So this is my pictures that were taken in the Kuranda Scenic Railway. If you would like more details on the railway and the area surrounding it visit http://www.kurandascenicrailway.com.au/ (http://www.kurandascenicrailway.com.au/)
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First up it is the amazing Baron Falls. This is the location that the train stops at for 10 minutes.
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Next up is a different view of the same location.
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A view of the Gold Class plaque on the train.
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A small portion of the huge Baron Gorge.
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A view of the train stopped at Baron Falls Station.
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The amazing Stony Creek Falls
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A view to the front as the train goes around Horseshoe Bend
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A view to the rear on Horseshoe Bend.
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A close up view of the locomotives.
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Last of all is another view of the train at the station with a whole lot of buses waiting to pick up passengers and take them back to their accommodation.
Next up will be the Skyrail.
Good pictures - and good weather by the looks of it. This must be one of the oldest continually running tourist trains in the country. Good old QR.
Years ago I took a mixed train out west from Kuranda through the Great Divide to the interesting town of Chillago.
Ahhh that brings back memories. It is a great train ride out there. I Don't think they had Gold Class back then, and it was called The Cairns-Kuranda Scenic Railway. You don't by any chance have photos of Kuranda Station? I can see Freshwater, but not Kuranda. Can't wait for the Skyrail photos, that is an interesting ride if you are not afraid of heights like me :P
Then another branchline I did out that way was to Ravenshoe - worked by an older style, non-airconditioned "rail motor" (ie railcar). Very scenic line. Pity it has been abandoned, like so many others in north Qld.
Back when Bush Pilots Airways was still around, I took one of their DC3 services from Cairns to Normanton then swapped over to the fantastic Normanton-Croydon railway. Drool on both counts...
The Gulflander? Must get on that, aswell as the Savannahlander (Now run by a private company with QR Rollingstock) out to Mount Surprise and Forsythe.
There are alot of branch lines abandoned up in Queensland, however the amazing thing is there are still quite a few lines which have a service running to towns with basic needs and essentials. They now do not carry passengers, only freight, however it would be interesting to take a look at trains running on such basic infrastructure, with some of the most scenic views offered!
Quote from: Sir Pompously on July 15, 2009, 11:30:04 AM
There are alot of branch lines abandoned up in Queensland, however the amazing thing is there are still quite a few lines which have a service running to towns with basic needs and essentials. They now do not carry passengers, only freight, however it would be interesting to take a look at trains running on such basic infrastructure, with some of the most scenic views offered!
Some of the freight trains used to have a carriage attached for passengers (often called a 'drovers' van') and are officially known as Mixed (mixed freight and passenger) trains. I don't know if QR still has any such trains. One, mixed train I travelled on, The Dirranbandi Mixed, even had a sleeping carriage, which I travelled in. We stopped at Goondiwindi for breakfast at the Goondi Railway Refreshment Rooms. From memory, the Diranbandi Mixed only ran once a week.
everytime i see pics of this wonderfull railway i want to go up north and travel on it, its on my to do list of things to do be4 i go back to england when i am older
It's a wonderful train trip, it's well worth the trip to Cairns on its own. I took it in 2006. Then we went back via the Skyrail. Now that was scary :o[for me anyway - I'm scared of heights!] But I'd recommend it as well.