Trains using Mount Isa-Townsville rail line again after flooding

Sally Gall
Updated February 18 2020 - 9:38am, first published 4:30pm
Queensland Rail crews at work repairing the Mount Isa-Townsville line at Prairie. Pictures supplied.
Queensland Rail crews at work repairing the Mount Isa-Townsville line at Prairie. Pictures supplied.

A fortnight after flash flooding damaged sections of the track near Prairie, the Mount Isa-Townsville rail line has re-opened to traffic.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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