Sunlander Rockhampton Townsville Cairns 2421

[@seankiely975]

How far was that cairns station from the current one?

[@mikevale3620]

Fairly certain this was Bill Peach doing the narration. I'm also fairly certain the older lady complaining the train hadn't even gained 5 minutes since Rockhampton was probably on a free pensioner pass...R.I.P the Sunlander, now replaced by an aeroplane on wheels...The Spirit of Queensland.

[@firstfreeone]

Hi, Robert from QRIG. Have you got the complete set of this series? I think it went for 4 saturday nights. I would love to get a copy of the complete set. I only have the one from Perth to Sydney and in poor quality.

[@adriannettlefold9084]

It made my sad to see Old Townsville and the bridge over ross creek. I did my drivers school there in 2002. Now all re-developed... what a waste. The Railways are nothing like what they were when I joined after Anna Bligh sold us off.

[@stephenellwood9765]

The redeveloped area is so much better, its the North Railyards that are a waste, why heavy maintanence can only be done in Brisbane is beyond me. They should rebuild the North Railyards and bring maintanence back to Townsville!

[@adriannettlefold9084]

@@stephenellwood9765 Townsville once was one of the biggest Traincrew Depots outside Brisbane. The North Yard was the Steam Workshops and later Diesel sheds prior to them being moved. Heavy Maintenance is still done at Stuart, but the Railway will never be the same unless the State Government takes all of it back over. QR only has the passenger trains. Aurizon was given the Stock, Grain, Freight, Coal and Minerals, Acid and Sugar. Aurizon has neglected or chased off customers, and now their business is being divided up amongst the other Companys like Pacific National, BHP, WATCO, and OneRail.

[@dullgreyrock]

Did the same guy do the voiceover for the DVD documentary about the Savannahlander?

[@nrl1987]

excellent shots of cairns

[@TheWakieKid]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting. 5*'s.