A train trip into history

By Linda Muller
Updated July 22 2016 - 10:38am, first published July 19 2016 - 10:45pm
HISTORY: Ken Fairbairn drives the Gulflander into history during its scheduled run at 8.30am on July 20.  The journey replicates exactly that taken 125 years ago when the train line opened.
HISTORY: Ken Fairbairn drives the Gulflander into history during its scheduled run at 8.30am on July 20. The journey replicates exactly that taken 125 years ago when the train line opened.

When Ken Fairbairn drove the Tin Hare Gulflander railmotor on its scheduled run at 8.30am on July 20, he rode it into history.

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