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581:Description
517:Bogantungan
482:Rockhampton
295:1887 - 1917
271: /
259:144°15′11″E
247:Coordinates
242:, Australia
114:Traveltrain
110:Operated by
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75:144°15′08″E
63:Coordinates
1460:Categories
1422:Gulflander
1389:Tilt Train
1340:Ilfracombe
1335:Barcaldine
1310:Blackwater
1255:Caboolture
1185:Exhibition
1155:Caboolture
1129:Gold Coast
815:References
703:Goods Shed
521:Barcaldine
513:Blackwater
468:Barcaldine
419:Queensland
329:Designated
256:23°26′25″S
240:Queensland
159:Accessible
72:23°26′24″S
1345:Longreach
1290:Mt Larcom
1285:Gladstone
1280:Bundaberg
1215:Cleveland
1140:Beenleigh
717:colorbond
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411:Longreach
232:Longreach
130:Platforms
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1300:Duaringa
1017:archived
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912:1 August
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611:pediment
509:Duaringa
487:Westwood
433:Services
224:Location
100:Owned by
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1446:italics
1330:Jericho
1315:Emerald
1260:Nambour
1242:Outback
1174:Doomben
1125:Airport
961:13 July
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450:History
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