Great video. Thank you for posting it. I still remember getting a map of the world as a present when I think I was around 10 years old. It was a Mercator projection that when you unfolded it and laid it flat it covered up the kitchen table. All the major railroads of the world were marked on it. Including this one mysterious one all by itself a long way from anywhere. The ten year old me imagined amazing things that this railway must serve to be out there especially built so far away. Years passed and one day as my wife and I took our kids to a railway museum in Ipswich one of the exhibits we saw is the original Gulflander railcar. A French Penhard I think. Anyway, the penny dropped. And all these memories came flooding back. I realised I was looking at a train connected to my childhood dreams of what that mysterious railway might be. I need to visit Normanton to ride the Gulflander. Thanks again.
It’s a great place to visit, very interesting part of our history, I to had wanted to go there most of my life it took me 60 years and even if its not the old train most of the gear dates back to that time the wife and my self had a great time in Normanton we stayed at the Gulfland Motel And Caravan Park a great place and would go back
Thanks Jim l really did enjoy this, I will have to try that trick with my missis, a train Ride although shes a bit cagey on it these days, loved the Camera shots...but gee a lot of work for a little we Rail Motor, I suppose its pretty flat though..again thanks regards Doc from Lindenow
Glad you enjoyed it, Doc! It is a great line with some great views, I did find the rail motor pretty hard work but well worth it! I would like to take more video along the track but my 4x4 did a clutch and I ended up staying 3 weeks at the Gulfland Motel And Caravan Park a great place to stay there
enjoying the videos of your Queensland trip mate. very informative I love the cemetery trips, the stories that those graves hold. hope to catch up again on the tracks one day. reminds me " burn ya bloody Paper"
Great video. Thank you for posting it.
I still remember getting a map of the world as a present when I think I was around 10 years old. It was a Mercator projection that when you unfolded it and laid it flat it covered up the kitchen table. All the major railroads of the world were marked on it. Including this one mysterious one all by itself a long way from anywhere. The ten year old me imagined amazing things that this railway must serve to be out there especially built so far away.
Years passed and one day as my wife and I took our kids to a railway museum in Ipswich one of the exhibits we saw is the original Gulflander railcar. A French Penhard I think. Anyway, the penny dropped. And all these memories came flooding back. I realised I was looking at a train connected to my childhood dreams of what that mysterious railway might be.
I need to visit Normanton to ride the Gulflander.
Thanks again.
It’s a great place to visit, very interesting part of our history, I to had wanted to go there most of my life it took me 60 years and even if its not the old train most of the gear dates back to that time the wife and my self had a great time in Normanton we stayed at the Gulfland Motel And Caravan Park a great place and would go back
Thanks Jim l really did enjoy this, I will have to try that trick with my missis, a train Ride although shes a bit cagey on it these days, loved the Camera shots...but gee a lot of work for a little we Rail Motor, I suppose its pretty flat though..again thanks regards Doc from Lindenow
Glad you enjoyed it, Doc! It is a great line with some great views, I did find the rail motor pretty hard work but well worth it! I would like to take more video along the track but my 4x4 did a clutch and I ended up staying 3 weeks at the Gulfland Motel And Caravan Park a great place to stay there
enjoying the videos of your Queensland trip mate. very informative I love the cemetery trips, the stories that those graves hold. hope to catch up again on the tracks one day. reminds me " burn ya bloody Paper"
Yeah I've got a few more to come from that trip including few more of those cemetery's you mentioned
Nicely done.
Thanks!
Jim, you've ticked off yet another item on my bucket list
Thanks it is a great trip worth the time
Hate to break this to you Jim, you missed the train at 1:52 :)
Hi I went back to take that shot on her next trip, it is a well worth the time to go up there and do a trip.
@@JimMcNabb44 Thanks Jim, I really do appreciate the effort you put into these videos. All I can do is contribute some very dry humour. :)