Day 394 Normanton Gulflander

The Gulflander was the train line from Normanton to Croydon (Gold Mining). The train line was going to be built from Normanton to Cloncurry, but due to supplies being needed in Croydon it went there first and the other line was never built. It is the smallest line being only 52 miles long and not connected to any other line. The mail run is still done each week and now does a tourist trip to Croydon with overnight stop and return the next day. The station is well decked out and the museum cute.
This RM60 is a smaller brother and does small runs during the week.
The trip we did was a morning run out to Critters Camp, just 24 k's from town then turn round and come back. the sleepers are made of cast iron to combat the termites and were specifically designed for this line...the rails originally came from the UK and when you look down or up them they look so out of line it surprised us that we were going anywhere!!!! The bumping around was great to start with but the arm did not enjoy it one little bit.......