Cyclic track maintenance

This film displays the regular maintenance by Victorian Railways’ track engineers to keep tracks up to standard. Interesting sequences of the special machines and equipment in use, testing and re-laying train tracks.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer

Harry Hauptmann

production company

Victorian Railways Board

director

Ted Davis

Duration

00:40:37:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012514

Language

English

Subject categories

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroad trains

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/75204--cyclic-track-maintenance/ |title=Cyclic track maintenance |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=3 February 2023 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Australia, 1974

Please note