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

#Timsvideochannel1 #Trains Please sit back and enjoy the ride recorded by 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 - https://youtu.be/bI487LvQ6M0 Passengers returned to their seats on the train having looked around the “Tobacco Display” and souvenir shop at Dimbulah station where tasty snacks and drinks were provided by the “Dimbulah Historical Society”. Over the next two hours we pass through an ever changing landscape featuring lush farmlands, small towns, fruit trees, native forest and grasslands. We pass through Mareeba, a town that was once a major rail hub where trains were re-marshalled, loaded and unloaded in substantial sidings that have all but disappeared today. We get our first sight of the Barron River shortly after Biboohra, crossing it on a substantial, multi span steel bridge, next we run along the edge of Bilwon State Forest. The rain forest closes in on the tracks as we squeeze next to the Barron River between Formartine State Forest and Kuranda State Forest, crossing a succession of Barron River tributaries. Our train slows down as we pass a turntable and the attractive Kuranda station comes into view, decorated with hanging baskets and pretty flower beds. 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”. Please listen to the commentary to hear more about “Cairns Kuranda Steam” and how it came to be running the Savannahlander. Music - Track - Composer – Source 00:00 & 01:53:54 - ES_Big Acoustic 7 - Stefan Netsman - epidemicsound.com Map at 00:25 - Google Earth Map at 00:32 - 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 Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/Savannahlander/?locale=en_GB For information about the Tablelands railway - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablelands_railway_line 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 - https://youtu.be/-C1yYlPq09s Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 3 - No Commentary - Cafe Bloodwood to Einasleigh - https://youtu.be/1-Schd5GUz0 Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 4 - No Commentary – Einasleigh to Mount Surprise - https://youtu.be/1XZOLNAiWaQ Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 5 - No Commentary – Mount Surprise to Almaden - https://youtu.be/787xUxqdsoY Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 6 - No Commentary - Almaden to Dimbulah - https://youtu.be/Om3rj83nS98 Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 7 - No Commentary – Dimbulah to Kuranda https://youtu.be/0FR1DTkkL1o Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 2 - No Commentary - Forsayth to Cafe Bloodwood - https://youtu.be/-C1yYlPq09s Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 3 - No Commentary - Cafe Bloodwood to Einasleigh - https://youtu.be/1-Schd5GUz0 Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 4 - No Commentary – Einasleigh to Mount Surprise - https://youtu.be/1XZOLNAiWaQ Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 5 - No Commentary – Mount Surprise to Almaden - https://youtu.be/787xUxqdsoY Driver's Eye View - Savannahlander - Part 6 - No Commentary - Almaden to Dimbulah - https://youtu.be/Om3rj83nS98