1886- Construction started on the Railway. 1891- Taking 5 years to complete, the first work train steamed into Kuranda on the 12th April. The railway had 1500 men working on it with picks, shovels & dynamite!!! Almost three million cubic metres of earth were removed from the landscape to build 37 klm of track. Officially opened in 1891 to serve the gold fields. The railway includes 15 hand made tunnels, 55 bridges & 98 curves. An engineering feat for its day!!
We had a great trip up & down, went to the butterfly park and had a fantastic day!!
Steve thinks he can drive the train!!
Our locomotive coming into Freshwater station.
Our first tunnel approaching.
Stony Creek Falls.
Us on our trip up the track.
Amazing landscape.
The Barron River.
Stunning.
Barron Falls.
Barron Falls.
Steve re-boarding the train.
Next the Butterfly park.......
Orange Lacewing.
These two are having coitus, which will be a minimum of 14 hours!!!
The Cruiser.
Ulysses.
See Below.
Now you can see how big it is.
Here's our ride home.
Me.
Stony Creek Falls.
Stony Creek Falls & Bridge.
Stony Creek Bridge.
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