The Ghan Katherine and Darwin; the stops at Alice Springs and Katherine allow time for passengers to take optional tours. Each train has 16 to 38 stainless steel carriages, built by Comeng, Granville, in the late 1960s / early 1970s for the "Indian Pacific", plus a motorail wagon. A Pacific National NR class locomotive, plus a second locomotive if necessary, usually hauls the train, but occasionally other engines assist, such as an AN class or a DL class locomotive. Starting in August 1929, "The Ghan" ran on the Central Australian Railway, originally built as a narrow-gauge railway to Alice Springs. In 1957,
Last Train Home (Lostprophets song) Last Train Home (Lostprophets song) "Last Train Home" is the second single from "Start Something", the second album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets. This single is the band's joint highest charting in the UK to date, tied with "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)". It remains their most successful in the United States, as it reached number one on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart. "Last Train Home" was released to radio on 2 December 2003. "Last Train Home" was released in the spring of 2004 and became the most successful song from "Start Something" on the rock charts and arguably the band's