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Please sit back and enjoy the ride recorded using a camera mounted on the outside of the front windscreen. Alternatively to watch a version accompanied by an informative commentary delivered with typical Australian humour by drivers Will and Hamish, please click on this link -    • Driver's Eye View Plus – Savannahland...  

The first time I travelled the 33 kilometres from Cairns to Kuranda on one of Queensland Rails Kuranda Scenic Trains, I had no idea that the railway continued for another 391 kilometres to Forsayth and at one time connected Cairns with a network of branch lines serving the needs of the mines, agricultural and lumber industries as well as carrying all manner of goods required by the towns and villages served by the Tablelands Railways.
In this video we pass through a deserted Kuranda station long after the crowds had caught the last tourist train back to the coastal resort town of Cairns. Please get comfortable and join me for trip along one of Australia's most scenic stretches of railway line, built through some of the most hostile terrain imaginable.

Here is a little information about the train, mostly courtesy of Wikipedia -

The service was introduced on 3 April 1995 by Queensland Rail to replace the Forsayth Mixed (marketed as the 'Last Great Train Ride'). The line was closed from Mareeba to Mount Surprise at the same time. It was initially run with a 2000 class railmotor set that was refurbished at Townsville Workshops. Initially this service only ran on the Mount Surprise to Forsayth section of the Etheridge line. However, after an upgrade of the line for sugar syrup trains from Cairns to Arriga, and a limited restoration of the rest of the line, the railmotor started travelling from Cairns to Forsayth in September 1998. In 2004 it was decided to put the running of the train out to tender and the winning bid was submitted by “Cairns Kuranda Steam Pty Ltd”.

Music - Track - Composer – Source
00:25 & 01:21:05 - ES_Acoustic Dreams 20 - Örjan Karlsson - epidemicsound.com

Map at 00:26 - Google Earth
Map at 00:39 - Google Maps

To learn more about the “Savannahlander” or to book your own outback adventure, please click on this link - https://savannahlander.com.au/ Savannahlander

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For information about the Tablelands railway - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablela...

This trip was filmed - 20.10.2023

Track Gauge - 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)

To see the first 6 Parts of this trip, please click on any of the links below –

Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 2 - No Commentary - Forsayth to Cafe Bloodwood -    • Driver's Eye View (Australia) - Savan...  

Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 3 - No Commentary - Cafe Bloodwood to Einasleigh -    • Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - ...  

Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 4 - No Commentary – Einasleigh to Mount Surprise -    • Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - ...  

Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 5 - No Commentary – Mount Surprise to Almaden -    • Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - ...  

Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 6 - No Commentary - Almaden to Dimbulah -    • Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - ...  

Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 7 - No Commentary – Dimbulah to Kuranda -    • Driver's Eye View Plus – Savannahland...