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25
or
so
years
ago
this
was
a
thriving
little
tourist
railway
and
Museum
with
wonderous
plans
to
restore
a
myriad
of
different
pieces
of
rollingstock
and
locomotives.
Fast
forward
to
the
2000s
and
the
place
is
falling
apart.
The
combined
effects
of
mismanagement,
infighting,
lack
of
volunteers
(which
in
part
could
be
due
to
the
style
of
management
or
lack
thereof),
the
fact
that
most
of
the
volunteers
were
retired
men
over
65
who
are
now
in
their
80s
with
some
no
doubt
having
passed
away,
and
then
COVID
hit
and
if
that
wasn't
enough,
a
lot
of
infrastructure
was
vandalised
.
The
place
has
been
closed
since
around
2017
or
2018.
Whilst
there
are
a
few
volunteers
still
working
on
things
there
it
is
going
to
be
an
uphill
battle
and
perhaps
an
impossible
task
to
get
this
operation
back
on
its
feet.
One
of
its
major
problems
is
the
distance
from
Brisbane
and
the
fact
there
is
no
public
transport
to
get
there
past
Rosewood
Railway
Station.
Directions
by
road
are
also
somewhat
vague.
Before
this
place
can
run
a
train
again
they
have
to
repair
the
tracks,
get
re-accredited
and
reinsured,
not
to
mention
getting
sufficient
young
enough
volunteers
to
recommence
operations
to
make
some
money
to
do
more
work
on
the
place.
it
is
unfortunately
a
vicious
circle...
if
you
don't
run
trains
there's
really
nothing
to
attract
people
so
nobody
comes,
no
money
comes
in
and
eventually
the
cash
runs
out
and
everything
stops.
It
is
not
cheap
to
maintain
an
operation
like
this,
even
with
volunteer
labour
-
so
much
stuff
still
has
to
be
paid
for
out
of
whatever
money
is
made
from
selling
train
tickets
and
a
few
refreshments.
Fuel
(coal
and
diesel)
and
insurance
are
the
two
biggest
items
and
without
these
they
cannot
run
trains
to
make
some
money
to
pay
for
everything.
I
am
saddened
that
this
icon
has
deteriorated
to
such
an
extent
when
other
preserved
railways
both
in
Queensland
and
interstate
have
at
the
very
minimum
maintained
things
in
an
operational
state
(ignore
the
state
of
The
Dorrigo
Railway
which
despite
great
plans
and
intentions
is
unlikely
ever
to
realise
the
vision
for
it)..
Suggestions
of
government
grants
are
unlikely
to
happen
after
the
Federal
Govt.
gave
a
grant
of
$8
million
to
Beaudesert
Railway
which
still
folded
and
disappeared.
It
can
never
return
as
the
tracks
have
been
torn
up
and
it
is
now
to
become
a
Rail
Trail
with
some
parts
of
the
line
becoming
Private
Property.
Will
the
same
happen
to
what's
left
of
this
line?
They
already
lost
the
section
from
Rosewood
to
Cabanda
many
years
ago.
leaving
only
a
short
but
steep
section
between
Cabanda
and
Kunkala.
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