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Foreign Lines – North Queensland

Foreign Lines – North Queensland

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In 1999 1079 is at Barron Falls Station during its climb up the range to Kuranda in tropical North Queensland.This was the first time a mainline loco worked the line as the track was in the process of being upgraded.
 The Barron Falls (Aboriginal: Bibhoora) is a steep tiered cascade waterfall on the Barron River located where the river descends from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain, in Queensland, Australia.

Barron_falls_january2005Barron Falls near Kuranda, Australia

Date 27 January 2005 Source  Wikipedia
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QR two B13 class locos on mixed train heading towards Cairns from Atherton tableland past Barron Falls 1902 transpressnz.blogspot.com

Queensland Railways steam at Barron Falls