last of Its Kind: Queensland's No. 1009 Now on a 50c Coin

Not many locomotives can claim to be the most powerful steam engine ever to run in Queensland. No. 1009 can. This 2025 50c Coloured Uncirculated Coin from the Royal Australian Mint's Steam Giants –...