The Savannahlander Runs as a Single Unit to Cairns | The Cairns Railfan

Hello everyone! Welcome to a new video. In this video, we see the unique and rare event of The Savannahlander’s Queensland Rail 2000 Class running as a single unit to Cairns instead of being paired with another 2000 Class. ‘2026’ broke down around Mount Surprise and Almaden so ‘2028’ had to make the journey back to Cairns without ‘2026’. We start by seeing the Kuranda Train crossing the Freshwater Bridge and then The Savannahlander passes through afterwards and we chase it back to Cairns Railway Station. I hope you enjoy!
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[@johnsmart964]

The single unit can certainly work well on its own but definitely has that, 'incomplete', look about it. You certainly have beautiful countryside in that area and a good variety of trains too.

[@thecairnsrailfan]

Thanks! Yes we certainly have an interesting variety of trains here I just wish they were more active. If you don’t include cane trains then there isn’t much to see once you’ve seen it all as it’s more or less the same services each week sometimes hours apart. It’s why I love sugarcane trains so much and why I always look forward to the cane season. Plenty of active trains in many different places to see!

[@bushranger51]

Looks a bit sick as a single unit, sorta feel like there's something missing, especially with that chopped back look, hope they fix 2026 real soon so she can look whole again.

[@thecairnsrailfan]

Thanks for your comment and I agree. It looks very strange on its own! 2026 was left at Mount Surprise for about a week before being fixed up and brought back to Cairns the week later on the Savannahlander as a full 3 unit consist.

[@brucektrain1]

Discord Link no longer works?

[@thecairnsrailfan]

Thanks for letting me know, I have updated the description of the video now and I will get around to updating the descriptions of my other videos to update it with a new link.

[@andrewchaston503]

Thank you for posting. Mt. Suprise is a Suprise because it is Mountain free

[@thecairnsrailfan]

No problem. And that's interesting to hear about Mount Surprise. I have never been out there so that's certainly interesting!