Gallery

Sixteen images: real photographs of the Chullora test track and prototype hardware, technical diagrams, and the brochure renderings Bishop Austrans used to sell the vision. All are reproduced from the source pages listed on Sources & Further Reading. Click any image to enlarge.

PhotographThe P1 test vehicle emerging from the depot onto the curved Chullora test track.

PhotographThe completed self-steering bogie, shown in front of a vehicle shell mock-up.

Colour concept sketch of an Austrans vehicle at a street-level stop

Concept sketchAn Austrans vehicle at a street-level stop, doors open, a passenger loading a pram.

Technical diagram of the vehicle's longitudinal section and seating plan

Technical diagramLongitudinal section and seating plan, labeling onboard systems.

Concept rendering of a vehicle on a waterside guideway with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background

Concept renderingA vehicle on a waterside guideway with the Sydney Harbour Bridge behind it.

Technical diagram of the vehicle's front elevation and cross-section with dimensions

Technical diagramFront elevation and cross-section, with overall vehicle dimensions.

Concept rendering of a vehicle on an elevated concrete viaduct through greenery

Concept renderingAn elevated viaduct through greenery. Original caption: low infrastructure costs mean minimum visual impact.

Watercolour illustration of a proposed Austrans station platform

Watercolour illustrationA proposed Austrans station platform.

Photograph of two Bishop company figures with a small vehicle model and bogie hardware

PhotographBishop Austrans leadership with a small vehicle model and bogie hardware.

Concept rendering of multiple vehicles on an elevated guideway above a city street

Concept renderingMultiple vehicles on an elevated guideway running above a city street.

Concept rendering of a vehicle at a ground-level station canopy

Concept renderingA ground-level station canopy. Original caption: stations are conveniently located at ground level.

Concept rendering of a vehicle on guideway beside a road embankment

Concept renderingA vehicle on guideway beside a road embankment, underpass in the background.

Concept rendering of a vehicle on elevated guideway through a road cutting

Concept renderingA vehicle on elevated guideway through a road cutting, passing under an overpass.

Two-panel concept rendering of a curved elevated junction and a suburban street guideway

Concept renderingTwo panels: a curved elevated junction, and a suburban street guideway.

Three-panel concept rendering showing street, airport, and shopping mall stops

Concept renderingThree panels: a street-level stop, an airport terminal stop, and a shopping-mall stop.

Concept rendering of the vehicle in side view with motion-blur styling

Concept renderingSide view with motion-blur styling, used as a gallery header on the original site.