Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Spirit of Progress was the premier express train passenger service on the Victorian Railways in Australia, running from Melbourne to the Victorian border, and later through to Sydney. From its introduction in November, 1937 until April, 1962 the train service ran on 5 ft 3 in (1600 mm) broad gauge tracks out of Melbourne's Spencer Street Station and terminated at Albury, on the New South Wales - Victorian border, where passengers changed to a New South Wales Government Railways train (the Melbourne Limited Express), running on 4 ft 8 1 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge track to complete their journey to Sydney. From the introduction of standard gauge passenger services between Melbourne & Sydney in April, 1962 until the demise of the Spirit of Progress in 1986, the service ran the complete distance between the two capital cities.