Freighting car and trailer Sydney -> Perth

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Spot on Dave, the Toyota son sent could only contain glove box hand book and spare tyre. Had a spare door to go with it, no go, seperate shipping.

If its a 4wd it cant be shipped on the train Adelaide to Sydney due to bridge height restrictions. Not sure what the actual height is but a call to the rail company will give more accurate and prompt replies than here.

A 4wd on a flat top isn't as high as a rail carriage

Overview
Vehicle Types Carried:
Cars *
Campervans and Camper Trailers (subject to approval)*
4WDs (Adelaide to Perth & v.v) *
Trailers *



* height/width and wheel track restrictions apply



taken straight from Indian Pacific website.

I guess the rules must have changed but 3 1/2 years ago we did freight our car by train from Sydney to Perth. Dropped it off Wednesday to central station in Sydney, flew to Perth on the Friday night and picked it in Perth up on Saturday morning. Lots of 4x4s with camper trailers too on the train, not sure if the drivers were on the train or not but we weren't.
The only thing we couldn't do was book a place on the train as a traveling passenger got preference.
Our car traveled loaded up too, only restriction was that the drivers vision couldn't re restricted in any way so we loaded up the boot, the rear seats up to the windows and the passenger foot well too.
Landcruiser went via Autotrans but as others said it had to be empty.

Dustin

The Key word was "Indian Pacific"

Your car may have been on a freight train.. Maybe

I got my 720 shipped to TAS in the 80s while went by plane. it didn't go by fairy it went on freight ANL.

Regards

Richard

A couple of years ago I needed to transport a boat Sydney - Perth. After shopping around I decided it was much cheaper to drive to Sydney, pick up the boat and tow it back to Perth. Took 7 days, 3 each way and a day in Sydney.

Richard,

it must have been a freight train with lots of sleeper cars and tourists because the car transporter carriage was connected to a passenger train from Sydney

For your record, my key words were "the rules must have changed"

Cool

Check out: http://www.gsr.com.au/our-trains/indian-pacific/taking-your-car.php

Rates for unaccompanied vehicles

See: Note under fares.

We paid $720. I am guessing that 3 1/2 years later and with a trailer it would be more expensive now.

Max heights apply: Maximum height Sydney - Adelaide 1.57m/ Adelaide - Perth 1.94m. If memory serves me right I think that is why we sent the Landcruiser by truck.

Maybe you can drive to Adelaide and fly home from there, it'll save you two days of driving.

And if you read the terms and conditions

Terms and conditions:

(http://www.gsr.com.au/pdf/motorail-conditions-of-carriage.pdf)

It states: Luggage can be carried in a vehicle at the owner’s risk, providing that it does not impair the driver’s vision and does not weigh the vehicle down to affect clearance limits.

I knew I wasn't dreaming... :-)

:-)

That's a good suggestion. You'll generally pay top dollar for freight from Sydney to Perth as there's considerably more freight going west than going east and consequently lower freight rates Perth to Sydney. Try the general freight carriers as they can load your 4WD and trailer on top of an existing load or on the deck. They'll use a crane or forklift to load your vehicles or it can be driven on if the semi-trailer is empty.