Steam across the mountains: the story of the Zig Zag Railway

Australia, 1992

Film
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The Zig Zag Railway is regarded as an engineering marvel and a mecca to students of engineering the world over. This fascinating video follows the Zig Zag’s colourful history from its early days in the great commercial steam era, to its closure in 1910 and through to its restoration as a tourist railway in 1975. This program uses the Zig Zag Railway as a working model to bring to life the romance adventure and style of the Great Australian Steam Era. Highlights include: complete stereo soundtrack, breathtaking footage shot entirely on 16mm film and loads of steam trains to see and hear!

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Credits

producer/director

Nick A'Hern

production company

ABC Video

Nick A'Hern Productions

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1992

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304968

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject category

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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