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Spirit of the Outback - Part 3 - Blackwater to Anakie

We pull away from Blackwater past another mammoth coal train, branches diverge from the mainline to serve several colliery complexes, with less traffic using the line beyond Queensland’s central coal belt, a single track is sufficient from now on as the eucalyptus and gum trees give way to cotton fields, some of which have been harvested, the large bales waiting to be transported, other fields are ready for harvesting. The line follows the undulations of the land with little in the way of heavy engineering, other than the Comet River Bridge and low trestles over occasional water courses until we reach the Nogoa River, crossed on a substantial bridge to enter Emerald where we stop at the traditional station with its ornate canopy. Overhead line equipment is being installed to enable electric locomotives to operate services to the town and nearby coalmines. After Emerald the railway takes on a more rural appearance, even the familiar clickety-clack of yesteryear can be heard as the modern long welded rails give way to jointed track on wooden sleepers, our progress has slowed as we pick our way along a route more suited to the less than daily service to Longreach, supplemented by stock, produce and maintenance trains as required. The Capricorn Highway with its fascinating succession of road trains is never far away, cotton production gives way to native trees, scrub and heath land, we are traversing the real outback, a strange desolate, yet in its own way a beautiful landscape. Take a seat and join me for this trip into the fabled Australian outback. End of video should read "Look out for Part 4" not Part 3 Map at 01:03 - Author - Geoscience Australia, Government of AustraliaSource - http://www.ga.gov.au/servlet/BigObjFi... Other Maps - Google Earth/Maps The train is operated by QueenslandRail and the track gauge is 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).