 The "Spirit of Progress" conveyed a through car between Melbourne and Canberra, three days per week in each direction from April 1962 until March 1975.The through carriage was detached at Goulburn and conveyed to Canberra attached to a mixed train.The "Spirit" could no longer be considered a high-speed train service, with a timetabled 13-hour-45-minute journey from Melbourne to Sydney.