Spirit of Queensland RailBed review | A premium journey down the QLD coast | Cairns - Brisbane

Find out what it's like to travel on Queensland's premier long distance passenger train, the Spirit of Queensland, between Cairns and Brisbane. A modern diesel tilt train will take us down the Queensland coast, travelling through some of the wettest parts of Australia and paralleling the Great Dividing Range. There will be lush views of huge rivers, wildlife and a beautiful sunset as the train heads south.

We'll take a close look at a unique seat that converts into a flat bed, will enjoying delicious meals included in the fare. The Spirit of Queensland links tropical Far North Queensland with the Townsville, the Whitsundays, Bundaberg, the Fraser Coast, Sunshine Coast and Brisbane.

Spirit of Queensland timetable:
https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com....

Spirit of Queensland fares and information:
https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com....

🚉 Train: The Spirit of Queensland
🚉 Operator: Queensland Rail (QR)
🚉 Locomotives: Diesel Tilt Train
🚉 Seat: Car C, Seat 8
🚉 Route: Cairns - Rockhampton - Brisbane
🚉 Distance: 1681 km
🚉 Travel time: 24 hours 45 minutes (scheduled)
🚉 Class: RailBed (First class)
🚉 Travel date: 30 December 2022 - 31 December 2022

EQUIPMENT:
🚉 Cameras: GoPro Hero 10, GoPro Hero 8, iPhone 12 Pro Max, Panasonic HC-VX1, DJI Mini 3 Pro

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - Route map and diesel tilt train
04:05 - RailBed seat tour
06:20 - Departure and crew announcements
08:24 - Morning tea service
09:31 - Gordonvale and The Sunlander
11:34 - Toilet tour
12:34 - Babinda
14:02 - Innisfail
15:27 - Lunch options and Tully
17:33 - Cardwell
18:06 - Lunch
19:35 - Ingham
20:54 - Something wedged under train
22:12 - Townsville
24:00 - Mt Isa line
24:41 - Giru and Ayr
26:24 - Burdekin Bridge
27:37 - Wine time
29:10 - Bowen
29:51 - Dinner and Proserpine
31:32 - Mackay
32:04 - RailBed in bed mode
33:37 - Burnett River and Bundaberg
34:36 - Showering onboard
35:19 - Maryborough West
37:06 - Breakfast on the Sunshine Coast
39:49 - Caboolture and end of tilt mode
41:13 - Thoughts on the RailBed
41:48 - Train fares
43:14 - Arriving Roma Street
43:40 - Final thoughts and preview

Music
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Credits and sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt_Train
https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/for...

All Manner of Trains
Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1962
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Burdekin Bridge:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Flood damaged railway bridge over the Burdekin River, 1917
https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/vi...

Diesel tilt train:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Cardwell Beach:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Golden Gumboot:
Photo by Frances76
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Cane toad video:
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Bundaberg Rum Distillery
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rodeime...

The Big Pineapple
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

QR loco 1556 and a 1720 class haul the Sunlander northbound through Yabulu (about 1991)
Photo by Ellis678
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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