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Four of these cars have undergone work to return them to traffic as the
Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway Dinner Train, which runs over 7 km of scenic railway track at
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December 2013. With the replacement of
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First class sleeper MAS 1540 is located next to
Mitchell Railway station. Exchanged for with Steam locomotive 761 by
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railway museum, located at the former railway station..
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Comeng A History of Commonwealth Engineering 1985-2012
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Comeng A History of Commonwealth Engineering 1921-1955
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Economy class sleeper MBSC 1482 has been preserved at
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Queensland Rail diesel rail motors and multiple units
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awarded a contract for 99 steel bodied carriages to
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