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Steam D17 number 268 built in 1925 |
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Tourist train runs from Ravenshoe to Tumoulin |
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7/1/2013 Upload Date: 7/18/2013 9:46:15 PM |
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Ravenshoe, QLD |
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John Bevan |
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Ravenshoe Railway Company Ltd |
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Coach 1317. These carriages, mostly made from cedar, are from the 1930’s “Sunshine Express” which ran on the main line from Brisbane to Cairns. |
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10/19/2015 Upload Date: 12/22/2015 4:07:58 PM |
| Location: |
Ravenshoe, QLD |
| Author: |
Peider SwissTrip |
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Ravenshoe Railway Company Ltd |
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The D17 class steam locomotive is a 4-6-4T locomotive of the former Queensland Railways. Engine number 268, outshopped 16.4.26, is named “Capella” after the town near Mackay where it had stood idle for 13 years. |
| Photo Date: |
10/19/2015 Upload Date: 12/22/2015 4:47:15 PM |
| Location: |
Ravenshoe, QLD |
| Author: |
Peider SwissTrip |
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RRC D17(UNKNOWN) |
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Ravenshoe Steam Railway Ltd |
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Ravenshoe Steam Railway is located in the picturesque country town of Ravenshoe. Ravenshoe is the highest elevation town in Queensland, it is on the Evelyn Tableland South-west of Cairns in Far North Queensland. |
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10/19/2015 Upload Date: 12/22/2015 4:08:06 PM |
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Ravenshoe, QLD |
| Author: |
Peider SwissTrip |
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Ravenshoe Steam Railway Ltd |
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Construction of this line had commenced in Cairns in May 1886 ostensibly to service the mining town of Herberton. By June 1891 the line was opened to Kuranda. "The Herberton Railway" reached Mareeba in August 1893 and rested there for 10 years. The next stage, to Atherton was commenced in 1903 and reached there in August that year. The extension from Atherton commenced in 1908 and reached Herberton in October 1910. The line was extended to Tumoulin in 1911 and eventually to Ravenshoe in 1916. |
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10/19/2015 Upload Date: 12/22/2015 4:08:53 PM |
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Ravenshoe, QLD |
| Author: |
Peider SwissTrip |
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