Sugar Cane Train
by Debbie Cundy
Title
Sugar Cane Train
Artist
Debbie Cundy
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Photograph
Description
Photographed between Cairns and Port Douglas Formerly known as sugar tramways, Queensland's sugar railways were first established as steam and horse hauled tramways in the 1880s.
Today they represent what is probably the world's most advanced series of 610 mm gauge railways. Along a 1,750 km coastal strip stretching from just north of Brisbane to just north of Cairns.
4,000 km of track
Trains of up to 2,000 tonnes and up to one kilometre in length
Runs of up to 119 km between pick-up point and the sugar mill
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September 19th, 2014
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