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Gulflander 1800 class railmotor RM93
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Gulflander 1800 class railmotor RM93 is a Gardner diesel railmotor. It was built in 1950 and transferred to Normanton in 1982.
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Gulflander 1800 Class carriage TP1809. Formerly PL1809, a passenger/luggage trailer. It was transferred to Normanton in 1980.
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Normanton Railway Station, Qld. Built in 1889
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Riding the Gulflander.
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A marker showing flood water levels, top to bottom: 1974, 2009, 1991, 1998.
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Close-up of flood hight marker. It is hard to comprehend the hight of the 1974, flood.
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Water! A remnant of recent storms in the area.
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Crossing an almost dry creek.
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Looking back down the line at the creek bridge we just crossed.
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Looking back, it is hard to know how the train stays on the track!
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Passing a work gang on the Normanton to Croydon Railway, Qld. (43sec.)
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Blackbull water tank on the Normanton to Croydon Railway, Qld.
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The Gulflander Normanton to Croydon Railway. A rocky ride but fun. Only 12 sec.
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Golflander drivers Eye view. 14 Sec.
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Inside an empty RM93 railmotor at Croydon.
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Inside the centre car of our three car train, TP1811. It is the de-motorised and reclassified RM1811 It was the QR Commissioner's Car throughout the 1980s before conversion and transfer to Normanton in 1991.
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At Blackbull we transferred to the railmotor RM93 because a tour group left the train.
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The train is turned on the triangle at Croydon, Outback Qld.
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Turning the Gulflander train on the triangle at Croydon Station, Qld (63 sec.)
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Jenny with The Gulflander at Croydon. After turning, it is made ready to head back to Normanton the next day.
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Croydon Railway Station, Qld..
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Baby Gulflander! A motorised ganger's cart.
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Museum items at Normanton railway precinct.
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A very bright 4-6-0 Locomotive at the Normanton Station precinct, Qld.