Depicition of the "Sunlander" locomotive headboard
Overview
Service type
Passenger Train
Status
Retired
Predecessor
Sunshine Express
First service
4 June 1953
Last service
31 December 2014
Successor
Spirit of Queensland
Former operator(s)
Queensland Rail
Route
Termini
Brisbane Cairns
Distance travelled
1,681 kilometres
Average journey time
45 hours (Original) 31 hours (Final)
Line(s) used
North Coast
Technical
Rolling stock
M series L series
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
The Sunlander
Legend
Brisbane
Caboolture
Nambour
Cooroy
Gympie
Maryborough West
Bundaberg
Miriam Vale
Gladstone
Mount Larcom
Rockhampton
St Lawrence
Carmila
Sarina
Mackay
Proserpine
Bowen
Home Hill
Ayr
Giru
Townsville
Ingham
Cardwell
Tully
Innisfail
Babinda
Gordonvale
Cairns
The Sunlander was a long distance passenger rail service operated by Queensland Rail on the North Coast line between Brisbane and Cairns in Queensland between June 1953 and December 2014. It has been replaced by the Spirit of Queensland.
TheSunlander was a long distance passenger rail service operated by Queensland Rail on the North Coast line between Brisbane and Cairns in Queensland...
in Q2 2022. In December 2014 the Queensland Audit Office published a report about QR's Sunlander 14 project. TheSunlander 14 project had a scope to acquire...
included in the consist, replicating the services provided on TheSunlander. The construction of four new power cars allowed for the inclusion of the most up-to-date...
hauled stock on TheSunlander. All work was performed in Maryborough. The first refurbished set entered service in October 2013. The third and brand new...
operate the Lander series of trains, The Inlander, The Midlander, TheSunlander and The Westlander entering service between 1953 and 1955. The original...
novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild...
between Brisbane and Rockhampton. When theSunlander air-conditioned express train to Cairns was introduced in 1953, the Rockhampton Mail retained its wooden...
of TheSunlander service which was operated by Traveltrain (the long-distance passenger division of Queensland Rail).[citation needed] It is the starting...
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its Sunlander and Spirit of the Outback trains. The Victorian Railways formerly offered Motorail on The Vinelander, and Sunraysia services on the Mildura...
2012 QR loco 2400 hauls an empty Sunlander consist through Yeronga station (in order to turn the train), 1987. The station has since been replaced with...
historic duet performance by McKean and Paul Kelly of "Sunlander" and a cover of McKean's Lights on the Hill performed by Keith Urban. McKean received her...
the Sunshine Express, Sunlander, Queenslander, Spirit of Capricorn and Capricornian on the North Coast line and Midlander on the Central Western line....
delivered to replace TheSunlander between Brisbane and Cairns, meaning the only service on this 1,681 km route since that time has been the Spirit of Queensland...
class were rostered to haul TheSunlander between Brisbane and Cairns, The Westlander between Brisbane and Roma and The Inlander from Townsville to Mount...
industry within the shire and the town is a gateway to the tourist resorts of Agnes Water and the Town of 1770. In the 1970s signs at the entry to town...
door. The child then slipped and fell onto the ground outside of the train while the service was moving. It is reported that at the time theSunlander was...
is the only continent to offer both east–west and north–south transcontinental trains: The Indian Pacific from Sydney on the Pacific to Perth on the Indian...
The Slim Dusty Movie is a 1984 Australian feature film directed by Rob Stewart and starring Slim Dusty, Joy McKean, Jon Blake and Mary Charleston. The...
Spittle initially performed as a duo alongside Ron Cavanagh called 'TheSunlanders', appearing live on Tasmanian radio stations. It was during this time...
4:00 "Names Upon the Wall" - 3:43 "No Good Truckin' Man" - 3:09 "Introduction" - 0:54 "Man from the Never Never" - 3:30 CD2 "TheSunlander" - 2:17 "Our Wedding...
Cairns which replaced TheSunlander, a locomotive hauled train that was withdrawn in 2014. Locomotive hauled trains The Spirit of the Outback operating from...