Steam train returns to Cloncurry for 150th birthday

Derek Barry
October 21 2016 - 8:03am
PLATFORM THREE: Robbie Katter, Cr Brad Rix and Stirling Hinchliffe discuss the steam train's return to Cloncurry railway station. Photo: Derek Barry
PLATFORM THREE: Robbie Katter, Cr Brad Rix and Stirling Hinchliffe discuss the steam train's return to Cloncurry railway station. Photo: Derek Barry

CLONCURRY’S 150th birthday celebrations next year will get a boost when Queensland Rail’s prized heritage steam train rolls into North West Queensland.

Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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