Vast stretches of railway in outback Queensland will be home to trains of a different kind next year.
The first of two Queensland Rail heritage 2000 class silver bullet rail motors arrived in Longreach on Thursday afternoon, bringing with them the hopes of a new rail tourism experience.
Standing in the shadow of the 22-tonne, 17-metre-long rail motor, tourism operators Alan and Sue Smith can't help but reminisce about how it all began over three decades ago.
