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- ↑ "XPT Rosters and Names" Railway Digest August 1984 page 255
- ↑ "The Passing of S9/10" Railway Digest September 1984 page 316
- ↑ "Melbourne-Sydney Standard Gauge Relief Trains" Australian Railway History April 2012
- ↑ "Proposed Country Train Plans" Railway Digest May 1985 page 132
- ↑ "Country Train and Coach Changes" Railway Digest August 1985 page 229